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A paperboard carton having a top wall structure with a reinforced handle arrangement for grasping and lifting the carton. The top wall structure and handle arrangement include a pair of overlapping inner and outer panels secured to each other and having thumb and finger receiving openings spaced fro

A paperboard carton having a top wall structure with a reinforced handle arrangement for grasping and lifting the carton. The top wall structure and handle arrangement include a pair of overlapping inner and outer panels secured to each other and having thumb and finger receiving openings spaced from each other and separated by three plies of carton material to provide additional strength in the handle area of the carton top wall.

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A carrier carton for holding at least one article, said carton being formed from a unitary blank of foldable sheet material such as paperboard and comprising: (a) a bottom wall panel; (b) a pair of opposed side wall panels foldably joined to side edges of said bottom wall panel and upstanding theref

A carrier carton for holding at least one article, said carton being formed from a unitary blank of foldable sheet material such as paperboard and comprising: (a) a bottom wall panel; (b) a pair of opposed side wall panels foldably joined to side edges of said bottom wall panel and upstanding therefrom; (c) a top wall including integral handle means for lifting and carrying said carton, said top wall including a pair of inner and outer panels foldably joined to upper edges of respective side wall panels and secured to each other in lapped relation to form a tubular structure; (d) said top wall inner panel including: (i) a multi-finger receiving opening spaced inboardly from a side edge thereof; (ii) an elongated reinforcing flap foldably joined to said side edge and adapted to be folded 180°and secured in face-to-face relation with the underside of said inner panel in the area between said opening and said side edge to provide, with said inner and outer panels three plies of carton material in said area; (e) said top wall outer panel including: (i) a multi-finger receiving opening of of substantially the same contour as and disposed to overlie said inner panel opening; (ii) an integral strip of material disposed between said outer panel opening and a free side edge of said outer panel; (iii) a thumb receiving opening, only large enough to accommodate a single thumb, spaced from said multi-finger receiving openings a distance substantially equal to the width of said reinforcing flap; (f) said top wall outer panel having a contour substantially equal in area to the cross-sectional area of the upper end of said tubular structure less an area equal to that of said reinforcing flap; (g) said openings cooperating with each other and with said three plies of carton material therebetween to provide a strong handle arrangement whereby when the top wall is grasped like a bowling ball twisting of the material of the carton between said openings is minimized.