Abstract: Provided is a film storage box, more particularly, a wrap film storage box in which a grip member for lifting the edge portion of a film is lifted in advance, the lift is maintained for a long period, and the grip member is highly durable against damage. The film storage box (or the wrap film storage box) is characterized in that the grip member is formed over the entire width of the front plate of the film storage box and is lifted in a curved shape by using a repulsive force generated by adhering an edge fold strip provided at the upper end edge of the front plate to the rear surface of the front plate, and durability is imparted by employing portions of the fold lines of the both side faces of the front plate as the both side portions of the grip member.

Abstract: A tape dispenser of the present invention includes an integrally-formed main body. The main body has a rack and two semi-crusts. The semi-crusts are pivotably connected to the rack, so that the semi-crusts can be closed for a tape roll to be received therein. Or, the semi-crusts can be opened for placing or replacing the tape roll. The rack has a front plate and a top plate. The front plate, the top plate, and the semi-crusts are rectangularly arranged. Thus, structure strength of the tape dispenser is increased.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wrap films, especially wrap films for food. More specifically, the present invention pertains to crosslinked laminated polyethylene wrap films which are excellent in adhesion, pulling-out ease from a dispenser box and heat resistance, does not emit much odor, permits preferable food wrapping and can be produced efficiently.

Abstract: A dispenser for rolls of wrap material is disclosed. The wrap dispenser may include a trunk to which a lid is integrally hinged. The trunk is adapted to receive a roll of wrap therein, while the lid is adapted to move relative to the trunk to allow access to the rolled film. A portion of the dispenser is provided with a reinforced section to which a cutter bar is adhered. The cutter bar may be manufactured from plastic and be attached to the dispenser such that teeth of the cutter bar are all exposed upon opening the dispenser.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dispensing cartons for sheet materials such as polymeric sheets, metallic foils, and other sheet materials, particularly those suitable for use in the containment and protection of various items including perishable materials. The present invention further relates to such cartons which permit end-loading of the roll of product into the carton during the manufacturing process. The present invention provides an asymmetrical carton for containing and dispensing a roll of sheet material. The carton has a longitudinal axis, and has both an erected condition and a flattened condition. The carton when erected forms a cylindrical structure having an asymmetrical polygonal cross-section formed from a plurality of substantially planar side panels. The carton has fold lines defined by the intersection of adjacent side panels, and is foldable into a flattened condition by folding the carton at two fold lines to form a substantially planar structure.

Abstract: A carton is provided for packaging, shipping, and dispensing a metal-backed printing blanket onto a printing press cylinder in a controlled fashion. A lengthwise slit or opening can easily be formed in a panel of the carton from which only an end of the metal-backed printing blanket may be removed. Parallel reference lines may also be included on the carton which permit alignment marks to be drawn on the printing blanket such that it may be properly inserted into a locking device of the printing press cylinder. Graspable sides of the carton facilitate tension and alignment control as the printing blanket is dispensed onto the cylinder.

Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of tape that is suitable for dispensing material such as transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive, and method for making thereof are disclosed. The dispenser includes a single-piece housing comprising a first side wall and a second side wall extended from a central wall substantially parallel to each other. Each of the side walls is provided with roll mounting flaps cut out of the side walls opposite to each other and folded inwardly therefrom. The mounting flaps are axially aligned with each other and are adapted for rotatably supporting the tape roll within the frame. The housing is made of any appropriate stiff, but foldable material, such as a sheet of plastic or metal. The two side walls of the housing are retained in a substantially parallel position by a retaining member extending between the side walls within the core of the tape roll. A serrated cutting edge may be provided on an outer edge of the central wall.

Abstract: A tape formed of a polymeric material and having a thickness and stiffness suitable as a cutting edge on a dispensing carton for convolutely wound foil, film or paper, the tape includes a coating of adhesive and is applied at a laminating station in the carton manufacturing process and is generally cut with the forming of the carton blanks, and the cut in the tape may be formed with a serrated edge.

Abstract: A rollholder for a roll of polyethylene bags is formed from a hollow polygonal box having rectangular sides with a shaft in the middle upon which the roll of bags is placed. One of the sides of the box has a toothed slot from which the bags are dispensed one at a time.

Abstract: A cutting assembly for aluminum foil dispensers. The cutting assembly comprises a member corresponding to the length of the dispenser carton. The member has a U-shaped cross-section adapted to slip over the free edge of the front panel of the dispenser carton having a base web with one leg on the inside of the carton and a second leg exposed on the outside of the carton. The inside leg has an extension which is bent back over the leg and extends the full height of the inside leg to project above the base web of the U-shaped member. The upward extension is serrated with a continuous row of teeth projecting above the base, preferably a depth of 0.020". The outside leg of the member has a flap which is bent back internally of the U-shaped member to provide a retainer strip which projects angularly upward and inward of the U-shaped member to provide a resilient flap which resists upward displacement of the member from the panel.

Abstract: A generally cubical cardboard container is provided for containing and storing a length of sheet-like material which may be drawn via an elongate slot in a top face of the container and over an uppermost edge portion of a front face of the container. A safe cutting element, preferably formed of a substrate bearing small sharp-edged particles, is adhered to the uppermost edge portion of the front face. A waterproof coating is provided to coat the sharp-edged particles, and protects them from any ambient moisture and/or grease and also ensures against removal of any particles during use. The user simply draws out a desired length of the sheet-like material through the slit and over the uppermost edge of the front face, and then applies a downward force to press the material to the sharp edges of the coated particles to initiate and continue a tear across the width of the material.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly adapted to be mounted on a backboard that may be supported on an easel or other support structure. The dispensing assembly includes a cylindrical core; a length of sheet material in a roll coaxially around the core; and a molded plastic enclosure including an elongate front portion defining an elongate chamber having an open side, and a rear portion adapted to be mounted on a backboard. The front and rear portions include journal surface portions at their ends that journal projecting end portions of the core with the roll in the chamber, which journal surface portions are separated when the front and rear portions of the closure are separated. Edges of the portions are spaced to define an elongate opening through which lengths of sheet material can be pulled from the roll, and the sheet can be cut against a sharp edge at the opening on the front portion of the enclosure.

Abstract: A wrap film containing box in which a projected portion of a thin sheet out of a serrated member serves as a tab and in which a thin sheet body on the back of the serrated member plays the role of reducing the fastening strength. Therefore, the serrated member can be removed easily and safely without reducing the rigidity of a cardboard portion of the box body where the serrated member is mounted (i.e., without impairing the cutting performance of the serrated member).

Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of adhesive labels or other types of tape rolls employs two sidewalls hinged to a third intermediary base wall to close and create a pocket for holding the tape roll while allowing the roll to rotate for dispensing. The base wall has a face for supporting the dispenser on a desk and the tape may be dispensed through a slot formed by the interface of the two sidewalls. Interfitting embossments in the two sidewalls allow the dispenser to be opened for removing or inserting a new roll of tape. A window cut in one sidewall allows advancing or stopping the tape with finger pressure against the tape. The dispenser is advantageously produced from a single piece of plastic.

Abstract: An improved foldably erect dispensing carton particularly for household wrapping materials such as polymeric films and the like, wherein the carton embodies a tab along a longitudinal axis of the front panel about midway longitudinally in the front panel providing an opening therein. The tab is hingedly connected along a hinged line to the front panel, and when operative, has a free end adapted to be disposed inwardly into the carton towards the top of the lid above the hinge line between the lead edge of the material and the roll of the material to prevent withdrawal of the lead edge back onto the roll.

Abstract: A system for dispensing insect screen in retail stores includes a roll of screen, a box having a specially configured slot, and a holder for the box, all arranged such that the screening can be pulled from the box and cut to desired lengths.

Abstract: The present invention provides in association, a plurality of endless abrasive belts wound about an axis into a coil, and a two-way opening packaging carton for enclosing and protecting the plurality of endless abrasive belts. The carton may be opened from the top or from an end. A pair of pads inside the carton are used to protect the abrasive belts. The carton is a versatile article which may be stored in various arrangements and may be used to store belts even after it is opened.

Abstract: A dispensing carton containing film wound cylindrically includes an adhesive retaining device which retains the leading edge of the film left after the film pulled out from a carton box has been cut by a cutter. The retaining device includes a base member, a sticking layer mounted on one surface of the base member to fix the base member on the surface of the front panel and an adhesive layer mounted on the other surface of the base member. The adhesive layer is formed of grafted copolymer obtained by graft-polymerizing vinyl chloride monomer with copolymer of ethylene and vinylacetate. Preferably, the adhesive layer is formed of grafted copolymer obtained by graft-polymerizing vinyl chloride monomer having weight ratio of 80-20 with copolymer of ethylene and vinylacetate having weight ratio of 20-80 in which the weight ratio of ethylene and vinylacetate is 20-70 to 80-30.

