Abstract: A basket-style carrier which is loaded through open ends. End panel forming flaps are connected to the edges of a central handle panel and end panel flaps are connected to the edges of bottom panel sections on either side of the handle panel. After loading articles through an open end of a partially formed carrier, the end panel forming flaps are folded and the end panel flaps are adhered to them. Gusset panels connect the end panel flaps to the end panel forming flaps. The handle panel is of two-ply construction with a four-ply handle area.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier for containing and carrying twelve containers or other articles includes first and second end panels opposite each other and first and second side panels opposite each other and connected to the end panels. A bottom is connected to the side panels and a central handle is positioned between the side panels. The central handle comprises six handle panels secured to one another, with the central handle being connected to the end panels. A plurality of partitions are connected to and extend between the central handle and the first and second side panels. The partitions define six 2-container cells. The central handle includes a foldable handgrip portion which is foldable between an upright position for carrying the carrier in which the handgrip portion extends above an uppermost portion of the end panels and a folded position adjacent the containers for stacking the carrier.

Abstract: A sleeve style closed end carton for a can matrix. The carton includes a corner flap formed integral with each side wall at each end of each side wall. Those corner flaps are wrapped around the matrix corner cans in the carton relatively tightly so as to draw all cans of the matrix against one another in a plane normal to the can axis in order to aid in minimizing movement of the cans within the can matrix one relative to the other. The carton also includes a primary compound panel foldably connected along one edge to a first top wall section, and foldably connected along an opposite edge to a second top wall section, those top wall sections together forming the carton's top wall.

Abstract: A collapsible basket-type article carrier has end walls joined at the ends of opposing side walls. A portion of the side wall is cut-away to form bands for engaging articles. Riser panels extend inwardly of the end walls. A handle structure extends between the end walls and riser panels. A center cell partition extends from each respective side wall to the handle structure. The corner formed at each intersection of the carton's side and end walls is bevelled. In like manner, the corner formed at each intersection of a band of the center cell and the side wall portion thereof is bevelled. Support tabs join either the riser panels or end walls to the bottom wall of the carrier. The bottom wall of the carrier is bifurcated. Bottles are loadable upwardly through the open bottom of the carrier. In collapsed condition the carrier has a shearable nick members strategically located upon cut lines between the side wall and center cell at the bevelled corner tabs.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier with an automatic bottom for containing and carrying a plurality of articles and having a reinforced, three-ply handle. The carrier comprises first and second end panels opposite each other and first and second side panels opposite each other and connected to the first and second end panels. The carrier also comprises an automatic bottom connected to the end panels and to the side panels. The central handle has first, second, and third handle panels secured to one another. At least one of the handle panels is connected to the first end panel, and at least another of the handle panels is connected to the second end panel. A plurality of partition strips are connected to and extend between the central handle and the first and second side panels. The first handle panel is positioned between the second and third handle panels.

Abstract: A collapsible carrier for tapered articles is disclosed. The carrier includes a pair of upright handle panels secured together in a face-to-face contacting relationship, a pair of divergent upper panels foldably joined respectively to the lower edges of the handle panels, and a pair of convergent lower panels foldably interconnected with the upper panels to form in cooperation with the upper panels a tubular structure. Each upper panel has an article-receiving aperture. Each lower panel also has an article-receiving aperture. The receiving aperture in each upper panel is vertically aligned with that in the adjacent lower panel. The summation of the widths of the lower panels is less than that of the widths of the upper panels so that the tubular structure is prevented from collapsing flat when at least one of the vertically aligned pairs of the receiving apertures are loaded with an article.

Abstract: A carrier for a plurality of objects arranged in at least two rows includes substantially parallel first and second side walls, substantially parallel first and second end walls interconnecting the side walls, a medial panel extending between and connected to the first and second end walls, the medial panel being disposed between and substantially parallel to the first and second side walls, a primary bottom wall connected and extending between lower portions of said first and second side walls, and a lock for maintaining the carrier in an erect condition, the lock including a lock body connected to a lower edge of the medial panel and depending downwardly therefrom, a first retention tab disposed along a first side edge of the lock body spaced from the medial panel, and a second retention tab disposed along a second side edge of the lock body spaced from the medial panel, whereby the first and second retention tabs define a retention width for the lock extending between the outermost portions of the first an

