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Claim 1

IN A CARTON FOR THE STORING AND SHIPPING OF CONICAL PACKAGES OF YARN ARRANGED IN SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS, THE COMBINATION WITH SAID CONICAL PACKAGES OF YARN OF A PLURALITY OF PADS SPACED VERTICALLY ONE ABOVE THE OTHER FOR SUPPORTING SAID LAYERS OF CONICAL PACKAGES OF YARN AND BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID LAYERS OF CONICAL PACKAGES OF YARN, SAID PADS CONTAINING APERTURES OF ALTERNATING SIZE WHEREIN ONE APERTURE IS FOR RECEIVING AND ENGAGING THE BASE OF SAID CONICAL PACKAGE AND THE FOLLOWING APERTURE IS FOR RECEIVING AND ENGAGING THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID CONICAL PACKAGE IN A MANNER SO THAT EVERY OTHER CONICAL PACKAGE IS INVERTED AND POSITIONED IN SUCH A MANNER TO PROVIDE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN SAID CONICAL PACKAGE, SAID PADS FURTHER POSITIONED IN SAID SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS SO THAT THE ALTERNATING APERTURES OF THE ADJOINING PAD OF THE NEXT LAYER ARE POSITIONED TO RECEIVE AND ENGAGE THE PROJECTING ENDS OF SAID CONICAL PACKAGES FROM THE INITIAL PAD WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID ADJOINING PAD AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE THE BASE FOR THE SAME END OF THE CONICAL PACKAGES ON THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID ADJOINING PAD AS IS CONTACTING SAID PAD ON THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID PAD; AND A PLURALITY OF CELL-WALLED PARTITIONS SPACED VERTICALLY ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ON SAID PADS, SAID PARTITIONS CONTAINING CELL-WALLED SEPARATOR COMPARTMENTS FOR EACH CONICAL PACKAGE TO FIT WITHIN THE SPACINGS BETWEEN SAID YARN PACKAGE, EACH WALL OF SAID COMPARTMENTS CONTAINING A PARTIAL SLIT IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION FROM THE TOP EDGE OF SAID WALL AND A PARTIAL SLIT IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID WALL, SAID PARTIAL SLITS PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY FOR SAID WALL.