Patent ID: 6851553

Claim:
A cigarette carton assembly, comprising: a parallelepiped comprising: (1) a first side wall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first end edge, and a second end edge; (2) a second side wall opposite the first side wall and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first end edge, and a second end edge; (3) a first end wall positioned between the first end edge of the first side wall and the first end edge of the second side wall; (4) a second end wall opposite the first end wall and positioned between the second end edge of the first side wall and the second end edge of the second side wall; (5) a top wall positioned between the top edge of the first side wall and the top edge of the second side wall; and (6) a bottom wall having two end edges, opposite the top wall and positioned between the bottom edge of the first side wall and the bottom edge of the second side wall; and a dispensing portion defined by a first end edge of the bottom wall and a perforation line having two ends and having portions on the first side wall, the bottom wall, and the second side wall, wherein the perforation line extends from the second end edge of the first side wall, onto the first side wall, across the bottom edge of the first side wall, across the bottom wall, across the bottom edge of the second side wall, onto the second wall, and terminates at the second end edge of the second side wall.