Patent ID: 6439453
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A resealable gable-top carton comprising:a plurality of side walls and a sealed bottom wall, the carton including a plurality of top walls including a pair of gable panels terminating at an upstanding fin panel, the fin panel having separable portions that are separable, in part, to form a dispensing opening, the separable portions being reopenable and resealable to open and close the dispensing opening, the carton including an opening formed in the fin panel; and a closure defining a sealing region and a hinge region, the hinge region including a pivot for pivotally moving the closure between the open position and the closed position, the pivot being formed as a projection extending inwardly from an inner surface of one of the side walls, the closure being pivotally mounted to the upstanding fin, the closure having a pair of side walls each defining a free end and being connected to one another at an opposing end by a bridge wall, the side walls extending along at least a portion of the fin panel, the closure pivotal between a closed position wherein the side walls are urged over the fin panel to engage and compress the separable portions of the fin panel when the dispensing opening is closed to seal the dispensing opening and an open position wherein the side walls are pivoted away from the fin panel to disengage the separable portions of the fin panel to open the dispensing opening, wherein an opening is formed in the other of the side walls in a projecting manner to the projection.