Banded carton and blank assembly

A carton erected from a carton blank comprising a generally rectangular sheet having score and cut lines therein defining a plurality of adjacent body panels having end forming flaps at opposite ends thereof, a glue flap along one of said body panels, a tab defined in said glue flap, a pair of tabs along another of said body panels, a slot in said another body panel determined by said pair of tabs, said slot being axially aligned with said tab provided in said glue flap along one of said body panels, and an identification band extending transversely across said body panels in overlying relation to said outer surface, said identification band having opposed ends and in margins located a predetermined distance from said respective opposed ends, respective series of longitudinal perforations, one of said opposed ends of said identification band being adhesively secured to said pair of tabs provided along said another body panel along said margin of said identification band, said other opposed end of said identification band being adhesively secured to said tab provided in said glue flap along one of said body panels along said margin of said identification band, said identification band being otherwise free from said body panels of said carton blank, said carton being erected from said carton blank and having a body seam at one corner thereof, said body seam including said tab provided in said glue flap along one of said body panels and said perforated margin of said identification band secured thereto, and an adhesive securing an outer face of said perforated band margin to said perforated outer face of said band margin secured to said pair of tabs along said another body panel, said tab provided in said glue flap said adhesively bonded tabs and band margins being disposed within said carton.