Patent ID: 8763889

Claim:
In combination, a carton and a container disposed within said carton comprising: a plurality of items in said container, wherein said plurality of items longitudinally extend in said container; and a pair of side carton walls spaced apart by at least one bottom carton wall, each of said side carton walls having a pair of inwardly bendable lateral flaps to form a pair of end walls, and a pair of top walls foldable upon each other, each of said top walls having a laterally extending edge, and at least two handles extending above a horizontal plane from said pair of top walls of said container, each of said at least two handles extending upwardly from laterally extending edges of said top walls of said end walls, wherein said handles vertically extend from opposing ends of said carton from each of said top walls, wherein said handles include apertures in said vertically extending handles and said apertures are above said horizontal plane, wherein said handles and said at least one carton wall form an offset stacking index, and wherein said horizontal plane is a top panel; wherein said carton includes end panels on each longitudinal end formed by said inwardly bendable lateral flaps of said side carton walls, and wherein each end panel of said carton covers a first upper portion on each end of said container so a second lower portion on each end of said end of said container is outwardly exposed; and wherein each of said laterally extending edges pair of said top carton walls include an aperture, and wherein said aperture is positioned within each of said at least two handles extending upwardly from said laterally extending edges of said top walls of said end walls.