Carton for storing and dispensing substantially cylindrical articles

A stackable carton for storing, dispensing, and displaying substantially cylindrical articles of a predetermined length comprising:

• a rear wall of a predetermined length that is longer than the predetermined length of the articles to be dispensed from the carton;
• a first side wall and a second side wall, each of the side walls parallel to the other side wall and each having an upper edge (22a and 28a), a lower edge (22b and 28b), a front edge (22c and 28c), and a back edge (22d and 28d), each of the side walls having a cut-out located between the upper edge and the front edge of each side wall, the first side wall connected to the rear wall at the back edge (22d) and the second side wall connected to the rear wall at the back edge (28d);
• a top wall connected to the first side wall and to the second side wall at their respective upper edges (22a and 28a), the top wall also connected to the rear wall forming a back edge of the top wall (14a), wherein the top wall has a length that does not cover any portions of the cut-outs of the first and second walls;
• a bottom wall having a back edge (14b) and a front edge (26a), the bottom wall connected to the rear wall at the back edge of the bottom wall (14b) and connected to the lower edges of the first side wall and second side wall (22b and 28b), respectively;
• a front wall parallel to the rear wall and having a height substantially shorter than the height of the rear wall, the front wall connected to the first side wall at the front edge of the first side wall (22c) below the cut-out (22e), the front wall also connected to the second side wall at the front edge of the second side wall (28c) below the cut-out (28e), forming an upper aperture between the front wall and the top wall and forming a lower aperture between the front wall and the bottom wall, the lower aperture and the upper aperture each being sufficiently large so as to allow articles to be placed into said carton through the upper aperture and to be removed from said carton through the lower aperture;
• an incline associated with the bottom wall that is capable of gravitationally dispensing the cylindrical articles towards the lower aperture;
• a trough for receiving the articles to be dispensed from the carton, the trough connected to the bottom wall at edge (26a) and to the first and second side walls at their front edges (22c and 28c), respectively, and
• whereby the substantially cylindrical articles are capable of being placed in the carton through the upper aperture when said stackable carton is in the stacked position.