Patent ID: 7658317
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A paperboard carton for articles arranged in at least two layers, the carton having a top panel, a base panel, a pair of oppositely disposed side panels, a pair of oppositely disposed end panel arrangements and a divider pad provided between the adjacent layers of articles and being secured relative to the end panel arrangement at one end, one of the side panels having a removable portion adjacent said one end so as to define by means of primary lines of weakness a roll-out aperture for article removal when the carton is standing on said one end panel arrangement, the primary lines of weakness defining a closed curvilinear shape circumscribed by a pair of opposed remaining portions of the respective side panel, and respective remaining portions of the top panel and base panel, which removable portion has extensions in the top and base panels that are formed by respective portions of the primary lines of weakness which extend into the top and base panels, wherein a secondary line of weakness extends from each of the respective portions of the primary lines of weakness that forms the extensions to an adjacent end edge of the top and base panels respectively.