Carton with reclosable corner pour openings

A carton for packaging pourable material, comprising:

• side panels connected to end panels, a top panel and a bottom panel;
• a closure flap in a corner portion of the top panel, the closure flap being connected to the top panel by a fold line about which the closure flap pivots when moved from closed to open position, the fold line extending diagonally across the corner portion of the top panel between adjacent side and end panels;
• the closure flap including a flange comprised of upper portions of said adjacent side and end panels;
• the carton including corner edges over which material packaged in the carton can be poured after the closure flap has been moved from closed to open position;
• said corner edges being comprised of upper edges of two inner panel layers, one of the inner panel layers being in face-to-face relationship with a portion of the side panel forming part of the flange of the closure flap and the other inner panel layer being in face-to-face relationship with a portion of the end panel forming part of the closure flap, said inner panel layers being nonadhered to said portions of the side and end panels but being adhered to lower portions of the side and end panels, said other inner panel layer being foldably connected to the side panel opposite the side panel containing part of the closure flap and said one inner panel layer being foldably connected to said other inner panel layer;
• tear lines connecting the flange to portions of the adjacent side and end panels, the tear lines maintaining the closure flap in closed position until severed;
• and
• the flange fitting tightly over said inner panel layers when reclosed after being opened.