Expandable carton and blank therefor

A blank for forming the expandable carton of any preceding claim.

An expandable carton comprising:

• a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall hingedly connected to one another to form a tubular structure;
• and comprising a first end wall and a second end wall each for enclosing an open end of said tubular structure, the first end wall comprising:
• a composite top end closure flap, a bottom end closure flap and a pair of side end closure flaps, said composite top end closure flap being hingedly connected to said top wall, said side end closure flaps being hingedly connected to said first side wall and to said second side wall respectively, wherein said composite top end closure flap includes a pair of expansion and sections detachably connected together along at least one severance line, wherein the expansion end sections are further connected together by a connecting member, the connecting member being secured to respective outside surfaces of part of the expansion end sections, and wherein the connecting member is defined by more than one line of severance to be detachable from the bottom end closure flap.