Patent ID: 8550332

Claim:
A carton comprising: opposite top and bottom panels; opposite first and second side panels; opposite first and second end panels; a handle in the top panel; a dispenser section defined by a dispenser pattern extending at least in the top panel and the first end panel, the dispenser pattern comprising a tear line pattern and a deformation pattern, the deformation pattern being configured in the dispenser section for allowing the dispenser section to deform and thereby facilitating tearing along the tear line pattern when the dispenser section is opened; the tear line pattern being configured so that the dispenser section comprises a portion of the top panel and a portion of the first end panel, wherein the tear line pattern comprises a top tear line extending across the top panel, from proximate the first side panel to proximate the second side panel, and the top tear line is positioned between the handle and the first end panel; and the deformation pattern comprising first and second oblique deformation lines positioned in the top panel between the top tear line and the first end panel, the first oblique deformation line extending obliquely from proximate the first side panel toward the top tear line, and the second oblique deformation extending obliquely from proximate the second side panel toward the top tear line, so that the first and second oblique deformation lines extend convergently with respect to one another toward the top tear line, wherein the first and second oblique deformation lines are configured in the dispenser section for allowing the dispenser section to deform and thereby facilitating tearing along the tear line pattern when the dispenser section is opened.