and 22 through which the purchaser 39 s fingers are inserted in order to carry the carton 10 flap means 24 are formed on each end of the carton 10 to prevent the cans 26 from dropping out of the ends of the carton whenever the carton is carried by the purchaser referring now to fig2 of the drawing there is shown a side sectional view taken along line 2 2 of fig1 showing the relationship of the bottom panel 12 to the two side panels 14 and 16 and also showing in more detail the top handle section 18 of the applicant 39 s invention the top handle section 18 comrises a first top handle panel 28 a second top handle panel 30 and a third top handle panel 32 in addition there is formed a fourth top handle panel 34 as will be described more fully hereinafter when referring to fig3 of the drawing in obtaining the four ply handled construction it can be seen in fig2 that the fourth top handle 34 is folded inwardly in the direction shown by the arrow 36 after which the third top handle panel is folded inwardly as shown by the directional arrow 38 while the first top handle panel 28 is folded downwardly as shown by the directional arrow 40 to thereby obtain the four ply construction in the vicinity of the handle openings 20 and 22 and along a greater portion of the longitudinal direction of the top handle section 18 in between the handle openings by referring now to.