Abstract: A synthetic resin dispenser for dispensing packaging tape, having thin flexible sidewalls adapted to receive between them a roll of packaging tape. Bearing elements are provided and extend part way into the opening in the core of the tape roll, the bearing elements being integral with the sidewalls and having inclined cam surfaces adapted to cam the sidewalls apart. The dispenser further comprises integral synthetic resin ridges to prevent the tape from sticking to the dispenser, and which are adjacent a serrated metal blade embedded in the synthetic resin generally perpendicular to the direction of tape feed.

Abstract: A dispenser carton for continuous-length material, such as plastic film, is disclosed. The carton includes an integral cutting assembly or a cutting assembly on a separate board which may be fitted into operating position during carton use. A deflectable protective guard or shield for the cutting edge of the assembly is included, which normally resiliently rests in a protective posture against and overlapping the cutting edge. It is adapted to be temporarily deflected to facilitate normal cutting of the dispensed material and to be spontaneously returned to its protective posture during non-use of the carton. The guard is a relatively stiff flexible tape sandwiched between the cutting edge and its supporting board stock so that the tape may not be readily removed without destroying the function of the cutting edge.

Abstract: A container for accommodating and taking out a string-like article which is assembled using a sheet of some hard paper to be made by a press machine in a specified pattern. The container is formed in a preferably polygonal cylinder which has a chamber formed by the bottom plate and two cover plates provided with holes at the center portion thereof. These cover plates are formed with the flaps extended from the sides opposite each other by folding the flaps inside the cylinder and being bent normal to the sides to reach the opposite side each other and the tips of the flaps being bent upward along the sides to form a symmetrically overlapped cover plates. The upper edge of the container is provided with a slit having a cutter at the bottom thereof.

Abstract: A dispenser for concatenated pressure sensitive adhesive coated abrasive discs disposed in a supply roll comprising a container having opposite side walls each having inner and outer layers with their inner layers having aligned slots extending from top edges of the side walls to inner ends positioned generally central of said side walls, and a shaft rotatably supporting the supply roll having ends supported on support edges defining the inner ends of the slots.

Abstract: A dispenser adapter to improve the dispensing of thin webs from rolls of material contained in conventional dispensing boxes is specially configured to provide its benefits of antirecoil and risk free tearing to a wide range of dispensing boxes. The adapter is particularly suited to being retrofitted to commercially available dispensing boxes containing a wide range of materials such as plastic wrap, aluminum foil, and wax paper, while allowing the user to dispense these various materials by a single consistent, positively controlled, feeding and tearing action. In a preferred embodiment, a pressure plate loaded by one or more metal springs allows the user to easily exert a proportional braking action, and alternate embodiments teach the use of low cost resilient materials in various arrangements to provide the desired dynamic spring action. Additionally, a complete dispensing unit is disclosed which incorporates the teachings of the improved adapter.

Abstract: The roll dispenser has as a box for receiving a roll of continuous sheet material, having a bottom, a pair of sides oriented longitudinal with respect to the roll, a pair of sides axial with respect to the roll. One of the longitudinal sides is adapted for receiving a cutting element, at least one tongue element is mounted on at least one of the sides of the box in space relation with the longitudinal side receiving the cutting element. The tongue prevents the recoil of the free end of sheet material onto the roll. In one embodiment, the roll dispenser further comprises a longitudinal side defining the top of the box, at least a portion of its longitudinal sides hingedly mounted to define a gap near the cutting and tongue elements. Also disclosed is a blank for constructing the box.

Abstract: A one piece paperboard carton blank is folded into a rectangular shape for packaging and dispensing from a roll of individual plastic bags, particularly disposable milk bottles for feeding babies. The carton has a double wall front part which includes an inner top rigidly supporting a tab protruding in a direction opposite to the direction of withdrawal of bags from the roll. When a first plastic bag is withdrawn it starts to pull out a succeeding bag to which it is removably attached along a line of perforations. When the center of the perforated edge of the succeeding bag is impaled on the tab, further withdrawal of the succeeding bag is restrained and the first bag is readily separated to facilitate its dispensing and to place the leading edge of the succeeding bag where it may be easily reached for withdrawal.

