Patent ID: 7549542

Claim:
A shipping container comprising: first and second opposing side panels, each side panel including a front edge, a back edge, a top edge and a bottom edge; a back panel joined along opposite sides to the side panels, the back panel defining a first edge and a second edge, each of the first edge of the back panel and the second edge of the back panel adjoining one of the pair of opposing side panels along a back edge thereof; a front panel joined along opposite sides to the side panels, the front panel defining a first edge and a second edge, each of the first edge of the front panel and the second edge of the front panel adjoining one of the pair of opposing side panels along a front edge thereof; first and second top panels adjoining each of the first and second side panels respectively along the top edges thereof; first and second bottom panels adjoining each of the first and second side panels along the bottom edges thereof; a divider integral with the shipping container and having a first portion extending from the front panel and a second portion extending from the back panel, the first portion of the divider adjoining the second portion of the divider along a score line extending substantially parallel to the front panel at about a midpoint between the front panel and the back panel; wherein the first side panel, the first top panel and the first bottom panel define a first substantially continuous perforation and the second side panel, the second top panel and the second bottom panel define a second substantially continuous perforation along which the shipping carton can be split into two portions where at least one portion is adapted to hold in a substantially vertical orientation a plurality of packages each with a top portion and an opening adjacent to the top portion such that the openings are substantially aligned.