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A BOX CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A BOX BOTTOM, TWO SIDES AND TWO ENDS, A SET OF EARS PROJECTING INWARDLY INTO THE BOX FROM THE ENDS OF EACH OF THE BOX SIDES, EACH OF SAID EARS HAVING A STAGGERED SLIT DEFINING A TAB IN THE EAR, THE LOWER END PORTION OF EACH SLIT EXTENDING ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF THE BOX SIDES AND EARS AND THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE SLIT BEING OFFSET FROM THE LOWER END PORTION AND LOCATED ENTIRELY IN SAID EARS, A SET OF TONGUES AT EACH SIDE EDGE OF EACH OF THE BOX ENDS, THE TONGUES PROJECTING INTO THE BOX THROUGH THE SLITS IN THE EARS THEREBY INTERLOCKING THE EARS AND TONGUES, THE TABS BEING DEFLECTABLE BY THE TONGUES AS THEY ENTER THE BOX, EACH OF SAID BOX ENDS BEING INTEGRAL WITH THE BOX BOTTOM, THE BOX ENDS BEING SCORED BETWEEN THE TONGUES TO DEFINE LOWER AND UPPER END PANELS, AND THE TONGUES BEING FREE FROM THE BOX ENDS BENEATH THE SCORING WHEREIN THE LOWER PANELS OF THE BOX ENDS ARE PLACED AGAINST THE EARS AND THE UPPER PANELS AND THE TONGUES ARE THEN SWUNG UPWARDLY ABOUT THE SCORING FOR INSERTING THE TONGUES THROUGH THE EAR SLITS FOR INTERCONNECTING THE BOX SIDES AND ENDS, SAID BOX COMPRISING A SECOND SET OF EARS PROJECTING INTO THE BOX FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BOX SIDES, EACH OF THE EARS OF THE SECOND SET OF EARS HAVING A SLOT THEREIN, AND A BOX TOP JOINED TO AN END OF THE BOX AND HAVING TWO FLAPS AT SIDE EDGES THEREOF PROJECTING INTO THE BOX THROUGH THE SLOTS IN SAID SECOND SET OF EARS WHEN THE TOP IS CLOSED.