Recloseable carton

Claim 2

A blank made of foldable paperboard erectable into a reclosable flip top carton having a locking cover, said blank comprising; a substantially rectangular sheet of said paperboard defined by parallel horizontal top and bottom edges and parallel vertical side edges;

Claim 3

three horizontal spaced apart hinge lines intermediate said top and bottom edges defining, respectively, a top panel, a back panel, a bottom panel, and a front panel; minor closure flaps hingedly attached along the side edges of said top and bottom panels; a flange assembly hingedly connected to said top edge of said blank including a rectangular top cover front flange connected to said top panel, a tab connected along each lateral edge of said front flange, and a top cover depending inner skirt section hingedly connected to the top edge of said front flange; said skirt section having formed therein a transverse slit extending substantially horizontally intermediate the lateral edges thereof; a locking flange hingedly connected to the bottom edge of said blank; major flaps connected to the lateral edges of said back panel and extending the length thereof; major flaps connected to the lateral edges of said front panel; and a removable section formed in each of said front panel major flaps defined by frangible score lines positioned horizontally near the bottom of said flaps and a frangible vertical score line near the bottom of the hinge lines connecting said major flaps to said front panel.

Claim 4

three horizontal spaced apart hinge lines intermediate said top and bottom edges defining, respectively, a top panel, a back panel, a bottom panel, and a front panel; minor closure flaps hingedly attached along the side edges of said top and bottom panels; a flange assembly hingedly connected to said top edge of said blank including a rectangular top cover front flange connected to said top panel, a tab connected along each lateral edge of said front flange, and a top cover depending inner skirt section hingedly connected to the top edge of said front flange; said skirt section having formed therein a transverse slit extending substantially horizontally intermediate the lateral edges thereof; a locking flange hingedly connected to the bottom edge of said blank; major flaps connected to the lateral edges of said back panel and extending the length thereof; major flaps connected to the lateral edges of said front panel; and a removable section formed in each of said front panel major flaps defined by frangible score lines positioned horizontally near the bottom of said flaps and a frangible vertical score line near the bottom of the hinge lines connecting said major flaps to said front panel.

Claim 5

A closure for a rectangular paperboard carton having front, back, and side panels, said side panels having a narrow removable portion near the top edge thereof, comprising: a hinged locking flange connected along the top edge of said front panel and folded outwardly and downwardly; a top cover panel hingedly connected along the top edge of said back panel and formed to substantially the same dimensions as the top opening of said carton; said top panel having downwardly extending flaps connected along the lateral edges thereof and positioned on the outer surfaces of said side panels; said top panel having a front flange connected along the front edge thereof and depending downwardly beyond the top edge of said front panel; said front flange having tabs connected to the side edges thereof and positioned along the outer surfaces of said side panels and adhesively attached to the top removable portion thereof; and an inner skirt flange attached to the inner surface of said front flange and having a slit formed therein positioned to engage the exposed edge of the downwardly extending locking flange.

Claim 6

A closure for a rectangular paperboard carton having front, back, and side panels, said side panels having a narrow removable portion near the top edge thereof, comprising: a hinged locking flange connected along the top edge of said front panel and folded outwardly and downwardly; a top cover panel hingedly connected along the top edge of said back panel and formed to substantially the same dimensions as the top opening of said carton; said top panel having downwardly extending flaps connected along the lateral edges thereof and positioned on the outer surfaces of said side panels; said top panel having a front flange connected along the front edge thereof and depending downwardly beyond the top edge of said front panel; said front flange having tabs connected to the side edges thereof and positioned along the outer surfaces of said side panels and adhesively attached to the top removable portion thereof; and an inner skirt flange attached to the inner surface of said front flange and having a slit formed therein positioned to engage the exposed edge of the downwardly extending locking flange.