TUBULAR CARTON WITH ARTICLE RETENTION TABS AND BLANK THEREFOR.

摘要

A carton includes a tubular structure (27) for surrounding at least one article (3a, 3b) and an article-retaining structure for engaging a recess (16) of an article (3b) to prevent the article from dislodging from one of opposite open ends of the tubular structure. The article-retaining structure includes a retention tab (18) hingedly connected to the tubular structure along a first fold line (25), and a spacer tab (23) disposed adjacent to the retention tab (18) and hingedly connected to the tubular structure along a second fold line (21) that is juxtaposed to the first fold line (25). The retention tab (18) is folded more than 90 degrees inwardly along the first fold line (25) to define an acute angle with respect to the inside surface of the tubular structure (27). The spacer tab is folded more than 90 degrees inwardly along the second fold line (21) to be disposed between the retention tab (18) and the inside surface of the tubular structure (27).