Carton blank with turn down closures

Claim 1

A carton blank which comprises a panel of sheet material divided into four sections connected to one another along respective fold lines that define the upright edges of the assembled carton, each section defining a corresponding upright side of the assembled carton; a plurality of first flaps each connected to a corresponding section along a fold line defining a respective bottom edge of the assembled carton, said first flaps together forming the bottom of the assembled carton; a plurality of second flaps each connected to a corresponding section along a fold line defining a corresponding top edge of the assembled carton, said second flaps together forming the top of the assembled carton; means defining in at least one of said sections and the second flap adjoining thereto a pair of spaced-apart cuts dividing the second flaps into three portions and continuing into the section to define therein a central portion connected to the central portion of the second flap and extending from a fold line located in the section intermediate the carton bottom and top edge fold lines thereof, said central portions of such second flap and section forming in the assembled carton a closure which can be turned down to render the entire interior of the carton accessible.