Patent ID: 8061585
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carton, comprising: a base panel; a first side panel and a second side panel extending upwardly from a first pair of opposite edges of the base panel; a first end panel and a second end panel extending upwardly from a second pair of opposite edges of the base panel, the first end panel and the second end panel being respectively located at opposite first and second ends of the carton; a first cover panel and a second cover panel respectively joined to the first side panel and the second side panel, each of the first cover panel and the second cover panel having a linear peripheral edge extending substantially completely thereacross, each of the first cover panel and the second cover panel substantially extending from the first end of the carton to the second end of the carton, so that each of the linear peripheral edges extends substantially to each of the first and second ends of the carton, wherein each of the first cover panel and the second cover panel has opposite first and second ends respectively located substantially at the first and second ends of the carton; a first upper end flap connected by a fold line to the first end of the first cover panel; a second upper end flap connected by a fold line to the second end of the first cover panel; a third upper end flap connected by a fold line to the first end of the second cover panel; a fourth upper end flap connected by a fold line to the second end of the second cover panel; a first closure projection extending from the linear peripheral edge of the first cover panel, the first closure projection including a cut adjacent to and co-extensive with the linear peripheral edge of the first cover panel, the cut being more proximate to the first end panel than the second end panel; a second closure projection extending from the linear peripheral edge of the second cover panel, the second closure projection including a cut adjacent to and co-extensive with the linear peripheral edge of the second cover panel, the cut of the second closure projection being more proximate to the second end panel than the first end panel; and the carton being configurable into a closed configuration in which the linear peripheral edge of the first cover panel extends along and is in substantially close proximity to the linear peripheral edge of the second cover panel, and the first, second, third and fourth upper end flaps are respectively in substantially close proximity to the first and second end panels, and wherein the first closure projection and the second closure projection are operative for engaging one another along the respective cuts to secure the carton in the closed configuration, wherein