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A CARTON BLANK OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING AN INNER MEMBER AND AN OUTER MEMBER, SAID OUTER MEMBER INCLUDING OUTER FRONT, REAR AND SIDE PANELS CONNECTED SIDE BY SIDE IN LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED RELATION, FLAPS ON ALL THE BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID OUTER PANELS FOR FORMING A BOTTOM WALL ON THE ASSEMBLED CARTON, SAID INNER MEMBER INCLUDING INNER FRONT AND SIDE PANELS CONNECTED SIDE BY SIDE IN LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED RELATION AND SAID INNER SIDE PANELS BEING INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OUTER SIDE PANELS AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPERIMPOSED UPON SAID OUTER SIDE PANELS, SAID SUPERIMPOSED INNER AND OUTER MEMBERS BEING ARRANGED FOR FOLDING THROUGH A SERIES OF FOUR FOLDS INTO OPEN TUBULAR FORM, A GLUE FLAP ON SAID OUTER MEMBER FOR RETAINING SAID BLANK IN SAID OPEN TUBULAR FORM, SAID OUTER FRONT AND SIDE PANELS HAVING A CONTINUOUS TRANSVERSE SLIT THEREIN EXTENDING THROUGH THE PORTIONS THEREOF UPON WHICH SAID INNER MEMBER IS SUPERIMPOSED, A SCORE LINE EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OUTER REAR PANEL BELOW THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND BETWEEN OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SLIT IN THE ASSEMBLED CARTON, THE PORTIONS OF SAID OUTER PANELS BETWEEN THE UPPER EDGES THEREOF AND SAID SCORE LINE AND SAID SLIT PROVIDING FRONT, SIDE AND REAR WALLS OF A RECLOSABLE LID IN THE ASSEMBLED CARTON, FLAPS ON THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID OUTER PANELS FOR FORMING A TOP WALL ON SAID LID, AND PORTIONS OF SAID INNER PANELS EXTENDING TOWARD THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID INNER MEMBER TO BE POSITIONED IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID FRONT WALL WHEN THE LID OF THE ASSEMBLED SAID CARTON IS SWUNG ABOUT SAID SCORE LINE.