Patent ID: 7784676

Claim:
A blank, comprising: a top panel having a top portion, a top edge, a bottom portion, a bottom edge, a right portion, a right edge, a left portion and a left edge, the top panel having a characteristic strip dimension defined by a distance between the top edge and the bottom edge; a first end panel having a right edge and a left edge connected to the right edge of the top panel; a bottom panel having a left edge connected to the right edge of the first end panel and a right edge; a second end panel having a top portion, a bottom portion, a left edge connected to the right edge of the bottom panel and a right edge; a top panel top flap connected to the top panel with a first fold line therebetween, a first end panel top flap connected to the first end panel with the first fold line therebetween, a bottom panel top flap connected to the bottom panel with the first fold line therebetween, and a second end panel top flap connected to the second end panel with the first fold line therebetween, wherein all of the top flaps are the same height having a dimension less than half the characteristic strip dimension so as to provide a first centrally disposed partially open side to a carton when the blank is folded; a top panel bottom flap connected to the top panel with a second fold line therebetween, a first end panel bottom flap connected to the first end panel with the second fold line therebetween, a bottom panel bottom flap connected to the bottom panel with the second fold line therebetween, and a second end panel bottom flap connected to the second end panel with the second fold line therebetween, wherein all of the bottom flaps are the same height having a dimension less than half the characteristic strip dimension so as to provide a second centrally disposed partially open side to a carton when the blank is folded; and a perforation line extending from the left portion of the top panel diagonally across the top portion of the top panel to and along the top portion of the top panel, to and along the right portion of the top panel, to and along the bottom portion of the top panel.