Carton and carton blank

A carton for packaging one or more articles, the carton comprising a handle wall and a carrying handle, the handle wall comprising a pair of first and second overlapping panels, wherein the carrying handle comprises a first handle flap hingedly connected to the first overlapping panel by a first hinged connection and a second handle flap hingedly connected to the second overlapping panel by a second hinged connection, the first and second handle flaps being disposed in an overlapping arrangement with one another and being adhesively secured together in a face-contacting arrangement.

A carton for packaging one or more articles, the carton comprising a handle wall and a carrying handle, the handle wall comprising a pair of first and second overlapping panels, wherein the carrying handle comprises a first handle flap hingedly connected to the first overlapping panel by a first hinged connection and a second handle flap hingedly connected to the second overlapping panel by a second hinged connection, the handle wall further comprises at least one dust flap which is adhesively secured to the first and second overlapping panels to form the handle wall.

A blank for forming a carton, the blank comprising:

• a plurality of main panels hingedly connected in series for forming a tubular structure;
• and at least a pair of first and second end closure panels hingedly connected to respective main panels of the plurality of main panels for forming an end closure wall for closing one of opposed ends of the tubular structure, the plurality of main panels being disposed along a longitudinal axis of the blank which is perpendicular to a tubular axis of the tubular structure, the first and second end closure panels being disposed on one of opposite sides of the longitudinal axis, wherein the first end closure panel comprises a first handle flap hingedly connected to the first end closure flap by a first hinged connection, wherein the second end closure panel comprises a second handle flap hingedly connected to the second end closure flap by a second hinged connection, and wherein the first and second hinged connections each extends in a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal axis.