Carton for articles

A package comprising a carton and a plurality of articles at least partially contained within the carton, the carton comprising:

• a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a side panel;
• a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps at least partially forming a closed end of the carton, the plurality of end flaps comprising a side end flap;
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• a bevel panel extending along a corner of the carton so that the side end flap is at least partially connected to the side panel by the bevel panel, wherein the bevel panel comprises features that are shaped and located at the corner according to geometric aspects of one or more articles of the plurality of articles, wherein the one or more articles is positioned at the corner of the carton;
• wherein a rolling axis of the corner of the carton extends from an upper intersection of the bevel panel to a bottom corner vertex of the carton, a normal axis of the corner is perpendicular to the rolling axis, and an inner vertex and an outer vertex are located on the normal axis;
• wherein the one or more articles has a shoulder at a shoulder height from a bottom end of the one or more articles, the normal axis intersects the rolling axis at a point that is spaced apart from the bottom corner vertex of the carton by the shoulder height of the shoulder of the one or more articles;
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• wherein each of the outer vertex and the inner vertex is spaced apart from the point where the normal axis intersects the rolling axis by a tangential radius, the tangential radius being approximately one half of a radius of the one or more articles at the shoulder.

A blank for forming a carton for containing a plurality of articles, the blank comprising:

• a plurality of panels comprising a side panel;
• a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps being for at least partially forming a closed end of the carton formed from the blank, the plurality of end flaps comprising a side end flap;
• and
• a bevel panel at least partially connecting the side end flap to the side panel, the bevel panel being for extending along a corner of the carton formed from the blank, wherein the bevel panel comprises features that are shaped and located in the blank according to geometric aspects of one or more articles of the plurality of articles, the one or more articles for being positioned at the corner of the carton formed from the blank;
• wherein a rolling axis of the corner of the carton formed from the blank extends from an upper intersection of the bevel panel to a bottom corner vertex of the bottom panel, a normal axis of the corner is perpendicular to the rolling axis, and an inner vertex and an outer vertex are located on the normal axis;
• wherein the one or more articles has a shoulder at a shoulder height from a bottom end of the one or more articles, the normal axis intersects the rolling axis at a point that is spaced apart from the bottom corner vertex of the carton by the shoulder height of the shoulder of the one or more articles;
• and
• wherein each of the outer vertex and the inner vertex is spaced apart from the point where the normal axis intersects the rolling axis by a tangential radius, the tangential radius being approximately one half of a radius of the one or more articles at the shoulder.

A method for forming a carton containing a plurality of articles, the method comprising:

• obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels, a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels, and a bevel panel, the plurality of panels comprising a side panel, the plurality of end flaps comprising a side end flap, and the bevel panel at least partially connecting the side end flap to the side panel;
• at least partially forming an interior of the carton by positioning the plurality of panels to extend at least partially around the interior;
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• forming an at least partially closed end of the carton by at least partially overlapping the plurality of end flaps, the forming the at least partially closed end of the carton comprising folding the side end flap relative to the side panel to position the bevel panel along a corner of the carton;
• wherein the bevel panel comprises features that are shaped and located in the blank according to geometric aspects of one or more articles of the plurality of articles, the one or more articles positioned at the corner of the carton;
• wherein a rolling axis of the corner of the carton extends from an upper intersection of the bevel panel to a bottom corner vertex of the carton, a normal axis of the corner is perpendicular to the rolling axis, and an inner vertex and an outer vertex are located on the normal axis;
• wherein the one or more articles has a shoulder at a shoulder height from a bottom end of the one or more articles, the normal axis intersects the rolling axis at a point that is spaced apart from the bottom corner vertex of the carton by the shoulder height of the shoulder of the one or more articles;
• and
• wherein each of the outer vertex and the inner vertex is spaced apart from the point where the normal axis intersects the rolling axis by a tangential radius, the tangential radius being approximately one half of a radius of the one or more articles at the shoulder.