Patent ID: 6866144

Claim:
A carton for holding one or more articles, comprising a sleeve body and an article-retaining structure for preventing dislodgment of packaged articles through open ends of the sleeve body, the sleeve body comprising top and base opposed walls and a pair of opposed side walls, the article-retaining structure comprising a retention panel extending between the side walls intermediate the top and base walls to form a tubular structure in cooperation with the top wall, the retention panel being formed with at least on article-receiving aperture, the tubular structure being provided with a brace for retaining the tubular structure in an erected form, said brace comprising a brace panel hingedly connected to the retention panel along a first fold line and a friction tab hingedly connected to the brace panel along a second fold line, the brace panel being folded into the tubular structure to engage the tubular structure, the friction tab being folded to be pressed against an inside surface of the tubular structure to retain the brace panel in the folded position, said second fold line being disposed transversely of said first fold line.