Patent ID: 7059494

Claim:
A package comprising: a plurality of enclosed cartons, each carton held together by glue and each carton comprising a bottom panel, top panel and foldably attached adjoining side panels and each carton having two ends, at least one of which is an exiting end capable of permitting containers to exit the carton one at a time; said exiting end of each carton having a bottom end flap with a height and which is attached by a fold line to the bottom panel, a top end flap foldably attached to the top panel, a side end flap foldably attached to each side panel, and means for attaching said flaps together to close the exiting end of the carton; a plurality of generally cylindrical containers positioned in each carton such that the longitudinal axis of each generally cylindrical container is substantially parallel to said top panel and said bottom panel; a tear line for forming a container dispenser opening, said tear line extending through the top panel at a distance spaced from the exiting end and extending through each side panel toward the exiting end to the attachment of said side panel with a side end flap, a fold line extending through each side end flap at a distance from the bottom panel approximately equal to, or less than, the height of the bottom end flap; so that when the tear line is torn, a dispenser is formed for dispensing the containers, with the dispenser remaining attached to the carton by the fold line through each side end flap, so that the bottom end flap and a portion of each side end flap adjacent to the bottom end flap remain attached to the carton to provide structural integrity to the carton, said dispenser forming a basket for catching containers exiting the carton; means for closing the end of the carton that is not an exiting end; and at least one side panel in each carton being attached to a side panel in an adjoining carton to form an integrated package, and a side panel of at least one carton having a plurality of cut lines and the carton having such cut lines being joined to the adjoining carton by glue contacting both the cut lines and the adjoining carton.