Carton

Claim 1

A CARTON FOR HOLDING ARTICLES COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGUALR FIBRE BODY, HAVING FOUR SIDE WALLS, A FLAP EXTENDING FROM EACH OF SAID WALLS AT ONE END OF SAID BODY, SAID FLAPS ARRANGED FOR BEING FOLDED INWARDLY IN COOPERATIVE RELATION FOR CLOSING THE END OF THE CARTON, A PAIR OF SAID FLAPS EXTENDING FROM OPPOSITE BODY SIDE WALLS CONSTITUTING AN INNER END WALL OF THE CARTON, A PAIR OF OUTER FLAPS EXTENDING FROM OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS INTERMEDIATE THE FIRST OF SAID SIDE WALLS ARRANGED FOR OVERLAPPING ENGAGEMENT UPON SAID INNER END WALL FLAPS AND UPON EACH OTHER PROVIDING AN OUTER END WALL OF THE CARTON, ONE OF SAID OUTER FLAPS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY USHAPED SLIT THEREIN INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY ARCUATE INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED END PORTIONS, SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED END PORTIONS EXTENDING OBLIQUELY OUTWARDLY TOWARD THE OUTER EDGES OF THE FLAP, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION DEFINING A PROJECTION ALONG ONE SIDE OF SAID SLIT CURVED OUTWARDLY AND ENGAGEABLE OVER THE EDGE PORTION OF THE OTHER OF SAID OUTER FLAPS, SAID OTHER FLAP HAVING A PAIR OF LATERALLY AND OUTWARDLY EXTENDING TABS FOR INSERTION INTO SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED END PORTIONS FOR INTERENGAGING AND LOCKING SAID OUTER FLAPS TOGETHER, AND A CREASE LINE IN SAID OTHER OUTER FLAP EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE OUTER EDGE THEREOF PROVIDING A MEDIAL LINE OF BEND TO PERMIT OUTWARD BENDING OF SAID OTHER FLAP FROM ITS NORMAL FLAT PLANE TO FACILITATE THE INSERTION OF SAID TABS INTO SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED END PORTIONS WITHOUT BENDING AND DISTORTING SAID TABS.