Abstract: An improved carton for superconcentrated detergent products. The carton includes front, rear and side panels and a cover. In one embodiment, the carton includes a liner which may be separate from the carton or integrated with the carton. The carton walls of the liner may include barrier materials. A hinge formed from perforated lines and score lines may be provided for the cover on the rear panel.

Abstract: A carton having two broad sides, two narrow sides and a tear tape spaced from the top and functionally extending through part or all of three of the sides but not extending completely through the fourth side. The fourth side is one of the narrow sides and functions as a hinge. When the tear tape is removed, the upper portions of three panels are separated from the lower aspects. The upper portions of the panels together with the top of the carton from a cover which pivots along the hinge formed by the fourth side. The carton is readily opened by means of the tear tape, yet product can be poured by grasping the carton's narrow end in the fashion of a traditional detergent carton. The carton may include a liner which extends to virtually the full height of the carton.

Abstract: An improved carton, particularly for concentrated or superconcentrated powdered products, cartons containing such products and carton blanks for making such cartons. The carton includes two side panels, a front panel, a rear panel, bottom closure flaps, top closure flaps, a handle attached to the side panels and spacing structures remote from the plane extending through the handle perpendicular to the front panel. When the carton blanks used for forming the carton are stacked, the spacing structures compensate for the extra thickness attributable to the handle and/or rivets. In one embodiment, the spacing structures comprise wings integral to a liner which can be folded back to increase the local thickness of the tubular carton blank. In a further embodiment, the spacing structures comprise embossments or debossments in the carton blank or liner.