Abstract: A carrier device with article receiving compartments on either side of a central wall (31) and handle portion (14). The handle being separate from the central wall and moveable relative thereto between a raised position and a lowered position. The handle can be retained in either the raised or lowered positions by hook formations (22) and is connected to the carrier device by interconnecting webs (17) extending from the side walls.

Abstract: A multi-celled article carrier suitable for conveying articles such as cans and bottles, and a method for manufacturing the article carrier are disclosed. The article carrier preferably comprises four cells defined by a bottom wall, two side panels and two end walls. The article carrier is divided into cells by the combination of a medial partition extending from end wall to end wall and by a transverse partition extending from side panel to side panel to form four distinct cells. The medial partition further comprises an integral perforated handle consisting of two handle portions which cause the article carrier to become erected when united to form the perforated handle.

Abstract: A returnable container for bottles. The container is formed as a tube having interconnected bottom, end and top walls. Bottles are side loaded into the tube and thereafter upper and lower side flaps on both sides of the container close the container around the bottles. A single thickness central partition is connected to at least two walls, e.g., an end wall and the bottom wall. The top wall is perforated so that substantially the entire portion of the top wall can be torn away to expose the bottle within. After the contents of the bottle have been consumed, they may be returned to the container and carried, by means of the central partition, back to the store where they were originally purchased.

Abstract: An article carrier of the so-called basket style includes a bottom panel to the side edges of which side walls are foldably joined, end panels foldably joined to the end edges of the side walls with riser panels foldably joined to the inner edges of the end wall panels and secured together in flat face contacting relation, a multi-ply handle panel connected at its ends with the upper ends of the riser panels, a medial keel panel integrally formed with each riser panel at one end of the carrier and arranged to project inwardly, transverse partition structure arranged to cooperate with the keel panel so as to provide transverse reinforcement for the side walls, such reinforcing structure including at least one transverse partition panel on each side of the carrier arranged with the outer ends thereof anchored to the associated side wall and with the inner ends anchored to one of the keel panels, and a reinforcing tab foldably joined to one of the keel panels and secured in overlapping face contacting relation w

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