End loading, top opening, folding carton

Claim 1

AN END LOADING, TOP OPENING CARTON HAVING A PAIR OF TELESCOPING PORTIONS FORMED FROM A UNITARY BLANK OF FOLDABLE PAPERBOARD COMPRISING: (A) A TRAY PORTION INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL BOTTOM WALL AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED, VERTICAL, FRONT AND REAR SIDE WALLS AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED, VERTICAL, END WALLS HINGED TO SIDE AND END EDGES, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID BOTTOM WALL AND EXTENDING NORMAL THERETO TO FORM A BOX-LIKE ENCLOSURE; (B) A COVER PORTION INCLUDING: (I) A HORIZONTAL TOP WALL HINGED AT ITS REAR EDGE TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID TRAY PORTION REAR EDGE WALL; (II) A FRONT WALL HINGED AT ITS UPPER EDGE TO THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID TOP WALL AND DISPOSED TO OVERLIE SAID TRAY PORTION FRONT SIDE WALL BUT BEING FROM DIRECT ATTACHMENT THERETO; (III) A PAIR OF END WALLS HINGED AT CORRESPONDING EDGES TO END EDGES OF SAID TOP WALL AND DISPOSED TO OVERLIE SAID TRAY PORTION END WALLS BUT BEING FREE FROM DIRECT ATTACHMENT THERETO; (C) MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TRAY PORTION REAR SIDE WALL TO RESPECTIVE END WALLS OF SAID COVER PORTION; (D) SAID COVER PORTION FRONT WALL HAVING IMMEDIATELY ABOVE ITS LOWER EDGE A REMOVABLE SECTION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS ONLY A PART OF SAID FRONT WALL AND HAVING ITS END SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE ENDS OF SAID FRONT WALL AND BEING DEFINED IN PART BY A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED WEAKENED LINES OF TEAR WHICH, FOR THE GREATER PART OF THEIR LENGTH, EXTEND PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FRONT WALL; (E) A GLUE FLAP THE SAME LENGTH AS THE REMOVABLE SECTION HINGEDLY ATTACHED AT ITS FORWARD EDGE TO THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID COVER PORTION FRONT WALL REMOVABLE SECTION, ON A HINGE LINE COINCIDING WITH ONE OF SAID WEAKENED LINES OF TEAR, AND BEING ADHESIVELY SECURED TO A MARGINAL PORTION OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TRAY PORTION BOTTOM WALL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL.