A container for an article, comprising:
- a). a container body comprising a plurality of body panels conjoined for defining a container interior space for receiving an article, said container body having a first open end and a second open end, each body panel, of the plurality of body panels, having a body panel length, a body panel width, a body panel first end adjacent the container body first open end, a body panel second end adjacent the container body second open end, a body panel interior surface and a body panel exterior surface;
- b). a container first end member, for closing the container body first open end, connected to the container body within the container body first open end, said container first end member having a first end member interior face, a first end member exterior face, a plurality of first end member sides equal in number to the plurality of body panels, and having first end member centering means connected to the first end member interior face for preventing an article from moving laterally within the container, each first end member side, of the plurality of first end member sides, in contact with the interior surface of a body panel of the plurality of body panels;
- c). a plurality of first end tabs equal in number to the plurality of body panels, each first end tab, of the plurality of first end tabs, having a first end tab width, a first end tab length, a first end tab thickness, and a first end tab interior surface;
- d). a plurality of first end hinged connectors, equal in number to the plurality of body panels, each first end hinged connector, of the plurality of first end hinged connectors, connecting a first end tab, of the plurality of first end tabs, to the first end of a body panel, of the plurality of body panels, the interior surface of each first end tab, of the plurality of first end tabs, attached to the first end member exterior face;
- e). the container first end member exterior face comprising a circumferentially disposed first end member peripheral surface adjacent to the plurality of first end member sides, the first end member exterior peripheral surface having a first end member peripheral surface width at least equal to the length of each first end tab, of the plurality of first end tabs;
- f). the container first end member exterior face further comprising a centrally disposed first end member exterior central surface, surrounded by the first end member exterior peripheral surface and extending from the first end member exterior peripheral surface a distance at least equivalent to the thickness of each first end tab of the plurality of first end tabs;
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- g). the interior surface of each first end tab, of the plurality of first end tabs, attached to the first end member exterior peripheral surface.