Abstract: A collapsible carrier for articles which is made from a single blank of cardboard folded to provide an automatically positioned bottom with the front and back faces joined by two extendible side gussets, is provided with handle means at the top which includes openings in the front and back faces with a flap, integrally formed with one face, which folds over the other face and has an opening which registers with the other openings with a tongue which folds into locking engagement, the folds in the gussets permitting either a continuous taper of the front and back faces from the bottom or permits the taper to begin at some higher point in the carrier.