Abstract: A thermoformed plastic package made of a single piece of formed plastic sheeting folded upon itself along a hinge band. The back and front sections form an enclosure, preferably for a tape roll, and have contacting portions which include flat areas and interlocked undercut mating areas which extend from a first position near the hinge around the enclosure to a second position near the hinge, and preferably along the hinge as well. The hinge band preferably includes a center portion narrower than the total width of two side portions therealong, and serves to draw the face-to-face sections of the package together along the hinge. A tape channel extending from the enclosure provides frictional engagement tape being dispensed.

Abstract: A cutter has a file-like coarse surface formed on a substrate by fast adhesion of irregular granules to the surface of the substrate with a soft adhesive agent. A dispensing container has the cutter attached fast thereto. The cutter can be folded and attached fast to a ridge of a dispensing container, the ridge in a position such that a sheet material drawn out of the dispensing container will be pressed most readily, without sustaining a crack in the layer of adhesive agent and inducing unwanted separation of irregular granules from the substrate.

Abstract: A dispensing container (10, 52) is illustrated for dispensing clinging type plastic film wrap material which includes a front dispensing face (16, 50) having a dispensing opening (36, 60) from which plastic film wrap material (W) is dispensed. A cutting edge (32, 60) is carried adjacent a lower portion of the front face. An elongated adherence strip (40) is carried between the dispensing opening and cutting edge across the front face of the container. As the plastic film wrap material (W) is torn across the cutting edge for dispensing, the material is held by adherence and the remaining free end of the film wrap material (W) is left adhering to the adherence strip so that the film wrap material (W) is readily available to be grasped for dispensing of a next piece of material.

Abstract: A strip of highly absorbent cellulose paper which has been treated to increase its wet strength, and to render it more tear resistant, is folded lengthwise, so that one layer of the fold is slightly wider than the other, providing a lip along the outer edge. The folded strip is then formed into a small roll which is accommodated in a hollow container so that the free end is pulled out in tangential relation to the roll. Embedded in the top of the container is a cutting edge disposed to cut off increments of any desired length when the strip is held in contact with the cutting edge.

Abstract: A dispenser carton for roll products, such as plastics resin film or metallic foil, is disclosed. The carton includes an integral cutting blade which may be locked into position during operation of the carton and which may also be stored within the carton during transport or storage of the carton.

Abstract: A tape dispenser for an agricultural/industrial environment having wind and dirt dispenses tape adhesive side upwardly exposed. Centrally of the dispenser there is placed a roll of tape conventionally wound in a spiral. The roll of tape has an outwardly exposed adhesive release surface and an inwardly exposed adhesive coated surface and is wound in a first direction. In the dispenser, the tape is threaded from the first direction of its spiral wound path to a reversed path around the roll in a second and opposite direction. Typically, the reversed path is defined over the surfaces of four rollers with the adhesive release side inwardly exposed to the rollers and the adhesive coated side outwardly exposed. The roll and reverse path are encased within a housing to prevent the outwardly exposed adhesive from adhering either to ambient dust or nearby objects. The tape passes free from the housing along a dispensing path to a convention severing tape knife.

Abstract: A film dispensing carton particularly suited for consumer use has affixed projecting teeth at the bottom thereof and projecting teeth on the edge of the formable cover. When the cover is in the closed position, the teeth of the bottom and the cover intermesh and aid in cutting the film.

Abstract: Reclosable carton structure of a generally rectangular configuration is set up from a paperboard blank. A hooded cover is hingedly mounted over the open top of the carton and includes a serrated cutter bar extending along a free edge of the cover. A flap on the blank is folded to extend over and is adhered along its free edge to the inside of the carton wall underlying the portion of the hooded cover that includes the cutter bar. A tab is formed in the same carton wall by a knife cut main portion parallel to the fold of the flap and a pair of end portions each extending transversely of and from an end of the main portion, both end portions terminating between the fold and the adhered edge. Resilience of the paperboard, in combination with cooperative dispositions of the flap and the tab, causes the tab to be pivotally urged outwardly from the surface of the wall, pivotation occurring when the hooded cover is open.

