Patent ID: 8727204

Claim:
A package for holding a food product, the package comprising: a carton comprising: a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising at least two side panels; a tear feature extending at least partially across the plurality of panels for at least partially separating the carton into an upper portion and a lower portion; a liner disposed in the interior of the carton, the liner comprising an upper region, a lower region, and an expandable region proximate to the tear feature of the carton, the expandable region extends between the upper region of the liner and the lower region of the liner and comprises a first portion of the liner folded into face-to-face contact with a second portion of the liner so that when the upper portion of the carton is moved away from the lower portion of the carton the expandable region expands as the first and second portions of the liner unfold.