Patent ID: 7237674

Claim:
A package comprising an article group formed of at least two vertically arranged tiers of similarly dimensioned, cylindrical articles each having a diameter, and a carton disposed around said group, the carton comprising a top wall, a pair of opposed side walls, an end wall, a bottom wall, and an article-dispenser including a removable corner portion defined by severance lines formed respectively in the top wall, the side walls and the end wall, wherein the severance line in the end wall extends continuously between the side walls and comprises a first section for defining a recess in the end wall upon removal of the corner portion and a second section extending from the first section to one of the side walls, the lowest point along said first section is spaced at a first distance above said bottom wall, the highest point along said second section is spaced at a second distance above said bottom wall, said first distance is less than said diameter so that an endmost article in a lowermost one of said vertically arranged tiers is exposed to view through said recess upon removal of the corner portion, and said second distance is greater than said diameter so that the end wall is high enough even after removal of the corner portion to retain within the carton an endmost article in a second lowermost one of said vertically arranged tiers.