Patent ID: 7021468

Claim:
A package comprising: a carton including a top wall having front and rear edges and a pair of opposed side edges, front and rear walls extending downwardly respectively from said front and rear edges of said top wall to respective lower edges thereof, a base wall extending between said lower edges of said front and rear walls, and a pair of opposed side walls extending downwardly from said side edges of said top wall to said base wall; and a plurality of tapered articles disposed within said carton, each of said articles having top and bottom, said top being less in thickness than said bottom, said articles being arranged into a group of two rows disposed respectively along said side edges of said top wall with said bottoms of said articles in one of said rows facing one of said side walls of said carton and said bottoms of said articles in the other row facing the other side wall of said carton, said tops of said articles in said one row being disposed in an overlapping nested relationship with said tops of said articles in said other row, wherein said top wall of said carton is formed with a pair of parallel tear lines extending from said front edge to said rear edge to define therebetween a first removable portion, said base wall being formed with a fold line disposed substantially parallel to said parallel tear lines and extending between said lower edges of said front and rear walls, said fold line being located at a first distance from either one of said parallel tear lines, each of said front and rear walls being formed with at least one tear line so that said carton is separable into two display trays with said side walls forming bottoms of said display tray when said removable portion is removed from said carton and said base wall is folded double along said fold line, and wherein said first distance is greater than a maximum distance between the fold line and said tops of said articles in either one of said two rows.