Take out carton and blank for forming same

A paperboard blank adapted to be folded into a take out carton having a recloseable gabled top portion comprising:

• a first side panel;
• a first major bottom panel hingedly connected to said first side panel;
• a first top panel hingedly connected to said first side panel, said first top panel including a pair of opposed tab receiving apertures disposed adjacent the side edges thereof;
• a first handle hingedly connected to said first top panel;
• a first end panel hingedly connected to said first side panel;
• a first minor bottom panel hingedly connected to said first end panel;
• a first closure panel hingedly connected to said first end panel and said first top panel, said first closure panel including a base triangle and two opposed side triangles, with each said side triangle further including a central fold line for defining a pair of minor triangle portions, each said fold line starting at the apex of a side triangle adjacent said end panel and extending to the opposite side of said side triangle;
• a second side panel hingedly connected to said first end panel;
• a second major bottom panel hingedly connected to said second side panel;
• a second top panel hingedly connected to said second side panel and said first closure panel, said second top panel including a pair of opposed tab receiving apertures disposed adjacent the side edges thereof;
• a second handle hingedly connected to said second top panel;
• a second end panel hingedly connected to said second side panel;
• a second minor bottom panel hingedly connected to said second end panel;
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• a second closure panel hingedly connected to said second end panel and said second top panel, said second closure panel substantially corresponding to the configuration of said first closure panel.

A take out carton having a recloseable gabled top portion comprising:

• a generally rectangular tubular side wall including alternatively hingedly connected opposed side panels and end panels;
• a bottom panel hingedly connected to said side wall;
• a pair of top panels, each respectively hingedly connected along the bottom edge thereof to the top edge of a side panel, each said top panel further including an opposed pair of tab receiving means, said tab receiving means being respectively disposed adjacent the opposed side edges of the associated top panel;
• a handle hingedly connected to the top edge of each said top panel;
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• a pair of closure panels, each being formed from three hingedly connected triangular sections, said sections including a base triangle and two opposed side triangles, with the bottom edge of each said base triangle being respectively hingedly connected to the top edge of one of said end panels, and with one side edge of each said side triangle being respectively hingedly connected to a side edge of a top panel, and with each said side triangle further including a central fold line defining a pair of minor triangle portions, each said central fold line beginning at the apex of a side triangle nearest to the associated end panel and extending to the opposite side of said side triangle, whereby in the closed condition of the carton, the upper edges of said top panels are in abutting relationship forming a gabled configuration, with said handles extending above said gabled top portions, and with each said side triangle of said closure panels being folded about said central fold line such that said minor triangle portions overlap to define a double thickness closure tab, with each said closure tab being coplanar and interengaged with the associated top panel by having a portion thereof extending through said tab receiving means internally of said top panel thereby structurally rigidifying said carton and maintaining said gabled top portion in a closed position.