Patent ID: 7225930

Claim:
A combination shipping and dispensing carton, comprising: a bottom panel; a top panel comprising a first top flap and a second top flap; a first side panel adjacent to the bottom panel and to the top panel; a second side panel adjacent to the bottom panel and to the top panel, the second side panel having a box fold line; at least one first end flap closing a first end of the carton; at least one second end flap closing a second end of the carton; a first plurality of tear lines extending through the bottom panel, the first side panel, and the top panel; and a second plurality of tear lines extending through the bottom panel, the first side panel, and the top panel, wherein the first and second pluralities of tear lines at least partially define an opening flap in the bottom panel, the first side panel, and the top panel, the opening flap is wider in the bottom panel than in the first side panel, when the opening flap is opened, the carton can be formed into first and second side-by-side dispensers by folding the second side panel along the box fold line, the first plurality of tear lines comprises a first side panel tear line that extends toward the top panel, the second plurality of tear lines comprises a second side panel tear line that extends toward the top panel, the first and second side panel tear lines converge toward one another as they extend toward the top panel, and the first plurality of tear lines and the second plurality of tear lines extend through the first top flap and the second top flap.