Display carton

Claim 1

A collapsible, display carton, for holding an article such as a tube, bottle, or can, said carton being formed of a unitary blank of foldable paperboard and comprising: (a) pairs of opposed front and rear major side walls and first and second minor side walls foldably joined to each other to form an external tubular structure open at the ends; (b) flap means for closing opposite ends of said structure; (c) said front major side wall presenting, intermediate the ends of thereof, an opening for viewing the interior of said carton; (d) an internal tubular structure positioned within said external tubular structure and secured to said first minor side wall; (e) said internal tubular structure being spaced from said second minor side wall to define therewith and with said bottom wall a channel for receiving a packaged article; (f) a major portion of said internal tubular structure being disposed under said front major side wall opening and including: (i) a display panel foldably joined at it outer edge to a front portion of said first minor side wall and sloping toward said second minor side wall and said rear major side wall; (ii) a central panel foldably joined at its front edge to the inner edge of said display panel and extending rearwardly toward said rear major side wall and in spaced parallel relation with said second minor side wall; (iii) a back panel foldably joined at its inner edge to the rear edge of said central panel and sloping toward said first minor side wall panel and said front major side wall panel in spaced parallel relation with said display panel; (iv) a glue flap foldably joined at its rear edge to the inner edge of said back panel and being secured to the inner side of said first minor side wall panel.