Carton with strap handle and blank for forming same

Claim 1

A carton, comprising top and bottom walls; front, back and side walls connecting said top and bottom walls; said top wall having inner and outer panels extending from said front and back walls, respectively, and being overlapped and secured together; first and second side flaps extending from opposite side edges of said outer top panels and secured to the inside of said side walls; inner and outer elongated handle panels foldably connected together and formed from portions of said outer top panel and said side flaps, extending substantially parallel to and equally spaced from the top edges of said front and back walls and substantially perpendicular to said side walls, said outer handle panel being defined by a perforated score line formed in said outer top panel which extends entirely across the length of said outer top panel and substantially parallel to said top edges of said front and back walls and only partially across each of said side flaps and by a handle fold line formed in said outer top panel and extends parallel to said score line and across the entire length of said outer top panel and said side flaps and is located between said score line and the top edge of said front panel, said inner handle panel being defined between said handle fold line and by said perforated score line, when severed, of said outer top panel and underlying and being secured to said outer handle panel.