Container and method for relaxing snags during dispensement of strip material

A method of eliminating tension spikes in strip material from arising during dispensement that are attributable to loops of the strip material being snagged, comprising the steps of:

• imposing confining forces on strip material with a container in a confining position;
• creating a condition that causes the strip material to snag with adjacent strip material during transit due to displacement of the strip material during the transit;
• relieving the confining forces and thereby relaxing the snags by displacing the container so as to eliminate the creation of the tension spikes during the dispensement that otherwise may arise from unrelieved confining forces acting on the snags;
• dispensing the strip material free of the tension spikes after the step of relaxing the snags;
• raising flaps to an elevation higher than that of the panels and retaining said flaps at said elevation, said flaps being connected to said panels, removing a compression pad from the container that compresses said strip material, said strip material being elastic, and allowing said strip material to resiliently expand back to an uncompressed state so that a volume displaced by said strip material increases to such an extent that a top portion of said strip material rises above that of said panels and yet becomes confined by said flaps to prevent spillover of the strip material;
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• wherein the container has a plurality of panels hingedly connected together, the step of relieving including disconnecting and then swinging apart two adjacent ones of the panels relative to the other to relieve the confining forces exerted by the panels that are imposed on the strip material.