Carton and blank therefor

A carton for packaging one or more articles comprising a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure having an interior, the carton comprising:

• a first wall having an end edge and a side edge adjacent the end edge;
• a second wall hingedly connected to the end edge of the first wall along a first fold line;
• a third wall hingedly connected to the side edge of the first wall along a second fold line;
• wherein a severance line extends at least between the first and second fold lines, the severance line being divergently arranged with respect to one of the first or second fold lines so as to define, at least in part, a projection integral with the first wall and extending outwardly from said one of the first or second fold lines.

A blank for forming a carton, the blank comprising a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure defining an interior, the plurality of panels including:

• a first panel having a corner defined by an end edge and a side edge;
• a second panel hingedly connected to the end edge of the first panel along a first fold line;
• a third panel hingedly connected to the side edge of the first panel along a second fold line;
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• a fourth panel;
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• a fifth panel hinged to the fourth panel, the fourth and fifth panel coupling the second panel to the third panel, the fourth and fifth panels disposed in the interior when the carton is erected;
• wherein the fourth panel is hingedly connected to the second panel along a third fold line and the fifth panel is hingedly connected to the third panel along a fourth fold line, and wherein a severance line extends between the first and fourth fold lines or between the second and third fold lines, the severance line bypasses a notional intersection of the first and second fold lines such that the notional intersection is located on one side of the severance line spaced apart from the fourth and fifth panels.