Multi-product carton

Claim 1

A dual compartmented carton formed from paperboard or the like comprising: a. a single blank of material scored to form a plurality of main panels separated from one another along parallel fold lines and a carton closure flap connected to one of said main panels; b. said main panels including a bottom wall, a pair of sidewalls and an intermediate wall which divides the carton into an upper exposed tray-like compartment and a completely enclosed lower compartment, said sidewalls being common to both the completely enclosed lower compartment and the upper tray-like compartment, with the intermediate wall of the carton serving as both the top of the completely enclosed lower compartment and the bottom of the said tray-like upper compartment; c. first and second end closure flaps integral with one another and connected to the intermediate wall of said carton for enclosing the ends of said lower compartment and said upper tray-like compartment, said first and second end closure flaps being angularly related to one another and to the intermediate wall of said carton; d. said second end closure flaps forming finished upper edges for each end of said upper tray-like compartment at the point where said second end clsoure flaps are integrally joined to said first end closure flaps and including cutout means integral therewith for retaining one or more products securely located in the upper tray-like compartment; and, e. a pair of secondary panels connected along fold lines to one of said main panels to form both sidewalls of said upper traylike compartment of double thick material with finished upper edges.