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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1990
Prentice J Wood, Hapeville, GA (US);
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A reclosable carton for packaging a plurality of cans and having interconnected top, bottom and side walls and end closure panels, includes a reclosable opening panel struck from one of the walls and foldably joined thereto along one edge thereof and severable therefrom along other parts of its periphery, a lap panel disposed in flat face contacting relation with a part of the inner surface of the wall from which the reclosing opening panel is struck and disposed in overlapping relation with an edge of the reclosable opening panel along which the reclosable opening panel is severable from the wall, and an edge of the reclosable opening panel being arranged for tucking into engagement with the inner surface of the lap panel so as to reclose the carton.