Patent ID: 7380703

Claim:
A storage and carrying carton foldable between an opened carrying disposition and closed storage disposition, said carton comprising a sheet of foldable material and a flexible closure strap, said sheet including a plurality of fold lines therein and being foldable along said lines to define a pair of opposed side panels, a pair of opposed end panels, a bottom and a closable upper opening formed by a pair of upper side flaps and a pair of upper end flaps, said upper side and end flaps being selectively foldable such that said upper side flaps extend inwardly across said opening and said upper end flaps define a pair of opposed outwardly extending and triangularly configured projections, said projections defining upstanding carrying handles for said carton in said opened carrying position upon being folded to an upright disposition, alternatively, said upper side and end flaps being foldable into a flat overlapping disposition extending across said closable upper opening, each of said side flaps being sized to extend inwardly across said closable upper opening a distance greater than one-half of the transverse distance across said opening such that upon securing said closure strap about said flatly disposed and overlapping flaps and about a central portion of the carton, a portion of one of said side flaps extends from the closure strap and cooperates with said strap to define a carrying handle for the carton in said closed disposition.