Carton

Claim 1

A CARTON COMPRISING A BASE SECTION, A COVER SECTION AND A FLEXIBLE OVERWRAP ENCLOSING SAID BASE SECTION AND SAID COVER SECTION IN THE ASSEMBLED CARTON, SAID BASE SECTION BEING FORMED FROM A BLANK HAVING TWO SIDE FLAPS FILDABLY CONNECTED TO A BASEDBOARD WHICH IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MERCHANDIS THEREON, SAID SIDE FLAPS BEING ADAPTED TO FOLD UPWARDS OVER THOSE PROTIONS OF THE MERCHANDISE LYING NEAREST THE EDGE OF SAID BASEBOARD, SAID COVER SECTION BEING FORMED FROM A BLANK HAVING A CENTRAL SECTION WHICH LIES OVER MERCHANDISE TO BE PACKAGED AND IS OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SIZE AND SHAPE AS SAID BASEBOARD, SIDE COVER SECTION ASLO HAVING A NARROW CHANNEL SECTION FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CENTRAL SECTION AND HAVING SIDE FLAPS FOLDABLE CONNECTED TO SAID CHANNEL SECTION, SAID CENTRAL SECTION HAVING A PERFORATED LINE NEAR ONE END RUNNING FROM SIDE TO SIDE FROM THE FOLD LINE BETWEEN EACH OF SIDE CHANNEL SECTION AND CENTRAL SECTION, AND FOLD LINE BEING PERFORATED INTO SECTION LYING BETWEEN SAID PERFORATED LINE AND THE NEAREST EDGE OF SAID COVER SECTION, SAID CENTRAL SECTION ALSO HAVING A SCORE LINE RUNNING FROM THE EDGE OF SAID SECTION AT THE FOLD LINE DIAGONALLY TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION TO A POINT BETWEEN SAID PERFORATED LINE AND THE CENTER OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION, THENCE PARALLEL TO SAID PERFORATED LINE TOWARD THE OPPOSITE FOLD LINE TO MEET ANOTHER DIAGONAL SCORE LINE RUNNING FROM THE CORRESPONDING EDGE OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE FOLD LINE TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION.