Patent ID: 7234596
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carton for containing a group of similar articles, the carton comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, opposing side walls and opposing end walls, wherein the carton is constructed by combining first and second parts of a two-part blank, the first part comprising the bottom panel and the opposed end walls, each of the end walls having a hand aperture, the second part comprising the top panel, the opposed side walls and a pair of end flaps, each of the end flaps being hinged to the top panel and disposed internally of a respective one of the end walls, the each end flap engaging the first part thereby restricting upward movement of the top panel, wherein the each end flap of the second part is disposed along an inner surface of the respective end wall to substantially close the hand aperture in the respective end wall and wherein the end flaps are hinged to the top panel to be yieldable in response to insertion of a user's hands into the apertures.