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Claim 1

IN A CARTON-FORMING BLANK WHICH COMPRISES A PAIR OF OPPOSITE-SIDE-FORMING PORTIONS EACH HAVING A BOTTOMFORMING PORTION INTEGRAL THEREWITH ALONG A LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINE, SAID BOTTOM-FORMING PORTIONS BEING ADAPTED TO INTERLOCK WITH EACH OTHER TO FORM A CARTON BOTTOM WHICH CONNECTS SAID OPPOSITE SIDE PORTIONS, THE IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION WHICH PROVIDES A MERCHANDISE-SEPARATING STRUCTURE PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM, SAID IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING A TAB INTEGRAL WITH EACH BOTTOMFORMING PORTION ONLY ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT FOLD LINE WHICH IS TRANSVERSE TO SAID BOTTOM FORMING PORTION AND TO SAID SIDE FORMING PORTION AND WHICH EXTENDS FROM A POINT NEAR THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID BOTTOM-FORMING PORTION INWARDLY TOWARD SAID SIDE-FORMING PORTION, SAID BLANK BEING CUT FROM SAID POINT TO THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID BOTTOMFORMING PORTION, EACH OF SAID TABS HAVING GENERALLY THE SHAPE OF A RECTANGLE FROM A CORNER OF WHICH A SMALLER RECTANGLE HAS BEEN CUT AWAY WHEREBY SAID TAB HAS AN OUTER STRAIGHT EDGE DEFINING A PART OF THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID BOTTOM-FORMING PORTION, AN IRREGULAR INNER EDGE FACING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID SIDE-FORMING PIECE, A STRAIGHT END WHICH IS COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID FOLD LINE AND SAID CUT AND A FREE END OPPOSITE SAID FOLD LINE AND CUT, SAID FREE END BEING OF GREATER WIDTH THAN THE SUM OF SAID FOLD LINE AND SAID CUT.