Patent ID: 7617969

Claim:
A carton capable of holding a plurality of articles, the carton comprising: a bottom; a plurality of side panels extending upwardly from respective edges of the bottom, wherein upright edges of the plurality of side panels are respectively connected to one another to define a plurality of upright corners of the carton; at least a first opening to the carton's interior, wherein the first opening extends across an upright corner of the plurality of upright corners and through the side panels that define the upright corner; and at least one partition having opposite ends that are respectively pivotably connected at first and second fold lines to the side panels that define the upright corner, so that the partition can be pivoted between a deployed configuration and an undeployed configuration, wherein the partition at least partially closes the first opening in the undeployed configuration, and the partition extends into the carton's interior and at least partially around a compartment in the carton's interior during the deployed configuration, whereby the partition at least partially defines the compartment during the deployed configuration, and wherein the first and second fold lines extend obliquely with respect to the upright corner, all of the first fold line is spaced apart from the upright corner, and all of the second fold line is spaced apart from the upright corner.