Patent ID: 6866188
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An enclosed carton for carrying a plurality of cylindrical containers in at least three rows, with a bottom row, a middle row and a top row, with each container having a common diameter and two ends, the carton having ends, one end of the carton being a non-exiting end and another end being an exiting end capable of permitting the containers to exit the carton one at a time, the carton comprising: (a) bottom panel; (b) a top panel, wherein one of the bottom and top panel is an exiting panel capable of permitting the containers to exit the carton one at a time (c) foldably attached adjoining side panels; and (d) means for closing the carton, wherein said exiting end has an exiting bottom tear line and exiting end top tear line which are at least approximately parallel to each other for forming an end dispenser that is opened by tearing the exiting end at the exiting end tear lines, said exiting end bottom tear line having a height from said bottom panel that is less than the diameter, but a sufficient height to prevent any of the containers in the bottom row from automatically rolling out when said end dispenser is open when the carton is resting on said bottom panel, said exiting end top tear line has a height from said bottom panel that is equal to the diameter plus a distance that is substantially less than the diameter, but at a sufficient height from said bottom panel to prevent any container in the middle row from automatically rolling out of said end dispenser when the end dispenser is open and when the carton is resting on maid bottom panel, said exiting end top and bottom tear lines extend into at least one of said side panels a sufficient distance and turning towards each other a sufficient distance to permit said exiting end top and bottom tear lines to be torn open so that at least one of the ends of the containers in the middle row adjacent said exiting end can be grasped and removed from the carton, said exiting panel has an exiting panel bottom and an exiting panel top tear line which are at least approximately parallel to each other for forming a panel dispenser, said exiting panel bottom tear line having a height from an adjacent end of the carton that as less than the diameter, but at a sufficient height to prevent any of the containers from automatically rolling out when said panel dispenser is open and when the carton is resting on the adjacent end of the carton, said exiting panel top tear line has a height from said adjacent end that is equal to the diameter plus a distance that is substantially less than the diameter, but at a sufficient height from said adjacent end to prevent any of the containers from rolling out of said panel dispenser when the panel dispenser is open and when the carton is resting on said adjacent end, and said exiting panel top and bottom tear lines extend into at least one of said side panels a sufficient distance and turning towards each other a sufficient distance to permit said exiting panel top and bottom tear lines to be torn open so that at least one of the ends of one of the containers adjacent to said panel dispenser can be grasped and removed from the carton.