Reclosable rectangular cardboard box

Claim 1

In a reclosable rectangular cardboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a cover swingable about a folding line on the upper edge of the rear wall and two oppositely disposed side walls having respective horizontally inwardly extending cover flaps which in the closed position of the box engage the inner face of the cover, wherein the improvement comprises a downwardly extending strip at the front edge of the cover which in the closed position of the box overlaps the upper margin of the front wall of the box, said strip having a slot shaped recess at each of the ends of the folding line between the cover and said strip, a pair of locking projections formed on the respective ones of the forward ends of the inwardly extending cover flaps on said side walls to yieldably enter the respective slot shaped recesses, and a pair of downwardly extending side strips at respective ends of the cover for overlapping the upper margins of the sidewalls in the closed position of the cover, each of said slot-shaped recesses including portions of slots which extend along the folding line formed between the cover and said side strips.