Patent ID: 8118212

Claim:
A blank for forming a carton, comprising: a first side panel; a top panel; a second side panel; a bottom panel; a first side exiting end flap extending from the first side panel and along a first marginal area of the blank; a top exiting end flap extending from the top panel and along the first marginal area of the blank; a second side exiting end flap extending from the second side panel and along the first marginal area of the blank; a bottom exiting end flap foldably connected to the bottom panel at a fold line; at least one second end flap extending along a second marginal area of the blank; a dispenser pattern extending through at least the top panel, the first side exiting end flap, and the second side exiting end flap, wherein the dispenser pattern comprises: a first oblique tear line extending through the first side exiting end flap; and a second oblique tear line extending through the second side exiting end flap, a first side tear line extending along a marginal edge of the first side panel, at least a portion of the first side tear line being substantially parallel to the bottom panel and spaced apart from the bottom panel a distance that is greater than a characteristic dimension of a container to be contained within a carton formed by the blank; and a second side tear line extending along a marginal edge of the second side panel; wherein the dispenser pattern further comprises an opening feature; wherein when the carton is formed, the dispenser pattern extends entirely the height of an exiting end of the carton formed in part by the first and second side exiting end flaps; wherein the opening feature includes a finger hole located at least in part in the bottom panel.