Reducible cardboard containers

Claim 1

A CARDBOARD CONTAINER COMPRISING AT LEAST THREE WALL PANELS, INCLUDING A FIRST PANEL, AND A PANEL CONNECTED TO EACH LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID FIRST PANEL AND OFFSET RELATIVE THERETO, END CLOSURE MEANS AT EACH END OF SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING A PANEL EXTENSION ON AT LEAST SAID FIRST PANEL OFFSET RELATIVE THERETO TO CLOSE THE SPACE DEFINED BY SAID THREE PANELS, A TEARLINE FORMED ACROSS SAID THREE PANELS IN SPACED RELATION TO AND PARALLEL TO AN ADJACENT EDGE OF SAID FIRST PANEL, AND A FOLDLINE FORMED ACROSS SAID FIRST PANEL PARALLEL TO SAID TEARLINE AND A DISTANCE INWARDLY THEREFROM EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID PANEL EXTENSION, SAID FOLDLINE IN SAID FIRST PANEL CONTINUED AS AN INTERMITTENT CUTLINE IN EACH OF SAID CONNECTED PANELS, AND COOPERATING INTERENGAGING MEANS BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE AND THE PORTION OF EACH CONNECTED PANEL AND SAID FOLDLINE THEREOF, AND BETWEEN THE PORTION OF EACH SAID CONNECTED PANEL BETWEEN SAID FOLDLINE THEREOF AND SAID INTERMITTENT CUTLINE THEREOF AND THE PORTION THEREOF TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID INTERMITTENT CUTLINE, INTERENGAGING WITH ONE ANOTHER WHEN SAID PANEL EXTENSION AND THE PORTION OF SAID FIRST APNEL BETWEEN SAID TEARLINE AND SAID FOLDINE ARE SELECTIVELY DISPOSED IN OFFSET POSITION.