Patent ID: 6997316
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carton for carrying twelve cans in three layers of four cans in each layer, with each can having a diameter and a top end and bottom end, the carton comprising; (a) a bottom panel, a top panel, said top and bottom panels being interconnected by adjoining side panels, said ends of said cans to be contained in the carton being adjacent said side panels, said carton having two ends, with an end flap attached to each end of each side panel, said end flaps on each end of the carton being adhered together by glue; (b) with said end flaps on each end of the carton having a top and bottom, with a top opening formed between the top of said end flaps on each end of the carton and said top panel, and a bottom opening formed between the bottom of said end flaps on each end of the carton and said bottom panel, each said opening being significantly smaller than the cans to be contained in the carton, each said side panel extending beyond the ends of said top and bottom panel with an arcuate opening in each side panel adjacent each end of the carton and the top panel and an arcuate opening in each side panel adjacent each end of the carton and the bottom panel; and (c) a tear line extending from each said arcuate opening in each side panel adjacent one end of the carton and the top panel; said tear lines converging toward each other and extending towards said bottom panel so as to form a dispensing flap that may at least be partially torn open by a person grasping the ends of a container adjacent said top opening through said arcuate openings, said tear lines having a zigzag configuration interspersed by interruptions in at least a portion of said tear lines so that the tear lines resist tearing when the carton is loaded with cans and subjected to the normal stresses imposed in carrying a carton loaded with cans.