Tuck-lock carton and package

Claim 1

A PACKAGE COMPRISING A GROUP OF UPRIGHT CONTAINERS HAVING TAPERED UPPER ENDS AND CROWN-TYPE CLOSURES, A CARTON HAVING VERTICAL OPPOSED END PANELS EXTENDING OVER THE TWO ENDS OF THE GROUP, EACH OF SAID PANELS HAVING END PANEL EXTENSIONS INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND EXTENDING INTO SAID CARTON TO POSITIONS BETWEEN SAID END PANELS AND SAID CONTAINERS ADJACENT THERETO WITH THE LAST MENTIONED CONTAINERS SOLELY HOLDING SAID END PANEL EXTENSIONS IN THEIR POSITIONS, SAID END PANELS HAVING THEIR UPPER CORNERS FORMED DIAGONALLY, TOP AND BOTTOM PANELS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND INTEGRAL WITH SAID END PANELS AND EXTENDING OVER THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF THE CONTAINERS, SAID TOP PANEL HAVING SIDE PORTIONS JOINED THERETO BY SCORED LINES AND BENT AT AN ANGLE TO THE INTERMEDIATE TOP PANEL PORTION TO ENGAGE SAID DIAGONALLY FORMED CORNERS, SAID TOP PANEL HAVING A GROUP OF HOLES ENGAGING THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID CONTAINERS UNDERNEATH SAID CLOSURES, EACH OF SAID HOLES INTERSECTING ONE OF SAID SCORED LINES AND BEING FORMED IN PART BY A RETAINING TAB CUT FREE AT THE SIDES FROM THE ADJACENT SIDE PORTION AND SAID RETAINING TAB HAVING A WIDTH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID CLOSURES, AND SAID SIDE PORTIONS HAVING LOCKING TABS FORMED AT THE ENDS THEREOF AND INTEGRALLY CONNECTED THERETO, SAID LOCKING TABS BEING POSITIONED IN 90* RELATION WITH SAID TOP PANEL, AND IN OVERLAPPING RELATION WITH SAID END PANELS, AND BEING DISPOSED UNDERNEATH SAID END PANEL EXTENSIONS, AND SAID BOTTOM PANEL HAVING SIDE PORTIONS WITH LOCKING TABS FORMED AT THE ENDS THEREOF AND INTEGRALLY CONNECTED THERETO, SAID LOCKING TABS BEING POSITIONED IN 90* RELATION TO SAID BOTTOM PANEL AND IN OVERLAPPING RELATION WITH SAID END PANELS, AND BEING DISPOSED UNDERNEATH SAID END PANEL EXTENSIONS.