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Claim 1

A BLANK FOR FORMING A CARTON WITH AN INTEGRAL RECLOSABLE LID COMPRISING A SHEET OF MATERIAL SCORED TO PROVIDE AN OUTER MEMBER INCLUDING OUTER FRONT, REAR, AND SIDE PANELS AND A GLUE FLAP AT ONE SIDE EDGE OF SAID OUTER MEMBER ARRANGED SIDE BY SIDE FOR FOLDING INTO GENERALLY TUBULAR FORM, END FLAPS EXTENDING INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER FROM THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID OUTER MEMBER INCLUDING FRONT END FLAPS CONNECTED TO SAID OUTER FRONT PANEL ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL WIDTH THEREOF FOR FORMING TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS ON THE CARTON, SAID OUTER FRONT AND SIDE PANELS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS TRANSVERSE SLIT EXTENDING THERETHROUGH ADJACENT AND SPACED FROM SAID TOP EDGE OF SAID OUTER MEMBER DEFINING THEREWITH FRONT AND SIDE WALLS FOR THE LID, SAID OUTER REAR PANEL HAVING A TRANSVERSE SCORE LINE ALIGNED WITH THE END OF SAID SLIT IN THE ADJACENT OUTER SIDE PANEL AND SPACED FROM THE TOP EDGE OF SAID REAR PANEL TO DEFINE A LID REAR WALL AND TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRAL HINGED CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LID AND THE MAIN BODY OF THE CARTON, AN INNER MEMBER INCLUDING INNER SIDE AND FRONT PANELS CONNECTED SIDE BY SIDE, SAID INNER SIDE AND FRONT PANELS BEING ARRANGED ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID OUTER MEMBER IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CORRESPONDING OUTER FRONT AND SIDE PANELS, MEANS DEFINING AN INTEGRAL FOLDING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID INNER MEMBER AND SAID LOWER EDGE OF SAID OUTER MEMBER PROVIDING FOR SUPERIMPOSING SAID INNER FRONT AND SIDE PANEL UPON THE CORRESPONDING OUTER FRONT AND SIDE PANELS, THE LENGTH OF SAID INNER PANELS BEING SUCH THAT PORTIONS THEREOF WILL EXCARTON IS ASSEMBLED, SAID INTEGRAL FOLDING CONNECTION INCLUDING PARTS EXTENDING FROM SAID INNER SIDE PANELS AROUND SAID BOTTOM FRONT END FLAP AND CONNECTED TO THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID OUTER SIDE PANELS ALONG COMMON FOLD LINES, AND SAID PARTS OF SAID INNER SIDE PANELS AND SAID INNER FRONT PANEL BEING SEPARATED FROM SAID BOTTOM FLAP BY A GENERALLY U-SHAPED SLIT IN THE BLANK.