Patent ID: 7703666

Claim:
A carton for containing a plurality of articles, the carton comprising: panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton, the panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the top panel at a first lateral fold line, and a second side panel foldably connected to the top panel at a second lateral fold line, where the bottom panel supports bottoms of the articles and the top panel is positioned adjacent tops of the articles; at least two end flaps respectively foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality of panels, wherein the end flaps at least partially form a closed end of the carton, the at least two end flaps comprise a top end flap foldably attached to the top panel, a first side end flap foldably attached to the first side panel, and a second side end flap foldably attached to the second side panel, the top end flap, first side end flap, and second side end flap being respectively foldably attached to the top panel, first side panel, and second side panel at a longitudinal fold line; and a dispenser for allowing access to the articles in the carton, the dispenser comprising a dispenser panel that is at least partially defined by a tear line in the carton and is for being at least partially removed for at least further opening a dispenser opening, the tear line comprising a first portion in the top panel extending across an entire width of the top panel, between the first and second side panels, a second portion in the first side panel, a third portion in the second side panel, with at least one of the second and third portions of the tear line being oblique relative to the top panel and continuous with the first portion extending from one of the first lateral fold line and the second lateral fold line to the longitudinal fold line, and a portion in the top end flap.