Patent ID: 8453920

Claim:
A carton for a plurality of articles, the carton comprising a plurality of carton walls, at least one of the carton walls including a slot handle that comprises at least one foldable hand flap, the at least one foldable hand flap comprising an article receiving section for receiving a portion of an article in the carton when the at least one foldable hand flap is folded inwardly of the carton, wherein the at least one foldable hand flap comprises a pair of intermediate panel sections which are hingedly connected to the at least one of the cartoon walls, and the article receiving section comprises a pair of yieldable tabs which are hingedly connected to the intermediate panel sections respectively, wherein the intermediate panel sections are hingedly connected to the at least one of the cartoon walls along at least one fold line, and the yieldable tabs are hingedly connected to the intermediate panel sections along a pair of divergent fold lines extending away from the at least one fold line, wherein the yieldable tabs each has a concaved free edge at a position opposing a respective one of the divergent fold lines, the concaved free edges of the yieldable tabs together define a cutout for receiving a portion of an article in the carton.