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First Claim
1. A container blank comprisingfirst, second, third and fourth panels serially connected by score lines,means for connecting said first and fourth panels in the completed container,bottom closure panels extending from selected lower edges of said first, second, third and fourth panels,two of said first, second, third and fourth panels having similar dimensions and being opposed side walls in the erect container,the other two of said first, second, third and fourth panels having similar dimensions and being opposed front and back panels in the erect container,a front reinforcing panel having the same height as said back panel and being hingedly attaced by a score line to the upper edge of said front panel,an aperture through the outer face of said front panel,a cover panel extending from the upper edge of the back panel and being hinged to said back panel along a score line,a front closure flap hinged to the outer edge of said cover panel, said front closure flap having a closure tab having a length substantially equal to the length of said front panel aperture,the distance between said front closure flap hinge and the inner edge of said closure tab being less than the distance between said front reinforcing panel hinge and the lower edge of said front aperture, andthe distance between said front closure flap hinge and the outer edge of said closure tab being greater than the distance between said front reinforcing panel hinge and the lower edge of said front aperture.
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Abstract
A container in which the container walls, the bottom closure, the reinforcing panels and the cover are unitary. The closure tab on the front closure flap is inserted into an aperture in the front panel and extends between the front panel and the front reinforcing panel.
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11 Claims
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1. A container blank comprising
first, second, third and fourth panels serially connected by score lines, means for connecting said first and fourth panels in the completed container, bottom closure panels extending from selected lower edges of said first, second, third and fourth panels, two of said first, second, third and fourth panels having similar dimensions and being opposed side walls in the erect container, the other two of said first, second, third and fourth panels having similar dimensions and being opposed front and back panels in the erect container, a front reinforcing panel having the same height as said back panel and being hingedly attaced by a score line to the upper edge of said front panel, an aperture through the outer face of said front panel, a cover panel extending from the upper edge of the back panel and being hinged to said back panel along a score line, a front closure flap hinged to the outer edge of said cover panel, said front closure flap having a closure tab having a length substantially equal to the length of said front panel aperture, the distance between said front closure flap hinge and the inner edge of said closure tab being less than the distance between said front reinforcing panel hinge and the lower edge of said front aperture, and the distance between said front closure flap hinge and the outer edge of said closure tab being greater than the distance between said front reinforcing panel hinge and the lower edge of said front aperture.
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8. A container comprising a first, second, third and fourth panel serially connected by score lines,
means for connecting said first and fourth panels, a bottom closure extending along the lower edges of said first, second, third and fourth panels, two of said first, second, third and fourth panels having similar dimensions and being opposed side walls of the container, the other two of said first, second, third and fourth panels having similar dimensions and being opposed front and back walls of the container, a front reinforcing panel having the same height as said back panel and hingedly attached to the upper edge of said front panel extending into said container along the inner face of said front panel, an aperture through the outer face of said front panel, a cover panel extending hinged to and from the upper edge of said back panel across the upper edges of said first, second, third and fourth panels, a front closure flap hinged to the outer edge of said cover panel and extending downwardly over the outer of said front panel, a closure tab extending through said aperture downwardly between said front panel and said front reinforcing panel.
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