Dispensing system for double stack carton

An enclosed carton for carrying a plurality of containers, each with two ends and an axis between the ends, with the containers stacked upon their ends in two tiers with a plurality of layers of containers in each tier, the carton having two ends at least one of which is an exiting end, the carton having a length between the two ends approximately equal to the sum of the diameters of the number of containers to be contained in a layer in a tier, with a dispenser capable of permitting containers to exit one at a time from each tier, the carton comprising:

• a. a bottom panel, a top panel, a bottom side panel adjacent to said bottom panel and said top panel, and a top side panel adjacent to said bottom panel and said top panel, the carton having a width between the bottom side and top side panels approximately equal to the sum obtained by multiplying the diameter of a container to be contained in a layer by the number of layers in a tier, with the carton being designed so the axes of the containers are perpendicular to said bottom panel when placed in the carton;
• b. said exiting end having four flaps for closing the end, with a bottom side flap foldably attached to said bottom side panel, a top side flap foldably attached to said top side panel, a top end flap foldably attached to said top panel, a bottom end flap foldably attached to said bottom panel, said dispenser being formed by a pair of tear lines extending from a location in said top side panel a sufficient distance and location from its foldable attachment to said top side flap so as to permit a person to grasp a container in each tier adjacent said dispenser when open and remove the container, one of said pair of tear lines extending into said bottom end flap adjacent said bottom panel but leaving a projection in said bottom end flap which is attached to said bottom panel so that when said dispenser is open, the projection prevents at least the container adjacent said top side panel in the tier of containers adjacent said bottom panel and dispenser from rolling out when said dispenser is open, the other of said pair of tear lines extending into said top end flap adjacent said top panel but leaving a projection in said top end flap which is attached to said top panel so that when the dispenser is open the projection prevents at least the container adjacent the top side panel in the tier of containers adjacent the top panel and dispenser from wiling out when the dispenser is open, said pair of tear lines then extending towards each other so the portion of said top end flap between the tear lines in said top end flap and said top side flap is removed when the dispenser is open, and the portion of the bottom end flap between the tear line in said bottom end flap and said top side flap is removed when the dispenser is open and the portion of said top side panel between the tear lines in the top side panel and the entire top side flap are removed, with the bottom side flap remaining intact when the dispenser is opened, and said bottom side flap having sufficient height to prevent at least the layer of containers adjacent the bottom side panel from rolling out of the carton when said dispenser is open with the location of all the tear lines being arranged so that none of the containers roll out when the dispenser is open;
• c. a divider to be placed between the tiers of containers as the carton is filled with containers, the divider having a width slightly less than the width of the carton, the divider having a length greater than the length of the carton, the divider having two ends, with one end to be placed adjacent the exiting end of the carton, said one end having a split that extends a distance into the divider so that said one end of the divider can be folded so it is perpendicular to the rest of the divider, with a portion of said one end of the divider being on one side of the split, said portion being located adjacent to where the dispenser is opened by tearing the tear lines, said split in the divider being located so that said portion of the divider can be moved to be adjacent one tier of containers so containers in the other tier can be removed from to carton being impeded by the divider when the dispenser is open;
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• d. means to close the carton.

An enclosed carton with 24 cylindrical containers, each with two ends and a diameter, and an axis between the ends, with the containers stacked upon their ends in two tiers with three layers of containers in each tier, to carton having two ends at least one of which is an exiting end, with a dispenser capable of permitting containers to exit one at a time from each tier, the carton having a length between the two ends approximately equal to the sum of the diameters of four containers, the carton comprising:

• a. a bottom panel, a top panel, a bottom side panel adjacent to said bottom panel and said top panel, and a top side panel adjacent to said bottom panel and said top panel, the carton having a width between the bottom side and top side panels approximately equal to the sum of the diameters off three containers, with the carton being designed so the axes of the cylindrical containers are perpendicular to said bottom panel when placed in the carton;
• b. said carton containing 24 containers, with 12 of said containers in a 3 by 4 configuration in each tier;
• c. said exiting end having four flaps for closing the end, with a bottom side flap foldably attached to said bottom side panel, a top side flap foldably attached to said top side panel, a top end flap foldably attached to said top panel, a bottom end flap foldably attached to said bottom panel, said dispenser being formed by a pair of tear lines extending from a location in said top side panel a sufficient distance and location from its foldable attachment to said top side flap so as to permit a person to grasp a container in each tier adjacent said dispenser when open and remove the container, one of said pair of tear lines extending into said bottom end flap adjacent said bottom panel but leaving a projection in said bottom end flap which is attached to said bottom panel so that when said dispenser is open, the projection prevents at least the container adjacent said top side panel in the tier of containers adjacent said bottom panel and dispenser from rolling out when said dispenser is open, the other of said pair of tier lines extending into said top end flap adjacent said top panel but leaving a projection in said top end flap which is attached to said top panel so that when the dispenser is open the projection prevents at least the container adjacent the top side panel in the tier of containers adjacent the top panel and dispenser from rolling out when the dispenser is open, said pair of tear lines then extending towards each other so the portion of said top end flap between the tear lines in said top end flap and said top side flap is removed when the dispenser is open, and the portion of the bottom end flap between the tear lines in said bottom end flap and said top side flap is removed when the dispenser is open and the portion of said top side panel between the tear lines in the top side panel and the entire top side flap are removed, with the bottom side flap remaining intact when the dispenser is opened, and said bottom side flap having sufficient height to prevent at least the layer of containers adjacent the bottom side panel from rolling out of the carton when said dispenser is open with the location all the tear lines being arranged so that none of the containers roll out when the dispenser is open;
• d. a divider between the two tiers of containers, the divider having a width slightly less than the width of the carton, the divider having a length greater than the length of the carton, the divider having two ends, with one end being adjacent the exiting end of the carton, said one end having a split that extends a distance into the divider so that said one end of the divider can be folded so it is perpendicular to the rest of the divider, with the portion of said one end of the divider on one side of the split being located adjacent to the dispenser, said split in the divider being located so that said portion of the divider can be moved to be adjacent one tier of containers so containers in the other tier can be removed from the carton without being impeded by the divider when the dispenser is open;
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• e. means to close the carton.

