Patent ID: 7552857

Claim:
A blank capable of being formed into an enclosed carton for a plurality of containers in a plurality of rows, including a first row and a second row above the first row, the blank comprising: a first bottom flap connected to a first side panel along a first fold line; the first side panel connected to a top panel along a second fold line; the top panel connected to a second side panel along a third fold line; the second side panel connected to a second bottom flap along a fourth fold line; a fifth fold line extending transverse to the first fold line, second fold line, third fold line, and fourth fold lines along a lower portion of the blank a first side panel end flap connected to the first side panel along the fifth fold line and a second side panel end flap connected to the second side panel along the fifth fold line; a first dispensing flap defined at least partially by a first tear line that extends across the first side panel end flap, across the fifth fold line, into the first side panel, across the fifth fold line, and across the first side panel end flap; a second dispensing flap defined at least partially by a second tear line that extends across the second side panel end flap, across the fifth fold line, into the second side panel, across the fifth fold line, and across the second side panel end flap; the first and second dispensing flaps capable of being joined when the blank is formed into a carton and being capable of creating an opening in the carton when the first and second dispensing flaps are removed from the blank; the first tear line being spaced from the first and second fold lines; the second tear line being spaced from the third and fourth fold lines; a first aperture in the first dispensing flap and a second aperture in the second dispensing flap; the first aperture at least partially intersecting the fifth fold line to disrupt its continuity therealong and, a handle formed at least partially in the top panel.