Carton with concealable handle

Claim 1

A CONTAINER HAVING A PLURALITY OF BOUNDING WALL PANELS CLOSED AT ONE END, AN IMPROVED CLOSURE PORTION FOR THE OTHER END HAVING CONCEALABLE CARRYING HANDLE MEANS WHICH COMPRISES, AN OUTER CLOSURE FLAP FOLDABLE ALONG A CREASE LINE AT A JUNCTION WITH ONE OF SAID WALL PANELS, A TONGUE FORMED ALONG A PORTION OF THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID CLOSURE FLAP AND FOLDABLE ALONG A SCORE LINE AT ITS JUNCTION WITH SAID FLAP, AN OPEN PORTION FORMED ALONG SAID SCORE LINE WHEN SAID TONGUE IS FOLDED THEREALONG, A REMOVABLE PERFORATED STRIP FORMED IN SAID OUTER CLOSURE FLAP, AN INTERMEDIATE CLOSURE FLAP OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WIDTH AND LENGTH AS SAID OUTER CLOSURE FLAP FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH A SECOND OF SAID WALL PANELS AND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY A CREASE LINE, AN ELONGATED SLOT FORMED ALONG SAID CREASE LINE WHEN SAID INTERMEDIATE FLAP IS FOLDED THEREALONG, A LOCKING TAB FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID SECOND WALL PANEL AND PARTIALLY OUT OF SAID INTERMEDIATE CLOSURE FLAP, END CLOSURE FLAPS SECURED TO WALL PANELS INTERMEDIATE SAID ONE AND SAID SECOND WALL PANEL, EACH OF SAID END CLOSURE FLAPS FOLDABLE ALONG A CREASE LINE AT A JUNCTION WITH ITS WALL PANEL INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY COMMON PLANE, A HANDLE PORTION FORMING A PART OF SAID INTERMEDIATE CLOSURE FLAP AND FOLDABLE ALONG A CREASE LINE EXTENDING CENTRALLY OF THE WIDTH OF SUCH FLAP BETWEEN A CONCEALED POSITION WITHIN THE PLANE OF SUCH FLAP AND AN OPERATIVE POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SUCH PLANE; SAID END CLOSURE FLAPS AND SAID INTERMEDIATE CLOSURE FLAP INCLUDING SAID HANDLE PORTION UNDERLYING SAID OUTER CLOSURE FLAP WHEN SAID IMPROVED CLOSURE PORTION IS CLOSED WITH THE HANDLE PORTION IN ITS CONCEALED POSITION, SAID TONGUE POSITIONABLE THROUGH SAID ELONGATED SLOT AND ADJACENT AN INNER SURFACE OF SAID SECOND WALL PANEL WITH SAID LOCKING TAB POSITIONABLE WITHIN SAID OPEN PORTION TO LOCK THE UPPER CLOSURE FLAPS IN A POSITIVELY-LOCKED POSITION; AND SAID END CLOSURE FLAPS AND SAID INTERMEDIATE CLOSURE FLAP UNDERLYING SAID OUTER CLOSURE FLAP WITH SAID HANDLE PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH A SLOT FORMED BY THE REMOVAL OF SAID PERFORATED STRIP WHEN SAID IMPROVED CLOSURE PORTION IS CLOSED WITH SAID HANDLE PORTION IN AN EXTENDED POSITION, THEREBY PRODUCING A PROJECTING CARRYING HANDLE MEANS FOR FACILITATING THE CARRYING OF SUCH CONTAINER.