End closure comprised of liner and carton flaps

Claim 1

A CARTON COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY FORMED OF SIDE PANELS AND A LINER INSERTED THEREIN, SAID CARTON HAVING END FLAPS FOR CLOSING IN END OF SAID CARTONS, SAID END FLAPS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND FLAPS HINGED AT FIRST AND SECOND HINGE LINES RESPECTIVELY TO FIRST AND SECOND PANELS LOCATED AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BODY, SAID END FLAPS INCLUDING A TAB HINGED AT A THIRD HINGE LINE TO A THIRD PANEL CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND HINGED PANELS, SAID LINER BEING LONG ENOUGH SO A FIRST SELECTED PORTION THEREOF PROJECTS BEYOND THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID THIRD PANEL, SAID LINER ALSO BEING LONG ENOUGH SO A SECOND SELECTED PORTION THEREOF PROJECTS BEYOND THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FIRST FLAP, SAID SECOND SELECTED PORTION BEING FOLDED DOWN TO EXTEND ACROSS THE CARTON END AND TO DOUBLE FOLD THE LINER IN AT LEAST ONE SELECTED AREA TO FORM A FIRST DOUBLE FOLD AREA, SAID LINER BEING ADHESIVELY ATTACHED TO SAID FIRST TAB SO THE FOLD LINE OF SAID FIRST DOUBLE FOLD AREA EXTENDS DIAGONALLY FROM SUBSTANTIALLY ONE END OF THE HINGE LINE OF SAID FIRST FLAP ALONG SAID TAB TO FORM SUBSTANTIALLY A 45* ANGLE WITH SAID TAB HINGE LINE, A SECOND DOUBLE FOLD AREA IN THE LINER COMPRISED OF A FIRST PART OF SAID FIRST DOUBLE FOLD AREA BEING FOLDED OVER A SECOND PART OF SAID FIRST DOUBLE FOLD AREA, SAID LINER BEING ADHESIVELY ATTACHED TO SAID FIRST TAB SO THE FOLD LINE OF SAID SECOND DOUBLE FOLD AREA EXTENDS DIAGONALLY FROM SUBSTANTIALLY ONE END OF THE HINGE LINE OF SAID SECOND FLAP ALONG SAID TAB TO FORM SUBSTANTIALLY A 45* ANGLE WITH SAID TAB HINGE LINE, SAID LINER BEING ATTACHED TO SAID TAB TO PERMIT SAID LINER TO FORM SAID DIAGONAL LINES AND TO CAUSE SAID LINER TO BE RAISED WHEN SAID TAB IS RAISED, SAID FIRST FLAP BEING FOLDED DOWN TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLIE THE CARTON OPENING, SAID SECOND FLAP BEING FOLDED DOWN TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLIE SAID FIRST FLAP AND TO BEING SAID FIRST PART OF SAID FIRST DOUBLE FOLD AREA INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND PART OF SAID FIRST DOUBLE FOLD AREA, SAID FOLDING DOWN OF SAID SECOND FLAP TO ALSO BRING THE INNER SURFACE OF AT LEAST A PART OF THE AREA OF SAID LINER WHICH IS CLOSE TO AND PROJECTS ABOVE THE HINGE LINE OF SAID SECOND FLAP INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE PORTION OF THE LINER WHICH PROJECTS BEYOND THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FIRST FLAP, SAID TAB BEING FOLDED DOWN TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLIE SAID SECOND FLAP AND TO BRING SAID FIRST AND SECOND DOUBLE FOLD AREAS INTO SUPERPOSED POSITION BETWEEN SAID TAB AND SAID SECOND FLAP, AND MEANS PROVIDING A LIMITED READILY RELEASABLE ADHESIVE ATTACHMENT BETWEEN SAID FIRST FLAP AND SAID TAB FOR READY SEPARATION THEREOF, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BONDING SAID FLAP AND TAB AGAINST PREMATURE ACCIDENTAL SEPARATION.