Carton

Claim 2

A carton comprising a receptacle portion including a bottom panel, a receptacle front panel, a back panel, and opposed receptacle end walls, and a cover portion including a top wall formed entirely of a single top penel hingedly connected to said back panel, a cover front panel hingedly attached to and depending from the edge of said top panel remote from its hinge connection to said back panel, a pair of cover end panels, each connected by a hinge score line along a first side edge thereof to a respective end edge of said top panel, opposed cover corner flaps adhesively connecting said cover front panel with said respective cover end panels to form corners of the cover, and a pair of cover end panel extensions, each connected by a severable line of weakness to a second side edge of a respective one of said cover end panels, said second side edge being opposed to, and remote from, said score line connecting the respective cover end panel to said top panel, each end panel extension being folded back along said severable line of weakness to lie sandwiched in parallel planar relation between the respective cover end panel and an underlying receptacle end wall, said cover panel extensions being adapted for adhesive connection to said respective underlying end walls.

Claim 3

The carton according to claim 1 wherein said cover front panel includes an upper main front panel portion, a marginal flap portion for adhesive connection with said receptacle front panel, and at least one tear line between said upper and marginal portions for separating said upper and marginal portions when the carton is opened, said pair of cover end panel extensions being torn away on said severable lines of weakness from said cover end panels when the carton is opened.

Claim 4

The carton according to claim 2 wherein said cover front panel includes another tear line parallel with said one tear line to define a removable tear strip.

Claim 5

The carton according to claim 1 wherein said cover portion further includes a pair of cover corner stiffening members, each comprising a cover front panel extension segment connected by a first score line to the upper portion of said cover front panel and a corner flap extension segment connected by a second score line to a respective one of said cover corner flaps and also connected by a third score line to said cover front panel extension segment, said cover front panel extension segments and said corner flap extension segments being folded on said first and second score lines into overlying relationship to said cover front panel and corner flaps respectively.

Claim 6

The carton according to claim 4 wherein said cover is adapted to telescope a portion of said receptacle when the carton is closed.

Claim 7

The carton according to claim 4 wherein said receptacle portion and said cover portion are of paperboard.

Claim 8

An integral carton blank of material cut and scored to provide a receptacle portion having bottom, front, and back panels, and end walls adapted to form a receptacle, and a cover portion adapted to form a cover for closing the receptacle, said cover portion comprising a top wall formed entirely of a single top panel hingedly connected to said back panel, a pair of cover end panels each connected by a hinge score line along a first side edge thereof to a respective end edge of said top panel, a pair of cover end panel extensions each connected by a severable line of weakness to a second side edge of a respective one of said cover end panels, said second side edge being opposed to, and remote from, said score line connecting the respective cover end panel to said top panel, said cover end panel extensionS being adapted to be folded along said severable line of weakness into parallel planar relation with their respective associated cover end panels and to be adhesively connected to said end walls, a cover front panel hingedly connected to the front of said top panel and including a cover front panel upper portion, a cover front panel marginal portion adapted to be connected to said receptacle front panel, and at least one tear line between said upper and marginal portions, and a pair of cover corner flaps hingedly connected to opposite ends of said cover front panel upper portion and adapted to be adhesively secured to an end marginal portion of said cover end panels for forming corners of said cover portion.

Claim 9

An integral carton blank of material cut and scored to provide a receptacle portion having bottom, front, and back panels, and end walls adapted to form a receptacle, and a cover portion adapted to form a cover for closing the receptacle, said cover portion comprising a top wall formed entirely of a single top panel hingedly connected to said back panel, a pair of cover end panels each connected by a hinge score line along a first side edge thereof to a respective end edge of said top panel, a pair of cover end panel extensions each connected by a severable line of weakness to a second side edge of a respective one of said cover end panels, said second side edge being opposed to, and remote from, said score line connecting the respective cover end panel to said top panel, said cover end panel extensionS being adapted to be folded along said severable line of weakness into parallel planar relation with their respective associated cover end panels and to be adhesively connected to said end walls, a cover front panel hingedly connected to the front of said top panel and including a cover front panel upper portion, a cover front panel marginal portion adapted to be connected to said receptacle front panel, and at least one tear line between said upper and marginal portions, and a pair of cover corner flaps hingedly connected to opposite ends of said cover front panel upper portion and adapted to be adhesively secured to an end marginal portion of said cover end panels for forming corners of said cover portion.

Claim 10

The integral carton blank according to claim 7 wherein each of said end walls include associated front and back end flaps and an outer end panel connected thereto, each outer end panel being of less height than the height of the associated front and back end flaps when the blank is erected to form a carton.

Claim 11

The integral carton blank according to claim 8 wherein said cover front panel includes another tear line substantially parallel with said one tear line to define a tear strip adapted to be removed when opening the carton.

Claim 12

The integral carton blank according to claim 9 wherein said pair of tear lines extend parallel to said pair of fold lines.

Claim 13

An integral carton blank according to claim 7 wherein said cover portion further includes a pair of front corner stiffening members, each comprising a first, cover front panel extension segment and a second, corner flap extension segment, said first and second extension segments being hingedly connected to each other along a common score line, said cover front panel extension segment being also hingedly attached to said cover front panel upper portion adjacent a respective end thereof and said corner flap extension segment being also hingedly attached to a respective one of said cover corner flaps, said corner stiffening members being adapted to be folded about said hinged connections so that, respective, said cover front panel extension segment lies superposed on said cover front panel upper portion and said corner flap extension segment lies superposed on said respective corner flap.