Carton

Claim 2

A unitary carton blank adapted to be erected to form a dispensing carton for packaging articles, said blank comprising a generally rectangular body portion including a pair of side wall panels adapted to be spaced opposite one another; and a pair of top and bottom panels adapted to be spaced opposite one another and perpendicular to said side wall panels, incline plane means extending from one end of said bottom panel adapted to be erected to facilitate removal of packages from the carton; a tear-away zone extending through portions of said side walls and top wall and adapted to be removed therefrom to provide an access opening; a closure assembly hingedly connected to said top, side and bottom panels adapted to form the closed end of the carton when erected; a generally rectangular panel portion hingedly connected to one of said side panels and having adhesive means applied thereto for adhesively bonding said bottom panel thereto and locking means adapted to be engaged by said incline plane when erecting said carton.

Claim 3

The unitary carton blank as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tear-away zone is defined by a perforated scoreline extending through portions of said side walls and top wall.

Claim 4

The unitary carton blank as set forth in claim 1 wherein said incline plane means is hingedly connected to one end of said bottom panel and includes a rectangular section hingedly connected to an end of an incline plane surface adapted to be erected to form a wall perpendicular to said bottom wall and a locking tab means hingedly connected to other end of said incline plane surface and adapted to lockingly engage the perpendicular wall section and bottom wall section to maintain the incline plane in erected position.

Claim 5

A dispensing carton formed from a unitary packaging blank and adapted to receive a plurality of packaged articles, the packaging blank having a pair of wide wall panels spaced opposite and parallel to one another and a pair of narrow wall panels spaced opposite and parallel to one another and perpendicular to and hingedly connected to the wide wall panels; a closure assembly hingedly connected to said wide wall and narrow wall panels and being formed at one end thereof; a dispensing opening formed at the other end of said wide wall and narrow wall panels and being hingedly connected thereto; said dispensing opening adapted to be torn away from the pair of wide wall panels and at least one narrow wall panel so as to provide an access opening to remove the packaged articles therefrom and an incline plane means formed integrally with said other narrow wall panel, said incline plane means having a wall perpendicular to said narrow wall panel and a panel extending into the access opening to form said incline plane surface and means formed on said incline plane surface for locking said incline panel in fixed erected position so as to facilitate ready removal of packages from said carton after the access opening has been torn away.

Claim 6

A dispensing carton formed from a unitary packaging blank and adapted to receive a plurality of packaged articles, the packaging blank having a pair of wide wall panels spaced opposite and parallel to one another and a pair of narrow wall panels spaced opposite and parallel to one another and perpendicular to and hingedly connected to the wide wall panels; a closure assembly hingedly connected to said wide wall and narrow wall panels and being formed at one end thereof; a dispensing opening formed at the other end of said wide wall and narrow wall panels and being hingedly connected thereto; said dispensing opening adapted to be torn away from the pair of wide wall panels and at least one narrow wall panel so as to provide an access opening to remove the packaged articles therefrom and an incline plane means formed integrally with said other narrow wall panel, said incline plane means having a wall perpendicular to said narrow wall panel and a panel extending into the access opening to form said incline plane surface and means formed on said incline plane surface for locking said incline panel in fixed erected position so as to facilitate ready removal of packages from said carton after the access opening has been torn away.

Claim 7

The carton of claim 4 wherein said panel is perpendicular to said narrow panel and provides a surface for receiving indicia.

Claim 8

The carton of claim 4 wherein said access opening is formed by a perforated scoreline defining said tear-away zone, said tear-away zone including portions of said wide wall panels and at leAst one of said narrow wall panels.

Claim 9

The carton of claim 4 wherein substantially the entire volume of said carton can be filled with said packaged articles.