Patent ID: 7374076

Claim:
A package comprising: an article group formed of at least one row of substantially cylindrical articles having a diameter and opposite ends disposed on sides thereof in a side-by-side parallel fashion; and a carton disposed around said article group, the carton including: a plurality of walls including a top wall, a base wall, a pair of opposed side walls connected to side edges of said top wall and side edges of said base wall, and an end wall interconnecting said opposed side walls; and an article dispenser opening formed at a region of intersection of planes of said top wall, said opposed side walls and said end wall; wherein: a portion of said article dispenser opening is defined by a top wall severance line extending across said top wall proximate said region of intersection of planes of said top wall, said opposed side walls and said end wall; a portion of said article dispenser opening is defined by an end wall severance line extending across said end wall having all points thereof disposed at a distance as measured from the plane of said top wall that is no greater than the diameter of the substantially cylindrical articles; and a portion of said article dispenser opening is defined by a side wall severance line extending across a respective one of said opposed side walls from said plane of said top wall to said plane of said end wall.