Carton with tear flap and inner promotional panels

Claim 1

A one-piece carton formed of self-supporting sheet material such as cardboard or the like, said carton having a front wall and a back wall, oppositely disposed end walls, and oppositely disposed sidewalls; one of said end walls embodying closure means as for use in filling the carton; one of said sidewalls embodying a second closure means as for use in dispensing the contents of the carton; said second closure means comprising an inner flap hinged to said back wall and folded over at a right-angle to the plane of said back wall and extended to the plane of the front wall, said second closure means also including an outer flap member comprising two plies of material adhesively secured together, one of said plies and therefore the outer flap member itself being hinged to the edge of the front wall, the outer flap member overlying the inner flap member, and adhesive means detachably securing the outer flap member to the inner flap member, and a panel containing promotional material hinged along a tear line of perforations and extending from the outermost edge of the inner flap, said inner flap being of a length equal to the width of the carton so that, in closed position, the junction of the inner flap and the promotional panel coincides with an edge of the sidewall area, whereby said panel will lie alongside the inner surface of the front wall of the carton, out of the way of the contents when the carton is being filled through the end closure means.