Patent ID: 7757933

Claim:
A carton formed from a blank and a plurality of containers enclosed in the carton, the carton comprising: a top panel comprising a first top panel adhered to a second top panel, the second top panel overlapping the first top panel, wherein a reinforcing handle portion, a handle feature, and a first handle portion, are defined in the first top panel, the reinforcing handle portion is foldably connected to the first top panel at a first fold line and the first handle portion is located between the handle feature and the reinforcing handle portion prior to forming the blank into the carton; a first side panel foldably connected to the first top panel at a second fold line, wherein the reinforcing handle portion is located between the first fold line and the second fold line prior to forming the blank into the carton and is at least partially defined by a breachable line of disruption in the first top panel; a bottom panel; a second side panel; a first end panel; and a second end panel, wherein a multi-ply handle is formed in the top panel, the multi-ply handle comprising at least three overlapping plies of paperboard formed from the first and second top panels, two plies of the multi-ply handle are comprised of the reinforcing handle portion of the first top panel overlapping and adhered to the first handle portion of the first top panel, and the first handle portion is located adjacent to the reinforcing handle portion and the handle feature.