Patent ID: 6315123
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A carton comprising first and second overlapping panels and locking means for securing said panels to each other, said locking means comprising a locking tab struck from said first panel, the locking tab being foldably joined at one end edge thereof to said first panel, and a retaining tab struck from said second panel and defining a locking aperture with opposed end edges, the retaining tab being foldably connected at one end edge thereof to one of said opposed end edges of said locking aperture, wherein said locking tab is folded out of the plane of the first panel and received in said locking aperture along the other of said opposed end edges of said locking aperture, said retaining tab is folded out of the plane of the second panel and disposed at a folded position where said locking tab leans against said retaining tab whereby said locking tab is retained in said locking aperture, said locking tab has a free end edge opposed to said one end edge of said locking tab, said retaining tab has a free end edge opposed to said one end edge of said retaining tab, said free end edges of said locking and retaining tabs are disposed over one side of said second panel, one of said locking tab and said retaining tab comprises a tongue projecting from said free end edge of said one tab, and the other of said locking tab and said retaining tab is provided with complementary means for receiving said tongue to provide positive mutually locking components of the respective tabs.