Recessed ice-cream carton with tuck-in reclosure

Claim 1

A CARTON COMPRISING A BOTTOM PANEL, VERTICALLY UPSTANDING SPACED FRONT AND REAR PANELS, OPPOSED END PANELS, AND A TOP PANEL, SAID TOP PANEL BEING JOINED TO SAID REAR PANEL AND BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED IN OPPOSED OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID BOTTOM PANEL, A LOCKING TAB PANEL JOINED TO SAID TOP PANEL, SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL BEING SECURED IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO AN EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE FRONT PANEL, TAB RECEIVING OPENING MEANS IN SAID FRONT PANEL BENEATH SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL AND NORMALLY CLOSED THEREBY, A PAIR OF SPACED WEAKENED LINES IN SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL DEFINING A TEAR STRIP DISPOSED WHOLELY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL, A PORTION OF ONE OF SAID WEAKENED LINES DEFINING A TAB DIRECTED TOWARD ONE OF SAID TOP AND BOTTOM PANELS, SAID TAB AND TAB RECEIVING OPENING MEANS BEING GENERALLY IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP IN THE NORMALLY CLOSED POSITION OF SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL, SAID TAB RECEIVING OPENING MEANS BEING OF A SIZE SUFFICIENT TO RECEIVE SAID TAB UPON THE REMOVAL OF SAID TEAR STRIP AND A SUBSEQUENT RECLOSURE OF SAID CARTON, MEANS PROVIDED INTERIORLY OF SAID CARTON DEFINING A CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING SAID LOCKING TAB WHEN SAID TAB IS PASSED THROUGH SAID TAB RECEIVING OPENING MEANS TO RECLOSE SAID CARTON AFTER SAID CARTON HAS BEEN ONCE OPENED, SAID CHAMBER MEANS BEING DEFINED BY A BACKING PANEL JOINED TO SAID FRONT PANEL, SAID BACKING PANEL BEING IN COMPLETELY INTERIORLY OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID OPENING, SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL BEING JOINED TO SAID TOP PANEL ALONG A FOLD LINE, SAID TOP PANEL BEING DEFINED IN PART BY A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED EDGES, A SECOND PAIR OF WEAKENED LINES IN SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL, SAID SECOND PAIR OF WEAKENED LINES CONVERGING TOWARD AND TERMINATING AT SAID ONE WEAKENED LINE, SAID SECOND PAIR OF WEAKENED LINES BEING CONFINED WHOLELY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID LOCKING TAB PANEL, A THIRD PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL WEAKENED LINES IN SAID TOP PANEL, AND AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF EACH OF SAID THIRD PAIR OF WEAKENED LINES MERGING WITH AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF EACH OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF WEAKENED LINES AT SAID FOLD LINES.