Nabisco Brands, Inc.

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.

Nabisco Technology Company

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

Joseph Countee

Reclosable, expanded snack carton

A reclosable, stackable, standable package for food products such as baked goods easily converts from a parallelepiped form to a widened shape on top for easy access to the snack which is contained within an inner liner bag. The package stays in a widened open configuration throughout hand-to-mouth snacking even while resting on its front or back panel. The outer carton of the package has score lines on the front and the back panels of the carton extending from the lower corners of the front and the back panels to the center of the upper edge of the front and the back panels. Score lines also extend across the center of the top front and back flaps. The score lines in combination with the disconnected top flaps design not only allows the top of the package to form a wide oval shaped opening for easy access to the packaged goods, but also allows the package to stay opened while snacking. Also, the expanded package does not tip or rock during snacking, but rather keeps in stable contact with an underlying at least substantially flat support surface.

Expandable, stay-open snack package

An integral, detachable, promotional coupon is formed, at least in part, by a hinged tuck flap extending from an inner major end-closure flap of a carton. The coupon may be confined to the hinged tuck flap or it may extend onto a portion of the inner major flap. The hinged tuck flap may be folded down into the carton in a vertical position, perpendicular to the inner major flap or it may be folded back upon the inner major flap in a horizontal position between the inner and outer major flaps. The top major flap may be glued to the inner major flap without affecting the detachable coupon.

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Somerset, NJ, United States of America

Joseph Countee