Patent ID: 8091769

Claim:
A carton blank for a carton, said carton blank being formed from a sheet material and comprising a plurality of foldably connected panels which form the walls of the corresponding carton, said panels comprising main panels separated by a plurality of longitudinal folds and arranged to form pairs of opposing side walls in said corresponding carton a first pair of main panels each being foldably connected at either end to a respective end panel, said end panels being arranged to form opposing end walls in said corresponding carton, each end wall comprising first and second end panels, and a second pair of main panels each being foldably connected at either end to a respective end flap, each of said respective end flap includes a curved traverse edge, said curved traverse edge includes a central attached portion and an unattached portion on either side of said central attached portion, said second pair of main panels being foldably connected to said respective end flap at said central attached portion and said unattached portions remain unattached from said respective end flaps, wherein said blank is foldable to provide said corresponding carton in which the transverse edges of the opposing side walls formed by said second pair of main panels are arranged in general correspondence with the longitudinal edges of adjacent respective end panels and the transverse edges of the respective end flaps connected thereto, and wherein one of said first main panels includes an end tab foldably connected to each of said first end panel and adapted for fixation to a side wall or to an underside of the corresponding second end panel in said corresponding carton.