Patent ID: 7648060

Claim:
A blank for forming a carton, comprising: a first side panel; a top panel; a second side panel; a bottom panel; a first side exiting end flap extending from the first side panel and along a first marginal area of the blank; a top exiting end flap extending from the top panel and along the first marginal area of the blank; a second side exiting end flap extending from the second side panel and along the first marginal area of the blank; a bottom exiting end flap foldably connected to the bottom panel at a fold line, the bottom exiting end flap having a V-shaped notch having a vertex in the bottom exiting end flap that is proximate to, but spaced apart from, the fold line; at least one second end flap extending along a second marginal area of the blank; and a dispenser pattern extending through the top panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the first side exiting end flap, and the second side exiting end flap, wherein the dispenser pattern comprises: a first oblique tear line extending through the first side exiting end flap; and a second oblique tear line extending through the second side exiting end flap, wherein when the carton is formed, the first and second oblique tear lines terminate adjacent to one another at respective end points that form the vertex of a V-shaped section, the end points being proximate to and spaced from the bottom panel.