Patent ID: 7204369

Claim:
A package, comprising: a wraparound carton; and a plurality of articles arranged with a recess defined between adjacent ones of said articles, said articles being packaged in said carton, said articles being interconnected to provide an upper planar face of said articles; said carton comprising a top wall, a side wall, a base wall, and a beam structure arranged to form a tubular structure that encircles said articles, said top wall being disposed in contact with said upper planar face, a longitudinal axis of said beam structure being inclined to the plane of said top wall, said beam structure comprising: first and second opposite ends, wherein said beam structure is arranged to be placed in said recess and is hingedly connected at said first opposite end to said base wall; at least one medial fold line extending along the length of said beam structure; and at least one angled fold line extending between an end of said at least one medial fold line and one of said opposite ends of said beam structure.