Abstract: The bottom structure of a heavy duty basket style article carrier is reinforced by an anchoring panel foldably joined to a side edge of bottom panels on each side of the carrier and is foldably joined to a first web panel to which a second web panel is foldably joined, each anchoring panel being secured to the associated bottom panel and the two web panels being collapsible along a common fold line when the carrier is collapsed and an attachment flap is foldably joined to the second web panel on each side of the carrier and is yieldably joined to the lower part of the adjacent end wall panel to form a yieldable lower bottom portion of the associated end wall panel thereby to facilitate locking the carrier in set up condition.

Abstract: For packaging, transporting and displaying a plurality of dissimilar objects in a case formed of paperboard and including an outer sleeve together with an inner sleeve telescopically inserted into said outer sleeve, the inner sleeve defining compartments which are vertically disposed and which are spaced apart so as to define a medial vertically disposed cavity therebetween for receiving a main object, the spaced compartments formed within the inner sleeve being arranged to receive a plurality of objects which are dissimilar to the main object and coincidental viewing windows are formed in the front wall of the outer sleeve and in the front panels of the compartment whereby an unobstructed view of the actual object is afforded.

Abstract: A basket style article carrier includes a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined to opposite side edges of the bottom wall, end panels foldably joined to each end of each side wall, a riser panel foldably joined to the inner edge of the end panels at one end of the carrier, a pair of medial panels foldably joined respectively to the inner edges of the end panels at the other end of the carrier, a pair of handle panels foldably joined respectively to the medial panels and secured in flat face contacting relation with the medial panels, cross partition structure foldably joined to each medial panel and a longitudinal reinforcing beam panel foldably joined along its top edge to the bottom edge of one medial panel and secured at one end to one of the medial panels and at the other end to one of the riser panels.

Abstract: A basket style article carrier having bottom, side and end walls together with telescoping medial and handle panels forming a medial longitudinal strut is provided with transverse partition panels interconnected between the medial longitudinal strut and the side walls, the transverse partition panels being spaced so as to form end cells of the same size and form a center cell of a different size on one side of the medial strut and which on the opposite side of the medial strut transverse partition spacer straps are interconnected between the medial panels and the adjacent side wall so as to provide an article receiving cell which is of substantially the same configuration and size as the end cells at each corner of the carrier.

Abstract: An article carrier of the basket style includes a bottom wall, opposed side walls joined to the bottom wall along the side edges thereof, end wall panels joined to the ends of the side walls and with the inner edges thereof disposed medially of the carrier together with riser panels joined to the inner edges of the end wall panels and wherein handle structure of the telescopic type includes a pair of outer handle panels adjoined to riser panels at one end of the carrier and a pair of inner handle panels adjoined to riser panels at the other end of the carrier and a handle interlocking and reinforcing panel struck from one of the outer handle panels and projecting through an aperture formed in a face contacting inner handle panel and folded upwardly and secured to the inner handle panel to reinforce and interlock the handle elements with each other.

Abstract: The article carrier for bottles and the like includes a bottom wall, opposed side walls joined to the bottom wall along opposite side edges thereof, and end wall panels joined respectively to the end edges of the side walls and extending inwardly of the carrier. A first pair of riser panels is foldably joined respectively to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier, is foldably joined to each other along a riser fold line, and extends medially inward of the carrier. A second pair of riser panels is foldably joined respectively to the opposite end wall panels and extends medially inward of the carrier. A pair of handle panels is foldably joined respectively to the first pair of riser panels and is foldably joined to each other along a handle fold line. The first pair of riser panels is provided with a plurality of elongated openings which lie with their axes of elongation along the riser fold line so as to extend into each of the first pair of riser panels.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom wall, end wall panels joined respectively to the end edges of the side walls to form opposing end walls, riser panels joined respectively to the inner edges of the end wall panels, a multiple ply handle extending between the riser panels, and the width of the bottom wall being less than the width of the end walls.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising a bottom panel with side walls and end panels upstanding therefrom, riser panels joined to the end panels respectively, a handle joined to the riser panels, a medial keel panel formed integrally with each riser panel at one end of the carrier and projecting inwardly therefrom, a first transverse partition panel joined to one keel panel and extending to one side wall, a second transverse partition panel connected to the other keel panel and extending to the other side wall, a reinforcing tab joined to the other keel panel and being disposed in flat face contacting relation with the first transverse partition panel, a series of cuts formed along a junction between the reinforcing tab and the other keel panel, and an aperture formed astride the fold line between the first transverse partition panel and the one keel panel.

