One piece reclosable carton

Claim 1

A carton closure for use in combination with an open topped rectangular carton body having a closed bottom end and rectangularly arranged side walls, including: a sleeve adapted to telescope onto the upper end of said carton body, a first flap hingedly connected to the upper edge of each of the carton side walls, a second flap foldably connected to each said first hinge flap along a fold line parallel to the hinge line connecting said first side wall to its adjoining side wall, hinge lines connecting each said second flap to an upper edge of said sleeve, said first and second flaps being of substantially equal length and foldable from a position substantially coplanar with the walls to which the flaps are connected to a position in which the first and second flap of each pair substantially in parallel face contact when said sleeve is in carton body encircling position; said flaps extending inwardly to form a closure for said carton body, said first and second flaps connected to two opposed side walls being of generally rectangular form, and the first and second flaps hingedly connected to the remaining opposed side walls are of generally trapezoidal shape with the longer parallel edges connected to the carton body and upper sleeve, respectively, and the shorter parallel edges are connected along said fold line, said fold lines connecting said generally rectangular first and second flaps terminating in spaced relation when said first and second flaps are substantially in face contact, notches extending into said fold line connecting the first and second flaps of trapezoidal shape, said fold lines connecting said generally rectangular first and second flaps terminating in spaced relation when said first and second flaps are substantially in face contact, and the distance between said notches is substantially equal to the distance between said fold lines, said notches accommodating portions of said first and second generally rectangular flaps adjoining said fold lines, and notches extending into said carton from the upper edges thereof at the juncture between said walls.