Patent ID: 8800852

Claim:
A carton for a plurality of articles, the carton comprising a plurality of carton walls, at least one of the carton walls including a slot handle that comprises a foldable hand flap, the foldable hand flap comprising an article receiving section for receiving a portion of an article in the carton when the foldable hand flap is folded inwardly of the carton, wherein the foldable hand flap is connected to the at least one of the carton walls along at least one fold line and extends to a free edge thereof opposing the at least one fold line, the foldable hand flap comprises a severance line extending from the free edge toward the at least one fold line, the severance line being disposed generally perpendicularly to the at least one fold line and dividing the foldable hand flap into at least two portions, the at least two portions are disposed next to each other and are separated by the severance line, wherein the article receiving section is defined by the at least two portions when the at least two portions are separated along the severance line, wherein the at least one of the carton walls comprises inner end flaps and an outer end flap, and the foldable hand flap is formed from part of the outer end flap, and wherein the slot handle further comprises at least one foldable reinforcing flap formed from part of the inner end flaps, the at least one reinforcing flap being disposed in an overlapping arrangement with the foldable hand flap.