Patent ID: 7175020

Claim:
A wrap-around article carrier for carrying a plurality of articles comprising: (a) a top panel, opposite side panels and a bottom panel comprising an inner flap with a terminal edge and an outer flap with a terminal edge, with a portion of the outer flap overlapping a portion of the inner flap; (b) the inner flap having at least one primary lock ledge formed by a primary female opening in the inner flap, the outer flap having a primary male lock for each lock ledge which is formed by a slit cut in the outer flap; and (c) the outer flap having at least one secondary male lock with two shoulders attached by a neck to the terminal edge of the flap, and the inner flap having a secondary female opening for each secondary male lock, the secondary female opening being further from the terminal edge of the inner flap than the primary female opening, with each secondary female opening formed by a secondary cut line and fold line which is closer to the terminal edge of the inner flap than the cut line, the fold line having a center and two ends with the secondary cut line at least nearly meeting the fold line at each end of the fold line, the secondary cut line being shaped for guiding the secondary male lock into a flat position against the inner flap, with the secondary cut line having a center that is significantly further from the terminal edge of the inner flap than the rest of the cut line, the secondary cut line and fold line forming a female flap in the secondary female opening with the fold line projecting towards the terminal edge of the inner flap from the ends of the fold line to the center, the secondary cut line comprising an extension cut extending beyond each end of the fold line to form a secondary locking ledge along the side of the extension cut remote from the terminal edge of the inner flap.