Carton having reclosable or removable top and blank for forming same

Claim 1

A planar, unitary blank formed of paperboard and adapted to be folded into a carton comprising: a bottom panel having first and second side panels hingedly attached at opposite side edges of said bottom panel along fold lines; front and back panels attached to said bottom panel on opposite front and back edges thereof, respectively, along fold lines; flap means for securing said side panels to said front and back panels; a top panel hingedly attached to said back panel at an edge thereof remote from said bottom panel along a scored fold line to facilitate separation thereof, said top panel having first and second top flaps hingedly attached to opposite side edges thereof along fold lines, with the edges of said top flaps remote from said back panel being chamfered, and said top panel having a notch formed in an edge thereof remote from said back panel; and a glue lap hingedly attached to said front panel along a fold line, the side edges of said glue lap being tapered from the attachment of said glue lap to said front panel to the free edge of said glue lap, said glue lap having a reverse fold line therein extending parallel to the fold line between said glue lap and said front panel.