Reduceable carton with reclosure feature

Claim 1

A REDUCEABLE SIZE CARTON FORMED OF A SINGLE BLANK OF FOLDABLE PAPERBOARD, COMPRISING: (A) FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF GENERALLY RECTANGUALR SIDE WALLS HINGED TOGETHER TO FORM A TUBULAR STRUCTURE OPEN AT THE ENDS; (B) SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE HAVING AN UNITERRUPTED, CIRCUMFERENTIAL LINE OF SEVERENCE EXTENDING ACROSS EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS OPERABLE UPON SEVERING THE SAME TO DEFINE TWO CARTON SECTIONS; (C) FIRST CLOSURE FLAPS HINGED TO OPPOSITE END EDGES OF THE SIDE WALLS FOR CLOSING THE REMOTE ENDS OF THE CARTON SECTIONS; (D) ONE OF THE CARTON SECTIONS HAVING AN UNINTERRUPTED, CIRCUMFERENTIAL FOLD LINE EXTENDING ACROSS EACH OF THE SIDE WALLS AT AN ANGLE SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE, THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL FOLD LINE BEING SPACED LONGITUDINALLY INWARDLY FROM THE LINE OF SEVERENCE TO DEFINE THEREBETWEEN SECOND CLOSURE FLAPS FOR CLOSING THE END OF THE ONE CARTON SECTION ADJACENT THE OTHER CARTON SECTION; (E) LOCKING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE SECOND CLOSURE FLAPS CLOSED; (F) A PARTITION SECTION HINGED ON A LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINE TO ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE OTHER CARTON SECTION FOR CLOSING THE ADJACENT END OF THE OTHER CARTON SECTION AND FOR DIVIDING THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE INTO SEPARATE CARRYING COMPARTMENTS.