Abstract: An improved dispensing carton for polymeric film having cling properties. The carton has a front wall with an upper edge and contains a roll of the film material. A flap is arranged to project outwardly downwardly in use condition, from the upper edge, being preferably integrally formed with the front wall. The leading edge portion of the film clings to the upper surface of the flap to prevent retraction of the film after a section is severed in the known manner. The flap is formed with at least one notch at its outer edge for grasping the edge portion of the film. An alternate embodiment provides a similar flap as part of a separate strip insertable into the carton.

Abstract: The paperboard carton has a material severing edge which is located on an end edge of the blank from which the carton is formed and is used to sever material from a roll thereof disposed in the carton. The material severing edge is preferably located at the lower front corner of the carton and projects beyond the plane of the front wall of the carton. The material severing edge is preferably a plastic strip secured to the paperboard and having a cutting surface formed concurrently with the formation of the end edge of the blank on which it is mounted. The paperboard backing the cutting surface is preferably substantially removed from beneath the cutting surface so that the latter consists essentially of all plastic.

Abstract: This relates to a carton for dispensing plastic film wherein the carton is provided on a front wall of the bottom thereof with adhesive to hold the projecting portion of the plastic film in place after a preceding portion had been severed from the roll. In lieu of the customary adhesive spot, there is a printed, registered, continuous film coating of adhesive on the front wall. There is also a resist coating applied to the opposite face of the front wall so that when the carton is in a blank form and recently coated cartons overlie one another, the front panel of one carton not stick to the rear surface of the front panel of the next carton. The release or resist coating is in a pattern whereby when a reinforcing flap carried by the front panel is reversely turned and glued in place, it will stick to the rear surface of the front panel.

Abstract: The cutting edge for a sheet material dispensing carton has a plastic portion bonded to the paperboard material forming the carton. When the carton blank is formed, the plastic and paperboard are cut concurrently to form one edge of the blank. The paperboard and plastic material forming the teeth of the cutting edge are compressed to increase the sharpness of the cutting edge teeth.

Abstract: A dispensing carton is provided with a tab in its front wall for cooperation with a downwardly extending lip on the carton lid to clamp therebetween a sheet of household wrapping material dispensed from a roll within the carton, while the sheet is drawn along a serrated edge or cutter bar on an adjacent wall of the carton. This provides a length of the wrapping material for subsequent withdrawal from the interior of the carton during the next cutting operation by precluding the cut wrapping material from retracting onto the roll within the interior of the carton after it is cut. The clamp arrangement also results in a positive hold on the sheet as it is cut.

Abstract: A cutting device using as its cutting edge a coarse file-like face, a method for cutting a thin sheet or film by causing at least the cut-starting portion of the thin sheet or film to be pressed against the coarse file-like face of the cutting device, and a dispenser for a thin sheet or film provided with the aforementioned cutting device using said coarse file-like face as a cutting edge thereof are disclosed. A thin sheet or film is readily torn when a notch or cut is formed at the cut-starting portion of the sheet or film. The present invention makes use of this property of the thin sheet or film.

Abstract: The disclosure teaches a dispensing package for elongated strands, such as cord, thread, yarn or the like, wound on a spool. The package is made of a rigid but flexible material, and preferably, an oleofin plastic material. The package includes a floor member and a parallel ceiling member spaced from the floor member by a wall structure. The wall structure includes a two-walled arrangement consisting of two walls at an angle to each other and connected to each other at a common edge thereof. A third wall is opposite to the two-wall arrangement and consists of tab members extending from both the floor and ceiling members. Attachment means are included on the tab so that the third wall can be either fastened or unfastened. An opening in the two-walled arrangement includes a blade holder which extends into the opening. Side notches in the side edges of the two-walled arrangement comprise retaining means for retaining the free end of the strands.

Abstract: A severing blade comprising a plurality of spaced-apart sharp piercing teeth disposed below and between a plurality of spaced-apart blunt projections, the blunt projections being adapted to stretch and/or thin a segment of a sheet material, such as stretchable film, to be severed.

Abstract: A one-piece carton blank is erected into a carton containing a sheet of material rolled on a spool, the carton having a liftable top panel which is connected to a hood panel. The hood panel has a cutting edge, for example, a metal serrated strip protruding from its free edge, to tear the selected length of the sheet material. When the carton is closed the hood panel lies against the front panel of the carton. The carton is opened by the user inserting a finger through one, or preferably two, orifices in the hood panel and pushing against the front panel to break adhered areas and thereby free the hood from the front panel. The hood may have one or more liftable strips formed by parallel breakable score lines, the strips terminating at the orifice.

