Carton for receiving and sealing an inner bag

A carton for receiving and retaining an inner, flexible, bag in a sealed orientation;

• said carton comprising:
• (a) a container having a base, a sidewall portion with an upper edge and an interior wall, and an interior, bag-receiving chamber;
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• (b) a foldable flap hingedly mounted on said sidewall portion upper edge;
• (i) said foldable flap being foldable to project generally inwardly and downwardly in said interior, bag-receiving, chamber;
• (ii) said foldable flap having a bag sealing fold engaging portion thereon oriented to selectively engage and pinch a sealing fold on the inner bag between the foldable flap and the sidewall portion interior wall;
• (c) whereby, following opening of the flexible bag, the carton may be used to selectively reseal and contain the flexible bag, by means of said flap securing and maintaining a sealing fold selectively put in the bag.

A carton for receiving and retaining an inner, flexible, bag in a sealed orientation;

• said carton comprising:
• (a) a container having a base, a sidewall portion with an upper edge, and an interior, bag-receiving chamber;
• and
• (b) first and second foldable flaps hingedly mounted on said sidewall portion upper edge;
• (i) said foldable flaps each being foldable to project generally inwardly and downwardly in said interior, bag-receiving, chamber;
• (ii) said foldable flaps each having a bag sealing fold engaging portion thereon oriented to selectively engage and pinch a sealing fold on the inner bag between the foldable flap and the sidewall portion;
• (c) whereby, following opening of the flexible bag, the carton may be used to selectively reseal and contain the flexible bag, by means of said flaps securing and maintaining a sealing fold selectively put in the bag.

A carton for receiving and retaining an inner, flexible, bag in a sealed orientation;

• said carton comprising:
• (a) a container having a base, a sidewall portion, and an interior, bag-receiving, chamber;
• (i) said sidewall portion including a generally planar sidewall with an interior surface;
• (b) a plurality of flexible tabs mounted on said container;
• said flexible tabs each comprising a tab formed in said sidewall face and hingedly attached thereto;
• (i) each of said tabs being selectively deformable to project generally inwardly of said container, from said sidewall interior surface;
• (ii) said tabs each including a hinged portion generally tending to resist deformation of said tab to project inwardly from said sidewall interior surface;
• (c) whereby the tendency of said tab hinged portions to resist projection of said tabs inwardly facilitates sealing the bag received within said container by enabling a sealing fold formed in the bag to become pinched between at least one of said tabs and said sidewall interior surface.

A carton for receiving and retaining an inner, flexible, bag in a sealed orientation;

• said carton comprising:
• (a) a container having a base, a sidewall portion, and interior, bag-receiving, chamber;
• (i) said sidewall portion incuding a sidewall face with a tear-line therein;
• said tear-line defining a flexible tab selectively formable by rupturing of said sidewall face along said tear-line;
• (b) said flexible tab comprising a flap formed in said sidewall face and hingedly attached thereto;
• (i) said flap being selectively deformable to project generally inwardly of said container from said sidewall face;
• (ii) said flap including a hinged portion generally tending to resist deformation of said flap to project inwardly from said sidewall face;
• (c) whereby a bag received within said container interior chamber may be selectively retained in a sealed condition by folding an open end of said bag into a sealing fold and pinching said sealing fold between said flap and said sidewall face.

A method of retaining a previously opened bag in a sealed condition within a container;

• said method including the steps of:
• (a) providing a container having a base, and an inner chamber partially formed from an inner sidewall portion;
• (b) providing a bag, to be retained, with a sealing fold enclosing a previously opened end thereof;
• (c) retaining the bag within said container inner chamber, with the sealing fold generally oriented on an upper end of the bag;
• (d) providing a selectively rupturable tear-line in said sidewall portion;
• (i) said tear-line defining a flexible tab oriented, upon rupturing of said tear line, to engage the bag sealing fold and trap same between said tab and said container sidewall portion;
• (e) rupturing said tear-line to form said flexible tab;
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• (f) pinching said bag sealing fold between said tab and said sidewall portion, whereupon said bag sealing fold is retained against said inner sidewall portion.