Patent ID: 7478743

Claim:
An end loaded carton for enclosing a plurality of articles, said carton comprising: a tubular structure comprising a pair of opposed side walls, each of said side walls comprising a pair of opposing end edges that are at least partially curved concavely toward each other; and an end closure structure for at least partially closing an end of said tubular structure, said end closure structure comprising a pair of side end flaps, each of said side end flaps being hingedly connected to a respective one of said side walls along one of said end edges, said end closure structure comprising an end wall and a pair of chamfered corners; wherein each of said side end flaps comprises a terminated fold line that extends from a first point that is located approximately at a lower end point of a respective one of said end edges to a second point that is spaced apart from the periphery of a respective one of said side end flaps.