Dispenser for continuous business forms

Claim 1

A shipping and dispensing container for continuous business forms constructed from a one-piece blank of foldable material such as corrugated paperboard, cut and scored to comprise: a. a centrally located, rectangular shaped bottom panel with a series of panels at each side thereof, separated therefrom and from one another by scored fold lines; b. the first single side walls connected along opposed side edges of said bottom panel folded up at right angles to said bottom panel; c. side wall extension flaps hingedly attached along the side edges of said first single side walls and folded inwardly at right angles to said first side walls; d. double panel side walls, including inner panels and outer panels with said outer panels being connected along the remaining opposed sides of said bottom panel and folded up at right angles to said bottom panel, said inner panels being connected to said outer panels along spaced, parallel fold lines, and folded over and inwardly about said spaced fold lines to enclose the side wall extension flaps in the space created therebetween; e. locking slots located along the fold lines connecting the outer panels to said bottom panel and locking tabs located along the free edges of each inner panel whereby the double panel side walls are locked in their upright position; f. irregularly shaped slots located along each of the spaced fold lines connecting said double panels to one another and lying along the upper edge of said double panel side walls; g. top closure flaps hingedly attached along the free edges of said first single side walls; h. locking closure tabs connected to the extreme side edges of each top closure flap, and extending through the irregularly shaped slots and into the space formed by the double panel side walls; i. arcuate cut-outs in each side wall extension flap for accommodating the locking closure tabs in the space between said double panel side walls; and, j. necked down portions at each end of said irregularly shaped slots for locking the closure tabs in position when the container is opened for dispensing.