Patent ID: 8365914

Claim:
A blank for forming a carton, comprising: a plurality of adjoined panels, each having a first dimension extending in a first direction and a second dimension extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of adjoined panels including a front panel, a first side panel joined to the front panel along a first fold line extending in the first direction, and a second side panel joined to the front panel along a second fold line extending in the first direction, the second fold line being opposite the first fold line, wherein a first side edge of the front panel and a side edge of the first side panel define a first cutout along the first fold line, and a second side edge of the front panel and a side edge of the second side panel define a second cutout along the second fold line; and a heat-shrink patch joined to the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel, the heat-shrink patch being in a substantially superposed relationship with the first cutout and the second cutout.