Display/vending carton

An enclosed carton for a plurality of containers disposed on their container sides in at least one row when the carton is in an unopened configuration, the plurality of containers including a first container, the carton comprising:

• six sides including a top panel connected along a portion of a first fold line to an end of the carton, a first side panel foldably connected to at least the top panel, and a second side panel foldably connected to at least the top panel, the end comprising a first side end flap foldably connected to the first side panel at a respective portion of the first fold line, a second side end flap foldably connected to the second side panel at a respective portion of the first fold line, and a top end flap foldably connected to the top panel at a respective portion of the first fold line, the top panel, the first side end flap, and the first side panel at least partially forming a first corner of the carton, and the top panel, the second side end flap, and the second side panel at least partially forming a second corner of the carton;
• a dispensing feature defined at least partially by tear line segments in the top panel and in the end, the tear line segments including at least a first tear line segment extending in the end, a second tear line segment extending from the first corner, and a third tear line segment extending from the second corner, the first tear line segment intersects the first corner and extends away from the first corner to a first turning point in the first side end flap such that the first tear line segment is spaced apart from each of the top panel and the first side panel and each respective portion of the first fold line in the first side end flap, and the first tear line segment intersects the second corner and extends away from the second corner to a second turning point in the second side end flap such that the first tear line segment is spaced apart from each of the top panel and the second side panel and each respective portion of the first fold line in the second side end flap, the first tear line segment extending parallel to the first side panel and the second side panel from the first turning point and from the second turning point, the first side panel being foldably connected to the top panel along at least the second tear line segment, and the second side panel being foldably connected to the top panel along at least the third tear line segment;
• the dispensing feature including at least a portion of the first fold line and extending at least partially in the top panel and at least partially in the end;
• wherein, when the carton is rested on a surface to dispose the top panel at a top of the carton over the plurality of containers with the container sides of the plurality of containers being parallel the top panel, an opening is formed by separating the dispensing feature at least partially along the tear line segments in the top panel and at least partially along the tear line segments in the end;
• an engaging portion in the end, the engaging portion comprising a finger flap at least partially defined by at least one of the tear line segments and a finger flap fold line extending in the dispensing feature in the end;
• the engaging portion capable of being gripped and pulled upwardly to separate the dispensing feature along the tear line segments in the end;
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• after the tear line segments in the end are separated, the dispensing feature continues to be separated along the tear line segments in the top panel;
• wherein every container of the plurality of containers disposed in the carton in the unopened configuration is retained in the carton after separating the engaging portion from the end.