Dispensing carton

Claim 1

A blank for forming a dispenser bin carton of the type having a pull-out lower front panel hinged to move from a closed to an open position allowing access to the lower part of the carton, said blank having: an end portion including a lower front panel, and sliding lock tabs for limiting movement of the lower front panel in use and which are hingedly attached to opposite ends thereof; the lower front panel having a free end forming part of an end of the blank; a bottom panel connected by a first fold line to the lower front panel; a back panel connected by a second fold line to the bottom panel; a top panel connected by a third fold line to the back panel; an upper front panel connected by a fourth fold line to the top panel, this upper front panel having side panels hingedly connected to its ends, and a bottom connecting panel connected by intermediate panel means and by a fifth fold line to the side panels, the bottom connecting panel being spaced from the upper front panel to provide an aperture surrounded by the bottom connecting panel, the upper front panel, and said side panels, wherein said lower front panel is larger than said aperture and wherein said lower front panel and part of the upper front panel adjacent the aperture have interlocking means for holding the front panel closed when the carton is erected, and wherein said fold lines are all parallel to each other and said panels are arranged so that the blank may be formed into a sleeve by sequenced folding about said second and fourth fold lines and by gluing said bottom connecting panel to the outside of said bottom panel after said free end of said lower front panel has been inserted into said aperture so as to overlap outside that edge of the upper front panel adjacent the aperture.