Container and blank for constructing same

A thermoplastic coated container comprising:

• (a) body panels including front and back panels and a pair of side panels;
• (b) a side fold-in edge panel integrally connected by a first horizontal score line to the top end of each of said pair of side panels and folded on said first horizontal score line inwardly toward one another;
• (c) a front edge panel integrally connected by a second horizontal score line to the top end of said front panel and including a fold-in segment, and a fold-out segment having a fold-out portion and a fold-down portion, said fold-in segment folded on said second horizontal score line;
• (d) a weakened line interconnecting said fold-in and fold-out segments such that said fold-out segment is folded on said weakened score line onto and secured to said fold-in segment;
• (e) a score line interconnecting said fold-out and fold-down portions such that said fold-down portion is folded on said score line onto and secured to the upper portion of said front body panel;
• (f) a cover panel integrally connected by a third horizontal score line to said back body panel and folded on said third horizontal score line onto and secured to said side fold-in edge panels and to said fold-out panel portion;
• (g) a diagonal score line formed on each of said side fold-in edge panels so as to form a corner segment on the end of each fold-in edge panel adjacent the end thereof away from said front edge panel, said corner segment being sealed to said side fold-in edge panel beneath said cover panel;
• (h) an additional diagonal score line formed on one of said front fold-in panel or said respective side fold-in edge panels, providing corner segments thereon, said corner segments being sealed to one of said front fold-in panel and said respective side fold-in edge panels beneath said cover panel;
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• (i) said fold-down panel portion serving as a lift tab for manually opening said top closure by progressively lifting said tab away from said front body panel, lifting said cover panel away from said front fold-in panel segment, and thence away from said corner segments and said side fold-in edge panels, with the fold-out panel portion separating from the fold-in panel segment and breaking said weakened line to stay with said cover panel.