Display carton with retaining panels

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The subject invention relates to a display carton for use with bottles wherein the length of the bottle substantially corresponds to the length of the carton, but where one or both ends of the bottle is of smaller width than the carton.
The subject invention provides a display carton with retaining panels, as well as a blank for making same, which has a die cut front panel split down the middle to form two shadow panels with top and bottom masking panels extending across the full width of the front panel.
Disposed on one or both ends of a major panel is an end flap retaining panel structure which is die cut to include a hingedly connected flap, a glue flap, and a pair of spaced projecting tabs, with the end flap configuration being automatically set up and moved into position to restrain the cap and/or bottom end of the article to be displayed from lateral movement within the carton, and with the opposite ends of the carton being closed either in a locking flap or seal end configuration.