Improvements in cartons

1,137,844. Wrap-around cartons. CONTINENTAL CAN CO. Inc. 14 Feb., 1966 [12 Feb., 1965], No. 6352/66. Heading B8C. A wrap-around carton for two rows of chined cans has a top panel 11, Fig. 1, with at least one cut 36 defining a tab 37 having arcuate shoulders 41 which engage under the chines (34), Fig. 4 (not shown), of two adjacent cans. In the embodiment, the top panel is also provided with tabs 28 which form separators between adjacent cans and tabs (30), Fig. 5 (not shown), which are locked into the recessed ends of the end-most cans to limit longitudinal shifting. The holes resulting from the two tabs 37 constitute finger holes. The carton also includes side panels 13, 14 and interlocking bottom panels 16, 17, the bottom panel 16 providing an upstanding keel 20 with notches 21 in which the bottom chines of the cans are located. Similar notches 26, 23 are formed in side fold lines 12, 15.