Twin carton package with removable portions

Claim 1

A package including a pair of articulated cartons joined to each other by an integral connecting panel having separate detachable portions, said package being formed from a unitary blank of foldable sheet material, such as paperboard, and comprising: (a) a pair of similar cartons disposed in side-by-side relation and each carton including a pair of front and rear wall panels and a pair of side wall panels having front and rear side edges foldably joined to and extending between respective front and rear wall panels to form therewith a tubular structure open at the ends; (b) an integral panel extending across the rear wall panels of said cartons, in face-to-face relation therewith, and including: (i) a pair of sections having remote side edges foldably joined to corresponding rear edges of respective carton side wall panels and having adjacent side edges separably joined to each other along a perforated severance line to facilitate separation of said pair of cartons from each other; (ii) each of said connecting panel sections including one of said detachable portions defined by a pair of transversely spaced weakened lines of tear, said weakened lines being disposed inwardly of said corresponding rear edges of the respective side wall panels; (iii) each of said connecting panel sections being of a width and height which is smalller than said rear wall panels; (c) means for closing the ends of said carton structures.