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Claim 1

A RECTANGULAR CARTON FOR HOLDING A NUMBER OF IDENTICAL CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS COMPRISING A FIBERBOARD BLANK SLOTTED AND SCORED TO DEFINE A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS, AN END WALL AND A PAIR OF END WALL SECTIONS, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING ONE EDGE HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE EDGES OF SAID END WALL AND THE OPPOSITE EDGE HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO ONE EDGE OF EACH OF SAID END WALL SECTIONS, EACH END WALL SECTION HAVING A WIDTH EQUAL TO ONE-HALF THE WIDTH OF SAID END WALL, AND TOP AND BOTTOM CLOSURE FLAPS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID SIDE WALLS, SAID ONE END WALL AND SAID END WALL SECTIONS, SAID BLANK BEING FOLDED TO BRING THE REMAINING EDGE OF EACH OF SAID END WALL SECTIONS INTO MATING ENGAGEMENT, CARRYING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID END WALL SECTIONS TOGETHER TO FORM A RECTANGULAR OPEN ENDED BOX, SAID CARRYING MEANS INCLUDING A TEAR STRIP SECTION OVERLYING SAID REMAINING EDGES OF SAID END WALL SECTIONS, SAID TOP AND BOTTOM CLOSURE FLAPS BEING ADHESIVELY SECURED TOGETHER TO RETAIN SAID CONTAINERS IN SAID BOX, AND END MEANS DEFINING A LINE OF WEAKNESS IN ONE OF SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID CARTON AND ITS ASSOCIATES TOP AND BOTTOM FLAPS, SAID END MEANS BEING SPACED FROM THE HINGED CONNECTION OF SAID SIDE WALL WITH ONE OF SAID END END WALL SECTIONS A DISTANCE AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID ONE OF SAID SIDE WALL WALL SECTIONS FOR AIDING IN THE OPENING OF THE CORNER OF THE CARTON BETWEEN THE REMAINING EDGES OF SAID END WALL SECTIONS AND THE END MEANS WHEN THE TEAR STRIP IS REMOVED FROM THE SECURING MEANS.