Patent ID: 7487906

Claim:
A towelette dispensing carton comprising: a deck panel with an elongate through-cut slot and in a pre-initial opening of the carton having a perforated section; a front panel adjoining the deck panel; a rear panel adjacent the deck panel; a bottom panel flanked on opposite edges by the front and rear panels; right and left side panel systems closing off ends of the carton; a lid panel adjoining the rear panel and partially covering the deck panel and having a leading and a trailing edge, the leading edge having a projecting tab, the trailing edge adhesively bonded to a portion of the deck panel and hingedly movable post-initial opening of the carton; an area on an inner surface of the lid panel being adhesively bonded to the perforated section forming a dispensing aperture upon pulling the lid panel open; and wherein the improvement comprises a curved section and a straight section forming the leading edge of the lid panel, the respective sections being on opposite sides of the tab, the tab being at a lesser distance (L 1 ) from one of the right or left side panel system than a distance from the other side panel system (L 2 ).