Sealable overlap carton

Claim 1

ACARTON BLANK HAVING AT LEAST ONE SERIES OF END CLOSURE FLAPS, INCLUDING AN INNER FLAP, AN INTERMEDIATE FLAP, AND AN OUTER FLAP, SAID FLAPS BEING ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED IN SEQUENCE UPON ERECTING A CARTON FROM SAID BLANK AND CLOSING OF THE SAME TO PROVIDE A PLURAL LAYERED CLOSURE IN WHICH THE FLAPS LIE WITH THE SAURFACE OF ONE FLAP UPON THE SURFACE OF ANOTHER FLAP, SAID INERMEDIATE FLAP BEING RECESSED ALONG AN EDGE THEREOF SO AS TO BE NARROWER THAN SAID OUTER FLAP ALONG AT LEAST A PORTION OF AN EDGE THEREOF, AND SO AS TO PROVIDE AN AREA OF OVERHANG OF SAID INTERMEDIATE FLAP BY SAID OUTER FLAP WHEN SAID FLAPS ARE FOLDED UPON EACH OTHER UPON CLOSING OF THE CARTON, SAID INNER FLAP PROVIDING A SURFACE FOR OPPOSING FACING RELATION WITH SAID OUTER FLAP ADJACENT THE FOLD LINE OF SAID INNER FLAP IN SAID AREA OF OVERHANG UPON ERECTION OF A CARTON FROM SAID BLANK AND CLOSING OF THE SAME, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FLAPS BEING PROVIDED WITH ADHESIVE ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED AND ACTIVATED IN SAID AREA OF OVERHAND UPON THE ERECTION OF A CARTON FROM SAID BLANK AND CLOSING AND SEALING THEREOF BY THE APPLICATION OF ADHESIVE-ACTIVATING CONDITION TO THE FLAP CARRYING SAID ADHESIVE, THE AMOUNT OF SAID ADHESIVE BEING SUFFICIENT TO SECURE SAID OUTER FLAP TO SAID INNER FLAP IN SAID AREA OF OVERHANG.