Patent ID: 8096435

Claim:
A carton for packaging articles, comprising a first part including a base panel for receiving articles and a second removable part including a structural element having a vertical size greater than the first part and sufficient to withstand a compressive force when the carton is stacked with like cartons, wherein the second part is disposed in stable contact with the first part, wherein the carton further comprises a retaining arrangement for preventing lateral separation of the first and second parts, the retaining arrangement comprising a deployable portion of one of the first and second parts and an abutting end of the other of the first and second parts, the one of the first and second parts having a first end where the deployable portion is located and a second end opposite to the first end, and wherein the abutting end of the other of the first and second parts is disposed to abut the deployable portion so that the deployable portion, when deployed, allows the abutting end to move laterally away from the second end of the one of the first and second parts to allow lateral separation of the second part from the first part in an endwise direction.