Egg packaging

A cover to package cartoned eggs, comprising:

• a cruciform sheet of material having stiffness of at least corrugated cardboard, comprising:
• a rectangular central section dimensioned along each of the central section right edge and the central section left edge to the length of an egg carton, and along each of the central section top edge and the central section bottom edge to the width of the egg carton;
• a rectangular first right section abutting, and coextensive with, the central section right edge along the first right section left edge;
• the first right section dimensioned along each of a first right section top edge and first right section bottom edge to the at overall height of the egg carton plus the thickness of the sheet;
• a rectangular second right section abutting, and coextensive with, the first right section right edge along the second right section left edge;
• the second right section dimensioned along each of a second right section top edge and second right section bottom edge to the overall width of the egg carton plus the thickness of the sheet;
• a rectangular first left section abutting, and coextensive with, the central section left edge along the first left section right edge;
• the first left section dimensioned along each of a first left section top edge and first left section bottom edge to the overall height of the egg carton;
• a rectangular second left section abutting, and coextensive with, the first left section left edge along the second left section right edge;
• the second left section dimensioned along each of a second left section top edge and second left section bottom edge to the overall width of the egg carton;
• a rectangular top flap abutting, and coextensive with, the central section top edge along the top flap bottom edge;
• the top flap dimensioned along each of the top flap left edge and the top flap right edge to the overall height of the egg carton;
• a top tab abutting the top flap along the top edge of the top flap;
• the top tab dimensioned along a top tab bottom edge and a top tab top edge less than the width of the egg carton by at least the thickness of the sheet;
• a rectangular bottom flap abutting, and coextensive with, the central section bottom edge along the bottom flap top edge;
• the bottom flap dimensioned along each of the bottom flap left edge and the bottom flap right edge to the overall height of the egg carton;
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• a bottom tab abutting the bottom flap along the bottom edge of the bottom flap;
• the bottom tab dimensioned along a bottom tab bottom edge and a bottom tab top edge less than the width of the egg carton by at least the thickness of the sheet.