Abstract: A dispensing carton is provided with a tab in its front wall for cooperation with a downwardly extending lip on the carton lid to clamp therebetween a sheet of household wrapping material dispensed from a roll within the carton, while the sheet is drawn along a serrated edge or cutter bar on an adjacent wall of the carton. This provides a length of the wrapping material for subsequent withdrawal from the interior of the carton during the next cutting operation by precluding the cut wrapping material from retracting onto the roll within the interior of the carton after it is cut. The clamp arrangement also results in a positive hold on the sheet as it is cut.

Abstract: A container for dispensing increments of tearable film from a roll of the film in the container, having a cutting edge on a portion of the cover, and so arranged that during shipping and storage of the container holding the film, the portion of the cover with the cutting edge is tucked within the box and thereby enhancing safety and protection of the cutting edge and that upon the film being dispensed the said portion of the cover with the cutting edge is moved outwardly of the box to expose the cutting edge and to position it for cutting increments of film from the roll of film.