Reclosure device for automatically formed and sealed corrugated containers

Claim 1

A POSITIVE LOCKING RECLOSURE DEVICE FOR ADHESIVELYBONDED MACHINE-FORMED CORRUGATED CARTONS WHICH HAVE BEEN OPENED AT ONE END BY THE RELEASE OF THE ADHESIVE BONDING WHICH COMPRISES, A T-SHAPED LOCKING TUCK SECTION FORMED OUT OF AN INNER PARTIAL OVERLAP END FLAP AND FOLDABLY SECURED THERETO ALONG A SCORE LINE; AND TUCK SECTION HAVING A BASE PORTION, A NOSE PORTION FOLDABLY SECURED TO SAID BASE PORTION ALONG A SCORE LINE, AND A PAIR OF OUTWARDLY-PROJECTING ENGAGING TABS FOLDABLY SECURED ALONG SCORE LINES TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID NOSE PORTION; A SLOT FORMED IN AN OUTER END FLAP PARTIALLY OVERLYING SAID INNER END FLAP, A SCORE LINE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROS SAID OUTER END FLAP FROM END PORTIONS OF SAID SLOT; SAID OUTER PARTIAL OVERLAP FLAP BEING FOLDABLE ALONG SAID LAST MENTIONED SCORE LINE TO OPEN SAID SLOT WHILE PARTIALLY OVERLYING SAID INNER OVERLAP FLAP; AND SAID ENGAGING TABS OF SAID TUCK SECTION BEING FOLDABLE UNDER SAID NOSE PORTION SO THAT SAID NOSE PORTION MAY PROJECT THROUGH SAID SLOT AND LOCK SAID TUCK SECTION WITHIN SAID SLOT TO POSITIVELY RETAIN THE PARTIAL OVERLAPPING FLAPS IN A SECURED LOCKED POSITION.