Flip top carton
First Claim
1. A unitary blank of paperboard or the like for making a reclosable flip top carton including a receptacle portion comprising a front wall panel, bottom wall panel and rear wall panel connected end-to-end along parallel spaced apart fold lines, a cover portion foldably attached to said rear wall panel, said cover portion comprising a front wall cover flap, a top cover panel and a pair of side wall cover flaps foldably attached to the ends of said front wall cover flap, a plurality of side wall flaps foldably attached to the opposed free edges of said front and rear wall panels and said bottom wall panel and top cover panel, and a cover portion locking means foldably attached to said front wall, the improvement wherein the cover portion locking means comprises a first locking flap with a free outer edge and tapered side edges foldably attached to the end of said front wall panel and a pair of secondary locking flaps arranged on each side of said first locking flap and detachably connected only to the tapered side edges of said first locking flap.
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Abstract
A tamperproof, reclosable flip top carton of the side loading type includes reclosure elements on the receptacle portion front wall and the cover portion front wall cover flap. The side walls of the carton are diagonally cut to abut one another when the carton is closed and to provide an opening arrangement which does not require any excessive tearing or removal of carton panels when opened.
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8 Claims
- 1. A unitary blank of paperboard or the like for making a reclosable flip top carton including a receptacle portion comprising a front wall panel, bottom wall panel and rear wall panel connected end-to-end along parallel spaced apart fold lines, a cover portion foldably attached to said rear wall panel, said cover portion comprising a front wall cover flap, a top cover panel and a pair of side wall cover flaps foldably attached to the ends of said front wall cover flap, a plurality of side wall flaps foldably attached to the opposed free edges of said front and rear wall panels and said bottom wall panel and top cover panel, and a cover portion locking means foldably attached to said front wall, the improvement wherein the cover portion locking means comprises a first locking flap with a free outer edge and tapered side edges foldably attached to the end of said front wall panel and a pair of secondary locking flaps arranged on each side of said first locking flap and detachably connected only to the tapered side edges of said first locking flap.
- 4. A reclosable, flip top carton formed from a unitary blank of paperboard or the like including a receptacle portion comprising a front wall, bottom wall, side walls and a rear wall, and a flip top cover portion and cover portion locking means foldably attached respectively to the carton rear wall and front wall, the improvement wherein the cover portion locking means comprises a first locking flap having tapered outer edges centrally positioned along the upper edge of said front wall, and a pair of secondary locking flaps of abbreviated length that occupy the space along said front wall outboard of said first locking flap and which are detachably connected only to the tapered edges of said first locking flap.
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