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IN A ONE-PIECE CONTAINER COMPRISING FOLDABLY CONNECTED FRONT, REAR, BOTTOM AND COVER PANELS DEFINING A RECTANGULARLY CROSS-SECTIONED RECEPTACLE PORTIONS SEALINGLY CONTAINING A VISCOUS MATERIAL SUCH AS ICE CREAM OR THE LIKE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A COMBINED ORIENTINGAND-SEALING END CLOSURE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PAIR OF INNER CLOSURE FLAPS FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO END MARGINS OF SAID FRONT AND REAR PANELS AND RETAINING THE VISCOUS MATERIAL THEREIN, SAID INNER CLOSURE FLAPS INCLUDING OVERLAPPING FREE MARGINAL SIDE EDGES EXTENDING THE ENTIRE WIDTH THEREOF INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE FREE ABUTMENT PORTION FOR MAINTAINING SAID FRONT AND REAR PANELS IN MUTUALLY PARALLEL RELATION AND PROVIDING A BASE RESISTING INWARD DEFLECTION THEREOF AND PREVENTING SAID VISCOUS MATERIAL FROM MOVING THEREBY, AN OUTER CLOSURE FLAP FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO SAID BOTTOM PANEL ON A FOLD LINE NORMAL TO THE END MARGINS OF SAID FRONT AND REAR PANELS AND SECURED AT INNER SURFACE PORTIONS IN JUXTAPOSED RELATION ON LOWER OUTER SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID INNER CLOSURE FLAPS, AND ANOTHER OUTER CLOSURE FLAP FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO SAID COVER PANEL ON A FOLD LINE PARALLEL TO SAID FOLD LINE OF SAID FIRST OUTER CLOSURE FLAP AND DISPOSED IN AND RETAINED IN JUXTAPOSED RELATION ON UPPER OUTER SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID INNER CLOSURE FLAPS, AND MAINTAINING THE CARTON PANELS IN A RECTANGULARLY CROSS-SECTIONED RELATIONSHIP AND MAINTAINING THE VISCOUS MATERIAL AND CONTAINER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY SQUARE CONDITION AND PREVENTING THE VISCOUS MATERIAL FROM FLOWING PAST SAID END CLOSURE ASSEMBLY, SAID OUTER CLOSURE FLAPS EACH INCLUDING FREE MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS PARALLEL TO THE FOLD LINES THEREOF AND DISPOSED IN MUTUALLY CO-PLANAR ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP MAINTAINING SAID COVER AND BOTTOM PANELS IN ORIENTED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP AND AIDING TO MAINTAIN THE SQUARED CONDITION OF THE VISCOUS MATERIAL THEREIN, SAID OVERLAPPING, FREE ABUTMENT PORTIONS OF SAID INNER CLOSURE FLAPS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE TERMINAL EXTENSION PORTION AT THE SIDE EDGE OF ONE OF SAID INNER CLOSURE FLAPS AND FORMING AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE ABUTMENT SHOULDER THEREON, SAID OTHER INNER CLOSURE FLAP INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE TERMINAL EXTENSION EXTENDING BEYOND SAID FREE SIDE EDGE OF SAID OTHER INNER CLOSURE FLAP, SAID SHOULDERS ABUTTINGLY ENGAGING EACH OTHER AND SPACED A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID COVER AND BOTTOM PANELS, THE INNER EDGES OF SAID INNER CLOSURE FLAPS HAVING A MUTUALLY INVERTED L-SHAPE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER.