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Closable carton

  • US 5,620,134 A
  • Filed: 11/07/1995
  • Issued: 04/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A carton erected from a single carton blank and disposed in a closed condition, said carton comprising:

  • a bottom wall panel,four side wall panels, each of said side wall panels being integrally connected along a fold line to said bottom wall panel and disposed upwardly therefrom thereby defining first and second pairs of opposite side wall panels, said bottom wall panel and said four side wall panels defining a container space,corner portions integrally connecting adjacent side wall panels, said corner portions being secured in overlapping pairs against said second pair of opposite side wall panels,flap members, each of said flap members being integral along a flap fold line with one of said side wall panels of said first pair of opposite side wall panels, each of said flap members defining foldable portions folded into generally overlapping relation with a central portion of said flap member,closure members, each of said closure members being integral along a closure fold line with a respective side wall panel of said second pair of opposite side wall panels,tab structure securing a closure member to an adjacent flap member, andhandle portions, each of said handle portions being integral along a handle fold line with a respective said closure member, each of said handle fold lines being generally parallel to a closure fold line and having an extent greater than said closure fold line,said flap members extending upwardly from said first pair of opposite side wall panels with each of said closure members being disposed generally parallel to said bottom wall panel so as to close the container space, said handle portions being disposed between said flap members in generally abutting relation and being generally transverse with respect to said closure members, said handle fold lines being in generally abutting relation and causing said first pair of opposite side wall panels to bow outwardly to maintain the flap members in their upward position thereby maintaining the handle portions in their abutting relation.

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