Removable identification band for cartons and blank for producing the same

Claim 1

IN A CARTON PRODUCED FROM A ONE-PIECE INTEGRAL CUTAND-SCORED BLANK COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY INCLUDING CLOSURE ASSEMBLIES AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED REMOVAL IDENTIFICATION BAND, MEANS DETACHABLY CONNECTING SAID BAND IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP ON AN OUTER SURFACE PORTION OF SAID TUBULAR BODY, SAID MEANS COMPRISING TERMINAL PORTIONS OF SAID BAND AND COOPERATING PORTIONS OF SAID CARTON TO WHICH THE TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID BAND ARE CONNECTED, SAID TUBULAR BODY COMPRISING FOLDABLE FLAT WALLS POSITIONABLE TO FORM A RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION IN SAID TUBULAR BODY, ONE OF SAID WALLS INCLUDING A SIDE EDGE MARGIN, GLUE FLAP MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID SIDE EDGE MARGIN AND CONNECTED TO AN ADJACENT ONE OF SAID WALLS FOR FORMING SAID TUBULAR BODY, SAID ADJACENT ONE OF SAID WALLS INCLUDING A SIDE EDGE MARGIN, A TEAR TAB PORTION DETACHABLY CONNECTED ONLY AT THE SIDE EDGE MARGIN OF SAID ADJACENT ONE OF SAID WALLS, SAID BAND BEING TERMINALLY CONNECTED TO SAID GLUE FLAP MEANS AND SECURED BETWEEN SAID ADJACENT ONE OF SAID WALLS AND SAID GLUE FLAP, THE OTHER END OF SAID BAND BEING SECURED IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID TEAR TAB FOR REMOVAL THEREWITH, SAID BAND BEING CIRCUMPOSED ABOUT SAID TUBULAR BODY AND SEVERABLE AT SAID GLUE FLAP.