Patent ID: 7731080

Claim:
A polygonal shaped carton formed from a single blank comprising: a front panel; a rear panel spaced apart and parallel to said front panel; two or more parallel and spaced apart side panels generally perpendicular to said front panel; two or more miter panels contiguous with said side panels, said front panel, and said rear panel and said rear panels; a miter tab to secure said rear panel to one of said side panels; a bottom formed from a first major lower flap, a second major lower flap, a first minor lower flap, a second minor lower flap and at least two or more lower miter flaps, wherein a first lower miter flap of said two or more lower miter flaps is foldably connected to a first miter panel of the two or more miter panels, a second lower miter flap of said two or more lower miter flaps is foldably connected to a second miter panel of the two or more miter panels; a top opposite said bottom, said top being formed from a first major upper flap, a second major upper flap, a first minor upper flap, a second minor upper flap and at least two or more upper miter flaps, wherein a first upper miter flap of said two or more upper miter flaps is foldably connected to the first miter panel, a second upper miter flap of said two or more upper miter flaps is foldably connected to the second miter panel; a tear strip extending entirely across said second major upper flap; and one or more parallel cuts in said second major upper flap, said one or more parallel cuts extending substantially perpendicular to said tear strip from said tear strip to a fold line connecting said second major upper flap to one of said front panel; whereby said front panel, said rear panel, said miter panels, said miter tab and said bottom form a polyhedron that receives granulated or powdered product and said top seals said carton.