Patent ID: 7207474

Claim:
A package comprising: an article group formed at least of first and second vertically aligned adjacent tiers of cylindrical articles; and a carton disposed around said group, said cylindrical articles in each of said tier being disposed on sides thereof in a side-by-side parallel fashion, said carton comprising: a top wall; a pair of opposed side walls connected to side edges of said top wall; an end wall interconnecting said side walls; and an article dispenser for dispensing said articles from said carton, said dispenser including a detachable portion of said carton formed at least from said side and end walls, said detachable portion being detachably connected at least to said side and end walls by a detachable connection to be detached from said carton to define an opening for exposing an endmost article for removal; at least one of said side walls comprising a tear initiation arrangement for facilitating a user's cross-tearing motion for detaching said detachable portion along said detachable connection; wherein said article group is oriented such that said side walls are disposed alongside ends of said cylindrical articles, and wherein the position of said tear initiation arrangement is in registry with a space at the center of four end articles including respective endmost articles of said first and second tiers next to said end wall and respective second endmost articles of said first and second tiers.