Patent ID: 7789231

Claim:
A carton blank for assembling into a carton for accommodating at least a first and a second row of containers, the blank comprising: a top panel; a first side panel; a bottom panel; at least four top-receiving cut patterns in the bottom panel arranged in at least a first and a second row and at least a first and a second column, each cut pattern being sized to receive at least one of the containers; a second side panel; an intermediate panel foldably connected to the second side panel, wherein the first side panel has a substantially greater width than the second side panel so that the intermediate panel is spaced apart from the top panel when the carton blank is formed into the carton, wherein the intermediate panel includes at least two apertures arranged in a first row, each aperture being sized to receive at least one of the containers in the first row of containers, wherein a distal edge of the intermediate panel is arranged to engage an upper portion of at least one of the containers in the second row of containers; an adhesive flap foldably connected to the top panel, wherein the second side panel is foldably connected to the intermediate panel at a transverse fold line and each aperture in the intermediate panel abuts the transverse fold line, wherein the bottom panel is foldably connected to the second side panel, a distance between a foldable connection between the intermediate panel and the second side panel and a foldable connection between the bottom panel and the second side panel is less than a distance corresponding to the maximum width of the first side panel.