Patent ID: 8220633

Claim:
A carton comprising: a bottom wall having top, bottom, right, and left edges; side walls that are foldably attached to the left and right edges of the bottom wall, the side walls being positioned such that the side walls oppose each other; end walls that are foldably attached to the top and bottom side edges of the bottom wall such that the side walls are located between the end walls, the end walls being positioned such that the end walls oppose each other, each end wall being foldably attached to the bottom wall at the bottom edge of the end wall, the end wall being foldably attached to an end panel at the top edge of the end wall, the end panel being designed to fold towards the bottom wall and engage the inner surface of the end walls, the end panel having a configuration substantially similar to the end wall, the end panel having a substantially uniform width approximately equal to, but no broader than, a width of the end wall, the end wall and end panel being foldable onto each other at an end member fold line to form a double-panel end member, the end wall being foldably attached to first reinforcing side panels at the side edges of the end wall, each first reinforcing side panel extending parallel to the plane of the side walls, each first reinforcing side panel being foldably attached to a second reinforcing side panel at a reinforcing panel fold line at the top edge of the first reinforcing side panel and engage the inner surface of the side wall, the second reinforcing side panel being designed to fold towards the bottom wall and engage the inner surface of the first reinforcing side panel, the first reinforcing side panels, the second reinforcing side panels, and the side walls being foldable onto respective ones of each other to form a triple-panel side member; wherein the first reinforcing side panel has a first width, the second reinforcing side panel has a second width, the second width being approximately equal to, but no broader than, the first width such that each second reinforcing side panel is foldable onto the respective first reinforcing side panel without overlapping the fold line between the end wall and the first reinforcing side panel; wherein each end wall includes at least one stacking slot located at the bottom edge of the end wall, wherein each end wall includes at least one stacking tab located at the top edge of the end wall, wherein the at least one stacking tab is foldably attached to the end panel that includes at least one stacking tab and at least one stacking slot on the top and bottom edges of the end panel, respectively, the at least one stacking tab of the end wall and the at least one stacking tab of the end panel are foldably attached to each other to form double-panel stacking tabs; and wherein prior to folding, the end member fold line and the reinforcing side panel fold line are parallel and non-collinear.