Carton for insects

Claim 1

A CARTON PROVIDING A HABITAT FOR INSECTS, COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF: (A) A BODY STRUCTURE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, PERIPHERAL FRONT, REAR AND END WALLS HINGED AT THEIR BOTTOM EDGE TO THE BOTTOM WALL, AND A TOP WALL HINGED TO THE REAR WALL AND ADAPTED TO OVERLAP THE REMAINING PERIPHERAL WALLS FOR CLOSING THE BODY STRUCTURE; (B) AN INSERT DISPOSED WITHIN THE BODY STRUCTURE AND HAVING A PAIR OF OUTER TRANSVERSE PANELS AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED END PANELS INTERCONNECTING THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE OUTER TRANSVERSE PANELS, AND FURTHER INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE TRANSVERSE PANEL HINGED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS TO THE END PANELS AND EXTENDING PARALLEL TO AND BETWEEN THE OUTER TRANSVERSE PANELS; (C) CORNER TAB EXTENSIONS INTEGRAL WITH THE END AND OUTER PANELS CUT, RESPECTIVELY, FROM THE ADJACENT OUTER AND END PANELS, CONSTITUTING A MEANS TO ABUT THE BODY STRUCTURE SIDE WALLS TO MAINTAIN SAID INSERT END AND OUTER PANELS SPACED THEREFROM; (D) SAID INSERT BEING FORMED FROM AN ELONGATED STRIP OF PAPERBOARD HAVING A WIDTH SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE HEIGHT OF THE BODY STRUCTURE SIDE WALLS AND BEING DIVIDED BY SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL HINGE LINES CROSSWISE OF THE STRIP INTO THE TRANSVERSE AND END PANELS; (E) BOTTOM TAB EXTENSIONS FORMED ON THE OUTER AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSVERSE PANELS NEAR THEIR RESPECTIVE CENTERS OPERABLE TO ABUT THE BODY STRUCTURE BOTTOM WALL TO MAINTAIN THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE TRANSVERSE PANELS AND THE END PANELS SPACED FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL; (F) THE TOP EDGES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE AND OUTER TRANSVERSE PANELS BEING RELIEVED TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR THE RECEIPT AND SUPPORT THEREON A FOOD CONTAINER SUITABLE FOR THE INSECTS AND THESE AREAS OF RELIEF ALL BEING OPPOSITE THE BOTTOM TAB EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE THAT NESTING OCCURS, DURING FABRICATION, BETWEEN ADJACENT STRIPS OF SEPARATE INSERTS; (G) SAID BODY STRUCTURE HAVING AT LEAST ONE OF ITS WALLS PERFORATED WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF AIR THERETHROUGH BUT OF INSUFFICIENT SIZE TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF THE INSECTS THERETHROUGH.