Patent ID: 7703607

Claim:
A carton and a plurality of cans arranged in the carton in a plurality of columns and rows, comprising: a top panel; a first side panel hingedly connected to the top panel; a second side panel hingedly connected to the top panel; at least one base panel hingedly connected to at least one of the side panels; and two gusset panels at each end of the carton, each gusset panel comprising: a first portion hingedly connected to the top panel; and a second portion hingedly connected to the first portion and hingedly connected to an adjacent one of the side panels, each second portion being bent toward the adjacent side panel and held in place by an abutting one of the cans so that the first portion extends across an open end area of the carton, wherein a removable portion is defined in the top panel and side panels by at least one line of weakening, the removable portion including the gusset panels at one end of the carton, wherein when the removable portion is removed by separating the removable portion along the at least one line of weakening, at least a part of a top of all of the cans is exposed, and when the removable portion is removed, a remaining portion of the top panel remains adjacent one of the ends of the carton and over at least one of the cans at a top of the carton.