Fully enclosed wrap-around carton

[0016] The present invention is intended primarily for use with wrap cartons containing bottles or containers of the type used to contain soft drinks, beer, and the like. A typical example of such a bottle has a generally cylindrical body with an upper portion and a bottom, tapering shoulder, which is continuous with the upper portion of the body. A neck typically is formed on the shoulder with a smaller diameter than the body. The conventional bottle B is shown in FIG. 2 with a neck flange projecting outwardly from the neck and a cap attached to the upper end of the neck flange.

[0017] The blank 10 for forming the carton of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The blank 10 in this embodiment is proportioned to contain six bottles B in two rows of three each as shown in FIG. 2, but could be sized to contain any desired number and arrangement of bottles or other product containers. The blank 10 generally is formed from a foldable sheet material, such as paperboard. Blank 10 has a p