Carton with gravity feed dispenser

A carton for containing a plurality of articles comprising:

• a plurality of walls including a bottom wall spaced from a top wall a pair of spaced side walls and a pair of spaced end walls the side and end walls extending between the top and bottom walls;
• a dispenser for removing articles from the carton the dispenser being located proximate a first one of the end walls;
• and
• a gravity feed stand located opposite the first end wall and including a portion of a second end wall the gravity feed stand being pivotally coupled to a remainder of the carton along at least one of the second end wall or the top wall and being free of all portions defining the bottom wall and the first end wall;
• wherein the gravity feed stand is partially separated from a remainder of the carton by a tear line.

A carton for containing a plurality of articles comprising:

• a plurality of walls including a bottom wall spaced from a top wall, a pair of spaced side walls and a pair of spaced end walls, the side and end walls extending between the top and bottom walls;
• a dispenser for removing articles from the carton, the dispenser being located proximate a first one of the end walls;
• a gravity feed stand located opposite the first end wall, being free of all portions defining the bottom wall and the first end wall, and including a portion of a second end wall and portions of the top wall and each side wall;
• wherein the gravity feed stand is juxtaposed to the bottom wall and is partially separated from a remainder of the carton by a tear line and pivotally coupled to the remainder of the carton by a fold line along at least one of the second end wall or the top wall;
• a finger flap for grasping the gravity feed stand, the finger flap being located in the top wall;
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• at least one retaining panel in the second end wall to retain the remaining articles in the carton when the gravity feed stand is juxtaposed to the bottom wall.

A package comprising:

• an article group formed of at least one tier of cylindrical articles disposed on sides thereof in a side-by-side parallel fashion;
• and
• a carton disposed around the articled group;
• the carton comprising:
• a plurality of walls including a bottom wall spaced from a top wall, a pair of spaced side walls and a pair of spaced end walls, the side and end walls extending between the top and bottom walls;
• a dispenser for removing articles from the carton, the dispenser being located proximate a first one of the end walls;
• and
• a gravity feed stand located opposite the first end wall including a portion of a second end wall, the gravity feed stand being pivotally coupled to a remainder of the carton along at least one of the second end wall or the top wall and being free of all portions defining the bottom wall and the first end wall;
• wherein the gravity feed stand is partially separated from a remainder of the carton by a tear line.

A blank for forming a carton comprising:

• a plurality of serially connected side wall, top wall and bottom wall panels adapted to form a pair of spaced side walls and a top wall and a bottom wall of the carton;
• a plurality of side wall, top wall and bottom wall flaps each connected to ends of the respective side wall, top wall and bottom wall panels, the side wall, top wall and bottom wall flaps adapted to form end walls of the carton;
• a plurality of tear lines adapted to form a dispenser opening in the carton through a first one of the end walls;
• at least one tear line adapted to form a gravity feed stand in the carton, the gravity feed stand including at least a portion of a second end wall opposite from the dispenser and being free of all portions defining the bottom wall and the first end wall of the carton;
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• a fold line along one of the end wall opposite from the dispenser or the top wall panel for pivotally coupling the gravity feed stand to a remainder of the blank.