Abstract: An article carrier formed from a unitary blank comprises spaced side and end walls foldably joined along adjacent edges, medial partition structure joined to the end walls and extending medially inward of the carrier, handle structure secured to the medial partition structure, a bottom panel secured to the lower edge of each side wall, an auxiliary bottom panel foldably joined to an end edge of the bottom panel and disposed on top thereof, and the auxiliary bottom panel being wider than the bottom panel.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising a bottom panel (1), a pair of side walls (2,3) joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom panel, end wall panels (7,8,11,12) joined respectively to the end edges of the side walls, a pair of medial panels (19,20) joined respectively to the inner edges of the end wall panels at one end of the carrier and extending medially inward of the carrier, a pair of riser panels (15,16) joined respectively to the inner edges of the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier and extending medially inward of the carrier, a handle (23,24,25,26,27) secured to the medial panels and riser panels, a transverse partition strip (66,67,68,69) joined to one side wall and to the handle and extending therebetween, a bottom reinforcement panel (48) disposed in flat face contacting relation with the upper surface of the bottom panel, a pair of supplementary panels (49,50) joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom reinforcement panel and secured respectively in face contacting relati

Abstract: An article carrier for the packaging of multiple articles comprises a bottom (2), side walls (1,11) joined to the side edges of the bottom, end wall panels (7,9,12,13) joined to the end edges of the side walls, a pair of medial partition or riser panels (16,17) joined respectively to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom, a pair of riser panels (26,27) foldably joined respectively to the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom, a multiple ply handle (49,50,51,52) secured to the medial partition panels and the riser panels, and a locking tab (67) foldably joined to one of the handle panels and disposed intermediate the riser panels.

Abstract: Structure for maintaining article carrier handle elements in proper relative orientation during carrier formation and comprising a handle panel (8), a hand flap (11) struck from the handle panel and foldably joined thereto along a horizontal fold line (12), a connecting element (14) joined at one end to the handle panel and at the other end to one end of the hand flap, the upper (16) and lower (17) edges of the connecting element being angularly disposed to the horizontal fold line and downwardly inclined from the one end of the hand flap, and the hand flap being adapted to swing out of the plane of the handle panel during transport of the carrier and thereby to cause the connecting element to rotate.

Abstract: An article carrier primarily adapted for the packaging of large primary packages comprises spaced side walls, end wall panels foldably joined to the ends of the side walls and extending inwardly, riser panels foldably joined to the end wall panels remote from the side walls and extending medially inward of the carrier, a multiple ply handle secured to the upper portions of the riser panels, a pair of bottom panels foldably joined respectively to the lower edges of the side walls, a reinforcing panel foldably joined to one of the bottom panels, a web foldably joined to the reinforcing panel generally remote from the bottom panel and disposed in overlapping relation with the reinforcing panel, an attachment flap secured in flat face contacting relation with the adjacent one of the end wall panels and foldably joined to the web, and the fold line between the reinforcing panel and the one bottom panel being disposed in the same horizontal plane as the lower edge of the end wall panel and being angularly related h

Abstract: An article carrier formed from a unitary blank comprising a bottom wall, side walls foldably joined to the side edges of the bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined to the end edges of the side walls and extending inwardly therefrom, medial partition structure at each end of the carrier comprising a pair of medial panels foldably joined respectively to the end wall panels along the edges thereof remote from the side walls and extending medially inward of the carrier, a multiple ply handle secured at its ends respectively to the medial partition structure at each end of the carrier, medial partition panels foldably joined respectively to medial panels at each end of the carrier, and the medial partition panels being disposed in overlapping face contacting relation with each other.

Abstract: A basket style article carrier having medial and transverse partitions is formed from a unitary blank and includes a bottom wall, side walls joined to the side edges of the bottom wall, end wall panels joined to the end edges of the side walls, a multiple ply handle, medial partition structure including a pair of medial panels joined to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier, riser panels foldably joined to the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier, an anchoring flap secured to one side wall, an anchoring tab secured to the medial partition structure, a transverse partition panel joined at one end thereof to the anchoring flap and at the other end thereof to the anchoring tab, and a twist interconnecting the anchoring tab and the handle.

Abstract: An article carrier is formed from a unitary blank and comprises a bottom panel, side walls foldably joined to the side edges of the bottom panel, end wall panels foldably joined to the end edges of the side walls, riser panels foldably joined to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier, medial partition structure foldably joined to the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier, a pair of outer handle panels secured at one end thereof to the upwardly extending portions of the riser panels and at the other end thereof to the upwardly extending portion of the medial partition structure, a pair of reinforcing panels foldably joined to the outer handle panels along fold lines which are spaced from one end edge of the outer handle panels, at least one anchoring tab secured to the medial partition structure, and a partition strip foldably joined at one end thereof to one side wall and at the other end thereof to the anchoring tab.