An enclosed carton and a plurality of containers arranged in said carton in at least a first tier and a second tier, said carton comprising:

• a bottom panel;
• a bottom side panel adjacent to said bottom panel;
• a top panel adjacent to said bottom side panel;
• a top side panel extending between said bottom panel and said top panel;
• a plurality of flaps closing a first end and a second end of said carton;
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• a divider located between said first and second tiers of containers, said divider having a first divider end, a central portion, and a second divider end, the central portion separated from each divider end by a pivotable fold line, said first divider end having a first split that divides said first divider end into a first top end and a first bottom end, wherein the first top end is pivotable with respect to the first bottom end, and the first top and bottom ends are pivotable with respect to the central portion.

An enclosed carton and plurality of containers arranged in said carton in at least a first tier and a second tier, said carton comprising:

• a bottom panel;
• a bottom side panel adjacent to said bottom panel;
• a top panel adjacent to said bottom side panel;
• a top side panel extending between said bottom panel and said top panel;
• a plurality of flaps closing a first end and a second end of said carton;
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• a divider located between said first and second tiers of containers, said divider having a first divider end and a second divider end, said first divider end having a first split that divides said first divider end into a first top end and a first bottom end,
• wherein said first top end and said first bottom end are folded about at least one fold line with respect to a remainder of said divider.

A method of removing containers from an enclosed carton, the method comprising:

• providing an enclosed carton and a plurality of containers comprising:
• a bottom panel;
• a bottom side panel adjacent to said bottom panel;
• a top panel adjacent to said bottom side panel;
• a top side panel extending between said bottom panel and said top panel;
• a plurality of flaps closing a first end and a second end of said carton;
• a divider;
• a first tier of containers;
• and a second tier of containers, wherein the divider is located between said first and second tiers of containers, said divider having a first divider end and a second divider end, said first divider end having a first split that divides said first divider end into a first top end and a first bottom end, wherein said first top end and said first bottom end are folded about at least one fold line with respect to a remainder of said divider;
• removing a portion of said first end of said carton to form a dispenser opening in said carton;
• at least partially unfolding at least one of said first top end and said first bottom end to allow said containers to the removed from said carton;
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• removing said containers from said carton.

A method of loading containers into a carton, the method comprising:

• providing an open carton comprising:
• a bottom panel;
• a bottom side panel adjacent to said bottom panel;
• a top panel adjacent to said bottom side panel;
• a top side extending between said bottom panel and said top panel;
• a first plurality of flaps at a first end of said carton and a second plurality of flaps at a second end of said carton;
• providing a divider having a first divider end and a second divider end, said first divider end having a first split that divides said first divider end into a first top end and a first bottom end;
• loading a first tier of containers, said divider, and a second tier of containers in said open carton so that said divider separates said first and second tiers, and so that said first top end and said first bottom end are folded about at least one fold line with respect to a remainder of said divider;
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• closing said first and second ends of said carton with said first and second plurality of flaps.

An enclosed carton and a plurality of containers arranged in said carton in at least a first tier and a second tier, said carton comprising:

• a bottom panel;
• a bottom side panel adjacent to said bottom panel;
• a top panel adjacent to said bottom side panel;
• a top side panel extending between said bottom panel and said top panel;
• a plurality of flaps closing a first end and a second end of said carton;
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• a divider located between said first and second tiers of containers, said divider having a first divider end and a second divider end, said first divider end having a first split that divides said first divider end into a first top end and a first bottom end,
• wherein said first top end and said first bottom end are pivotable about at least one fold line that extends generally transverse to said split.