Dispensing carton

Claim 1

A dispensing carton comprising a single sheet of flat stock having rear and front ends and opposite sides and including cuts extending into the sheet from said opposite sides and terminating short of a longitudinal center line running from the rear to the front end at termination points, said sheet having box fold lines and holder fold lines to define right and left box panels and right and left holder panels respectively such that a. said right and left box panels may be folded upwardly 90.degree. about said box fold lines running forwardly from the rear of the sheet parallel to and on either side of said longitudinal center line up to the termination points of the cuts, said box panels defining right and left sides of a box, the portion of the sheet between the box fold lines defining a bottom and the upper and rear edges of the panels being foldable downwardly and forwardly respectively to define a top and rear wall of the box, and such that b. said right and left holder panels may be folded upwardly 90.degree. about said holder fold lines running rearwardly from the front end of the sheet parallel to and on either side of said longitudinal center line up to the termination points of the cuts, said holder panels defining right and left sides of a holder whereby the holder panels may be slid between the box panels by folding the sheet about a fold line extending between said termination points, the bottom portion of the sheet between the holder fold lines defining a front closure for the box when the holder panels are nested fully between the box panels and, whereby swinging out said front closure provides access to the holder between the holder panels to receive and remove an object to be held in the box, the upper edges of the panels which are folded downwardly to define a top for the box including notches which register together to define a transverse slot in the top of the box, one of the upper edges of the holder panel defining a tab which extends forwardly and upwardly in such a manner that swinging out of the front closure results in said tab entering said slot to limit the degree of outward swinging of the holder panels to a position providing access to the space between the holder panels sufficient to insert or remove said object.