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A CONTAINER COMPRISING A COMPARTMENT HAVING TWO END WALLS, TWO SIDE WALLS AND A BOTTOM; ALL OF SAID WALLS BEING INCLINED OUTWARDLY SO THAT THE PERIMETER OF THE TOP EDGE OF THE COMPARTMENT WALLS IS LARGER THAN THAT OF THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID COMPARTMENT WALLS; THE WALLS OF SAID COMPARTMENT BEING TURNED UPON THEMSELVES ALONG THEIR TOPMOST EDGES TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF SAID COMPARTMENT TO FORM INWARDLY DIRECTED FLAPS EXTENDING ONLY PARTLY DOWN SAID WALLS; A CLOSURE FOR SAID COMPARTMENT HAVING TWO SIDE EDGES AND TWO END EDGES; EACH OF SAID CLOSURE EDGES HAVING AN UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY INCLINED FLAP; EACH OF THE TWO SIDE CLOSURE FLAPS BEING FASTENED BETWEEN ONE OF THE SIDE WALL FLAPS AND THE TOP PORTION OF THE SIDE WALL ADJACENT SAID SIDE WALL FLAP; EACH OF THE TWO END CLOSURE FLAPS BEING FASTENED BETWEEN ONE OF THE END WALL FLAPS AND THE TOP PORTION OF THE END WALL ADJACENT SAID END WALL FLAP; SAID CLOSURE BEING POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID WALLS, WHEREBY A CLOSED COMPARTMENT IS FORMED BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE, THE BOTTOM OF SAID COMPARTMENT AND THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID COMPARTMENT WALLS, AND A RECESS BEING FORMED BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE AND THE UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID COMPARTMENT WALLS, THE PERIMETRICAL CONFIGURATION OF SAID CLOSURE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE CONFIGURATION OF A HORIZONTAL SECTION OF THE COMPARTMENT WALLS TAKEN ALONG THE PLANE IN WHICH SAID CLOSURE LIES, WHEREBY THE INCLINED WALLS OF SAID COMPARTMENT WILL RESIST DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CLOSURE, SAID CLOSURE BEING PERFORATED CLOSE TO BUT SLIGHTLY INWARDLY SPACED FROM AT LEAST TWO OF ITS OPPOSITE EDGES AND STIFFENER MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE COMPARTMENT AND THE CLOSURE FOR RESISTING A DOWNWARD FORCE ON SAID CLOSURE BETWEEN THE PERFORATIONS AND THE CENTER OF THE CLOSURE.