Carton and Carton Blank with Access

A top closure panel for closing a top of an open-topped container, said panel comprising at least one aperture for receiving a portion of an article held within said container, and a tear feature for enlarging the size of said at least one aperture, said tear feature comprising at least one discrete group of slits, said slits of said at least one discrete group radiating from said at least one aperture, each of said slits of said at least one discrete group extending generally perpendicularly to a notional radial line of said at least one aperture, said slits in said at least one discrete group being arranged such that removal of an article through said aperture causes a tear to propagate to break portions of said top closure panel between radially successive slits of said at least one discrete group, said tear propagating divergently with respect to said notional radial line thereby causing the size of said at least one aperture to be progressively increased.

A blank for forming a top closure panel for closing a top of an open-topped container, said blank having at least one aperture for receiving a portion of an article, and a tear feature for enlarging the size of said at least one aperture, said tear feature comprising at least one discrete group of slits, said slits of said at least one discrete group radiating from said at least one aperture, each of said slits of said at least one discrete group extending generally perpendicularly to a notional radial line of said at least one aperture, said slits of said at least one discrete group being arranged such that removal of an article through said at least one aperture causes a tear to propagate to break portions of said blank between radially successive slits, said tear propagating divergently with respect to said notional radial line, thereby causing the size of said at leas one aperture to be progressively increased.