Cigarette carton assembly

Claim 1

A carton assembly for ten packages of smoking articles which are arranged within the carton assembly for transport through and marking using a tax marking apparatus designed for tax marking the packages arranged within a standard size carton, the carton assembly comprising: (i) a standard size master carton formed from a single blank of material having portions thereof defining carton end wall structure at opposite ends of the carton, a pair of carton side walls, a carton bottom wall and carton top wall structure formed by two flaps; the portions being joined along fold lines in the blank with the blank being erected by folding the blank along the fold lines to form an elongated box-like enclosure; and (ii) two half cartons which are contained within and removable from the master carton, (a) each half carton containing five packages of smoking articles and (b) each half carton formed from a single blank of material having portions thereof defining carton end wall structure at opposite ends of the carton, a pair of carton side walls, a carton bottom wall; the portions being joined along fold lines in the blank with the blank being erected by folding the blank along the fold lines to form an elongated box-like enclosure having an open top.