Neck thru safety lock

Claim 1

A package carrying a plurality of elongated necked containers, comprising: a. a top panel, having formed therein a plurality of neck receiving apertures; b. side panels, pivotally attached to said top panel; c. bottom panels, pivotally attached to said side panels, said bottom panels having formed thereon primary retention means fixedly attaching the bottom panels together and retaining the elongated necked containers within the package; d. a plurality of elongated necked containers, carried within the package, each container having a cap fixedly attached to the elongated necked portion of the containers, said containers being carried within the package by said bottom panels and being retained by said primary retention means, the elongated necked portion of the containers extending through said apertures formed in said top panel; and e. said apertures having formed around the periphery thereof four tabs each hingedly attached at one end thereof to said top panel along a line parallel to and spaced from a tangent to the periphery of said apertures, said tabs being spaced below the caps with the elongated necked portion of the containers positioned within the apertures, said tabs serving as a secondary retention means whenever the primary retention means fails or whenever the containers tend to drop out of the packaGe during transportation of the package.