Hexagonal, corrugated shipping container

Claim 1

A CONTAINER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FLAT BLANK HAVING INNER AND OUTER FACES FACING UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY RESPECTIVELY AND A TOP AND A BOTTOM, SAID BLANK BEING SUBDIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF PANELS OF LIKE SIZE BY SCORE LINES EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT PANELS FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A NARROW FLAP EXTENDING ALONG ONE OF THE END PANELS OF SAID BLANK AND CONNECTED TO SAID ONE END PANEL BY A SCORE LINE, THE INNER FACE OF SAID BLANK BEING PROVIDED WITH A GROOVE EXTENDING ALONG AND SPACED INWARDLY FROM AND ADJACENT TOP OF SAID BLANK AND FROM SAID FLAP TO SAID OTHER END PANEL, BEING A WALL WEAKENING GROOVE IN THE OUTER FACE OF SAID BLANK ON EACH SIDE OF AND PARALLEL TO SAID INNER FACE GROOVE AND EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID INNER FACE GROOVE, A TEAR STRIP MOUNTED WITHIN THE INNER FACE GROOVE AND HAVING A TERMINAL END PROJECTING THROUGH SAID FLAP, SAID BLANK BEING FOLDABLE UPON ITSELF SO THAT SAID FLAP PROJECTS OVER AND OVERLIES A LIKE PORTION OF SAID OTHER PANEL, AND FASTENING MEANS SECURING SAID FLAP TO THE OVERLAPPING PORTION OF SAID OTHER PANEL TO THEREBY FORM A HOLLOW TUBE OF POLYGONAL FORM IN A COLLAPSED STATE, SAID TUBE BEING SHIFTABLE FROM THE COLLAPSED STATE TO AN EXTENDED STATE, SAID TUBE WHEN IN THE EXTENDED STATE HAVING AN INNER INVERTED CUPSHAPED CLOSURE INSERTABLE THROUGH THE TOP OF SAID TUBE TO A POSITION BELOW AND ADJACENT THE WALL OF SAID TUBE, AND AN REMOTE FROM THE TOP OF SAID TUVE, SAID CLOSURE SLIDABLY AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING THE WALL OF AID TUBE, AND AN OUTER INVERTED CUP-SHAPED ENCLOSURE INSERTABLE THROUGH THE TOP OF SAID TUBE TO A POSITION BETWEEN THE TOP OF SAID TUBE AND THE WALL WEAKENING GROOVE ADJACENT THE TOP OF SAID TUBE, SAID OUTER CLOSURE BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE WALL OF SAID TUBE, APPLICATION OF A PULLING FORCE UPON THE TERMINAL END OF SAID TEAR STRIP CAUSING SAID TEAR STRIP TO BE REMOVED AND THEREBY PERMIT THE UPPER CLOSURE AND THE PORTION OF THE TUBE ABOVE THE INNER CLOSURE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TUBE.