Package with surrounding binder

A package for containers and the like having a parallelepiped shape with side and end walls and a planar top surface, at least one reclosable nonoverlapping flap formed from said planar top surface and forming a substantial portion thereof, said flap being foldable outwardly from said surface to provide access to the interior of the package and being returnable to a retained closed position with the flap coplanar with said top surface, said flap being delineated by a pair of lateral pre-cut edges on said top surface spaced inwardly from said side walls and extending therealong together with a tapered pre-cut end edge and an end fold line on the opposite end of said lateral pre-cut edges from said pre-cut end edge, said end fold line being on said planar top surface spaced from and parallel to an adjacent end wall of the package, said flap being further provided with a second fold line between said pre-cut end edge and said end fold line, said second fold line being parallel to said end fold line and spaced therefrom by a distance only slightly greater than the distance between the end fold line and the adjacent end wall of the package whereby the flap may be folded outwardly along both fold lines for positioning a portion thereof in planar abutting contact with said end wall, said flap including a tongue formed within the flap adjacent said pre-cut end edge for retention of the flap in its closed position, said tongue being coplanar with the flap and being cut out of the surface of the flap and having a fold line spaced from said pre-cut end edge by a distance less than the length of the tongue whereby the tongue can be folded outwardly from the flap along the fold line for positioning in overlying relationship with the flap across the pre-cut end edge for retention of the flap in its reclosed position coplanar with said top surface.