Molded egg carton

Claim 1

An improved latch for a single-piece egg carton having a base portion shaped for receiving eggs and a cover portion joined to said base portion for folding over said base portion to close said carton with the closing edges of said base portion and said cover portion close together in mutual registry, said latch comprising: a. a latch flap extending normally outward from a fold line along said closing edge of said base portion; b. in the closed condition of said carton, said latch flap being normally disposed inside and generally parallel with a latch region of said cover portion adjacent said closing edge of said cover portion; c. a pair of projections on said latch flap extending outward from the general plane of said latch flap toward said latch region of said cover portion in said closed condition of said carton; d. said projections having side surfaces perpendicular to the parallel planes of said latch flap and said latch region in said closed condition of said carton; e. said side surfaces being oblique to each other and extending generally away from said closing edges of said carton; f. a pair of open notches extending from said closing edge of said cover portion inward into said latch region of said cover portion. g. said notches having side edges oblique to each other and registering with said side surfaces of said projections in said closed condition of said carton; and h. said side edges and side surfaces being angled relative to said closing edges of said carton to wedge against each other to resist the openings of said carton.