Abstract: A flip top dispenser carton is provided having improved end closures which may be readily erected on automatic equipment. The end closures are defined by a plurality of end flaps, having complimentary triangular configurations enabling selective adhesive connections to be established between certain flaps. In addition, an improved reinforced straight cutting edge is provided to facilitate cutting of rolls of film such as wax paper and aluminum foil.

Abstract: A dispensing container formed of molded plastic and paperboard includes a pair of integral, molded plastic cylindrical supporting members bonded by the insert injection molding process to opposing surfaces of end walls of housing structure and is adapted for cooperation with each other to support a roll containing material to be dispensed from the roll. At the same time the supporting members are formed, an integral, molded plastic cutting member is also bonded by the insert injection molding process to the housing and extends between the end walls thereof for cutting material dispensed from the roll.

Abstract: A dispensing carton for a web in roll form wherein the lid is closed on the roll with an end of the web emerging between the lid and the wall of the carton. The wall of the carton is provided with a longitudinal relatively stiff strip, preferably of plastic, adjacent the opening in the carton through which the web is drawn. The strip has a serrated edge for tearing the web after a desired length is drawn. The strip is extended onto adjacent sealing or dust flaps of the carton which are secured to the end walls of the carton so that when the sealing or dust flaps are folded into engagement with the end walls of the carton during manufacture of the carton, reinforced corners for the carton are formed at the areas of greatest stress where the web is first torn against the serrated edge, or reinforcement is obtained by using a multi-ply underlay for supporting serrated edge strip. The serrated edge strip may be mounted to extend beyond a side wall or a bottom wall of the carton.

Abstract: A roll dispenser carbon for dispensing sheet material, e.g., food wrap type sheet material. A unique cutting edge structure on the carton permits tearing off a length of the sheet material after that length has been withdrawn from the roll inside the carton. In the case of certain type sheet materials, the cutting edge structure retains the remaining free edge of the sheet material on the cutting edge after the desired sheet length has been torn from the roll. The cutting edge structure is comprised of a series of punched buds, each bud having at least two petals, that are formed in a metal sheet by punching that sheet with a piercing punch.

Abstract: A roll dispenser carton for dispensing sheet material, e.g., food wrap type sheet material. A unique cutting edge structure on the carton permits tearing off a length of the sheet material after that length has been withdrawn from the roll inside the carton. In the case of certain type sheet materials, the cutting edge structure retains the remaining free edge of the sheet material on the cutting edge after the desired sheet length has been torn from the roll. The cutting edge structure is comprised of a series of punched buds, each bud having at least two petals, that are formed in a metal sheet by punching that sheet with a piercing punch. The points of each bud's petals are turned inwardly toward the bud's axis, thereby minimizing the cutting edge's ability to scrape or scratch a user's hands or the like.

Abstract: A dispenser carton for dispensing sheet material, e.g., household wrap type sheet material. A unique cutting edge structure for the carton permits tearing off a length of sheet material withdrawn from a supply roll inside the carton, while simultaneously braking the sheet material remaining on the roll during the tearing step to prevent inadvertent withdrawal of additional sheet material. In preferred form, the cutting edge structure is comprised of an abrasive applied to the free edge of the carton's closure flap, the abrasive being on the inside face of that closure flap. After the desired sheet material length is withdrawn from the roll within the carton, the carton's cover is closed and the closure flap is manually pressured against the carton's front wall. In this attitude, the abrasive and the closure flap's leading edge cooperate to provide a cutting edge by which the free length of sheet material can be torn off the supply roll from one edge to the other.

Abstract: An improved dispensing carton for dispensing materials, such as polymeric films, which are commonly supplied in roll form. The carton type is known to those skilled in the art as a "trunk lid" style carton.

Abstract: An improved receptacle includes a cover which is connected with a rear panel of the receptacle along a fold line to enable the cover to be pivoted between open and closed positions. Prior to opening of the receptacle, a front section of the cover is firmly held in juxtaposition with a front panel of the receptacle so that the cover cannot be partially raised under the influence of forces applied to the receptacle during handling. When the cover is firmly pulled open, a rip out section is torn from the front panel to form an opening which extends downwardly from an upper edge of the front panel. The rip out section is secured to the inside of the front section of the cover by adhesive. When the cover is closed, indentations formed in the rip out section are engaged by projections formed in the opening in the front panel to hold the cover closed.