Patent ID: 6502743
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A carton comprising first and second panels disposed in an overlapping relationship, and an interlocking means for interconnecting said first and second panels, wherein said interlocking means comprises a slit formed in said first panel, and a tab projecting from a free end edge of said second panel and received in said slit, wherein said slit includes a main slit portion disposed generally along a free end edge of said first panel, an intermediate slit potion emanating from an end of said main slit portion and extending away from said free end edge of said first panel, and a terminal slit portion emanating from said intermediate slit portion and extending away from said main slit portion to be disposed generally along said free end edge of said first panel, wherein said tab comprises an ear protruding from at least one of opposite side edges of said tab, and wherein a fold line is disposed between said intermediate and terminal slit portions such that an engaging flap is defined by said fold line and said intermediate and terminal slit portions and connected to said first panel along said fold line, and that said ear of said tab is disposed in engagement with said engaging flap.