Patent ID: 7448492

Claim:
A blank for assembling into a wrap-around carrier package, the blank comprising: a top panel; a first side panel; a second side panel; at least one bottom flap foldably connected to at least one of the first and second side panels; a first web portion foldably connected to a first side of the first side panel along a first fold line; a second web portion foldably connected to a second side of the first side panel along a second fold line; a third web portion foldably connected to a first side of the second side panel along a third fold line; a fourth web portion foldably connected to a second side of the second side panel along a fourth fold line, the third fold line being disposed at a non-zero second angle with respect to the fourth fold line; and at least two primary end panels. one primary end panel being foldably connected to each of the first and second web portions, and at least two secondary end panels, one secondary end panel being foldably connected to each of the third and fourth web portions, wherein each web portion comprises an intermediate web, a bottom retention web foldably connected to the intermediate web, and a top retention web foldably connected to the intermediate web, and each bottom retention web comprises a first bottom retention panel, a second bottom retention panel and a third bottom retention panel, and the first fold line is disposed at a non-zero first angle with respect to the second fold line so that the first side panel tapers inwardly toward a center of the blank.