Collapsible container

Claim 1

A COLLAPSED ELONGATED RECTANGULAR CONTAINER WITH AN INTEGRAL BOTTOM CLOSURE, THE CONTAINER HAVING SIDE AND END WALLS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER AT THEIR SIDE EDGES BY CORNER SCORES, THE BOTTOM CLOSURE COMPRISING FLAPS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE SAID SIDE AND END WALLS, THE CLOSURE FLAPS INCLUDING SIDE AND END FLAPS WITH SIDE EDGES DEFINED BY LINES OF FOLD IN SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS RELATION TO THE CORNER SCORES, THE CONTAINER END WALLS AND BOTTOM CLOSURE END FLAPS SCORED AT THEIR MID-WIDTH DETERMINING HALF SECTIONS OF THE END WALLS, THE HALF SECTIONS EXTENDED OUTWARDLY WITH THE RESPECTIVE BOTTOM END FLAPS BETWEEN AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO THE END WALL HALF SECTIONS, THE SIDE FLAPS EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF CONVERGING SCORES EXTENDING FROM THE RESPECTIVE SIDE EDGES OF SAID FLAPS AT THE HINGE CONNECTIONS TO THE SIDE WALLS AND TERMINATING AT SPACED APART POINTS IN EACH SAID SIDE FLAP, SAID SPACED APART POINTS BEING SPACED FROM THE RESPECTIVE HINGE CONNECTION TO A SIDE WALL A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF AN END WALL HALF SECTION, AT LEAST ONE SIDE FLAP BEING OF A LENGTH GREATER THAN ONE HALF THE WIDTH OF THE CONTAINER AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF SLITS EACH OF WHICH EXTENDS FROM ONE OF SAID POINTS TO THE FREE END EDGE OF THE FLAP AND DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A FLAP PORTION, THE FLAP PORTION SECURED TO THE OTHER SIDE FLAP AND SCORED TO PROVIDE A HINGE CONNECTION AT THE CONTAINER MID-WIDTH BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLAPS, THE SIDE FLAPS INFOLDED IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO THE CONTAINER SIDE WALLS.