Abstract: For preventing damage to the tops and bottoms of end loading stacked can cartons, a reinforcing panel is affixed to the inside surface of the top or bottom walls of the carton or to both such walls so as to prevent coincidental can chimes on the upper ends of cans in a lower carton from damaging the top wall of its associated carton and the bottom wall of a carton stacked thereabove and without which the lower ends of the cans of the upper carton may cooperate with the chimes of the cans in the lower cartons to effect substantial damage to the top of the lower carton and to the bottom of the upper carton.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising bottom panel elements, inner and outer side wall means upstanding from the bottom panel elements, apertures formed in the side wall means for receiving the neck portions of the packaged articles, the bottom panel elements arranged to define bottom apertures, the bottom apertures aligned respectively with the apertures, pull tabs formed in one of the outer side walls and extending between each pair of aligned apertures, cut lines disposed in the inner side wall adjacent the pull tab, and an ad panel foldably joined to the other outer side wall and extending downwardly therefrom.

Abstract: An article carrier formed from a unitary blank comprises a top wall (1) with side (2,3) and end walls (6,7) depending downwardly and generally outwardly therefrom, multiple neck receiving apertures (16-21) together with finger gripping apertures (10,11) formed in the top wall, and an overlapping web panel (22,23,26,27) and anchoring tabs (30,31,34,35) foldably joined to the end edges of the side and end walls and secured together at each corner of the carrier.