Container for providing easy access to beverage cans

Abstract

A beverage can container. More specifically a beverage can container for providing easy access to the beverage cans contained therein. The container has a scored or weakened line along which a hole is placed. The hole provides for easy insertion of a finger therein to break the container along the scored line and remove a portion thereof. The removed portion allows easy access by the consumer to the cans within the container.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A container for containing a multiplicity of cylindrical beverage cans, the carton comprising: 
 a front wall, a back wall, a top wall and a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, the walls defining a rectangular shell with a width of about 20 cm and a length and a height equal to a multiple of about 6.6 cm;    a removable section defined by a scored or weakened line, said removable section including a portion of the front wall greater than about 6.6 cm, a portion of the top wall and a portion of each of the side walls; and    walls defining at least one hole, the hole in operative engagement with the scored or weakened line and sized for the receipt of a finger therein    
     
     
         2 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is in one of the following shapes: round, triangular, semicircular, parallelogram or oval.  
     
     
         3 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is symmetrical about an axis defined by the scored line.  
     
     
         4 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is tangential to the scored or weakened line.  
     
     
         5 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is at least partially in the top wall.  
     
     
         6 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is at least partially in the front wall.  
     
     
         7 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is at least partially in one of the side walls.  
     
     
         8 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is round and bisected by an axis at the scored line.  
     
     
         9 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is triangular and bisected by an axis at the scored line.  
     
     
         10 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is semicircular and bisected by an axis at the scored line.  
     
     
         11 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole is oval and bisected by an axis at the scored line.  
     
     
         12 . The carton of claim I wherein the hole is a parallelogram and bisected by the axis of the scored line.  
     
     
         13 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein the hole, at its widest dimension, is between ¼″ and about 1″.  
     
     
         14 . The carton of  claim 1  having four holes, one in the top wall, one in the front wall, and one in each of the two side walls.