Patent ID: 7204405

Claim:
A blank for fabricating a carton which is formed from a generally rectangular sheet of material comprising: the blank divided by a plurality of longitudinal fold-forming creases into a plurality of generally rectangular sections, which sections are laterally offset relative to one another; the blank sections generally configured as a base-forming panel hinged to one of a pair of opposing side-forming panels which flank a top-forming panel and to a lip-forming panel; the base-forming panel including a pair of opposing end-forming panels hinged to the base-forming panel by fold-forming creases for movement relative to the base-forming panel; a plurality of corner lock-forming portions, each defined in cooperatively adjacent the top-forming panel and the side-forming panels adjacent an end of the blank by a transverse cut line intersecting the longitudinal fold-forming crease between the top-forming panel and an adjacent side-forming panel and extending between adjacent the top-forming panel and the side-forming panels; and a pair of opposed handle-forming portions, each defined in cooperatively adjacent the top-forming panel and the side-forming panels by a fold-forming crease disposed in the top-forming panel parallel to and offset from the longitudinal fold-forming creases and a cut line connecting opposed ends of the handle fold-forming crease.