Abstract: A collapsible basket-type article carrier has end walls joined at the ends of opposing side walls. A portion of the side wall is cut-away to form bands for engaging articles. Riser panels extend inwardly of the end walls. A handle structure extends between the end walls and riser panels. A center cell partition extends from each respective side wall to the handle structure. The corner formed at each intersection of the carton's side and end walls is bevelled. In like manner, the corner formed at each intersection of a band of the center cell and the side wall portion thereof is bevelled. Support tabs join either the riser panels or end walls to the bottom wall of the carrier. The bottom wall of the carrier is bifurcated. Bottles are loadable upwardly through the open bottom of the carrier. In collapsed condition the carrier has a shearable nick members strategically located upon cut lines between the side wall and center cell at the bevelled corner tabs.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier with means for maintaining the carrier open during loading. The carrier includes a retainer tab foldably connected to at least one end panel of the carrier. When the tab is folded inwardly transversely of the end panel, it maintains the carrier in open condition until the articles being loaded reach the tabs. At that point the articles themselves are able to maintain the carriers open. Continued insertion of the articles during loading causes the articles to fold the tabs up against the inside face of the end panel sections.

Abstract: A basket-style article carrier for carrying nonbreakable articles. A divider strap is connected to and extends between opposite side panels. The strap is connected to the side panels by a glue flap at each end, one of which is connected by fold line to the upper edge of the associated side panel. The strap causes the carrier to resist bowing when an article is removed, thereby preventing excessive sagging which otherwise tends to allow the remaining articles in the carrier to fall out.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flat type pulp-molded cushioning material on which a number of raised portions are provided to serve as shock absorbers and a plurality of notches are provided at predetermined positions to allow said flat cushioning material to be folded along said notches to form a box-like means with a desired configuration corresponding to the shape of an article to be packed therein. The erected portions of the flat material can be suitably limited in place by the side walls of an outer packing container, which together with the fitly contact of the cushioning material with the packed article provide enhanced effect of cushioning. Moreover, the flat cushioning material can be molded more easily and can be more conveniently stored and transported at lower cost.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier constructed so as to maintain the carrier open during loading. One of the sections forming an end panel of the carrier includes a retaining tab extending across an opening in the adjacent end panel section. This prevents the end panel from collapsing about the fold lines connecting the end panel sections to the handle panel support structure during loading. The opening extends into the adjacent handle panel support structure, allowing the retaining tab to freely move through the opening in the support structure as the carrier is opened from collapsed condition.

Abstract: A divider panel (20) has a major panel (22) with attached anchor flaps (24, 26) for securing the panel (20) in a multiple-tier article package. The anchor flaps (24, 26) are attached to the major panel (22) along perforated lines (23) that permit the anchor flaps (24, 26) and major panel (22) to be separated from one another. The divider panel (20) is scored with lines (28, 30, 32, 34, 36) that encourage bending of the divider panel (20) about axes defined by the scored lines (28, 30, 32, 34, 36). One or more apertures (37) in the major panel (22) enable a finger or fingers to be inserted to facilitate removal of the major panel (22) or the entire divider panel (20) from the carton. A carton which contains the divider panel (20) has a tear-away flap (171) which is integrally formed with an end closure of the carton and which is attached to an anchor flap of the divider panel (152).

Abstract: A flat paperboard bottle carrier is provided with an integral and depending bottle divider panel which makes the carrier particularly useful for carrying glass bottles. The divider flap extends between adjacent pairs of glass bottles and prevents glass clinking sound or banging together of the glass bottles as they are carried by a consumer. The carrier is provided with a finger hole for insertion of the fingers for carrying the carrier, with the longitudinal axis of the finger hole lying in the plane of the divider. Three variations in form are disclosed.

Abstract: A folded box with a subdivided interior contains a partition arrangement consisting of cardboard zones which are connected integrally to the folding-box blank. One of the partition zones is bonded to a main zone. A web extends transversely from the other partition zone, in the lower region of the compartment enclosed by the partition zones, through the compartment, the upper edge of the said web limiting the compartment downwards. In this way, two bottles of differing diameter and of differing height, the closing caps of which are located at the same height, can be safely accommodated in the folding box. The web provides the necessary height compensation.

Abstract: In a package, substantially identical bottles in a generally rectangular array are combined with a carrier and with a tray. The carrier is made from a single sheet of low density polyethylene so as to have band segments defining bottle-receiving apertures. The carrier is applied to the bottles so that outer band segments of the carrier embrace portions of side walls of the outer bottles in the array. The tray is made from a single sheet of cardboard and is folded so as to define a lower portion, underlying at least a portion of each bottle in the array, and two lateral portions. Each lateral portion is folded upwardly from the lower portion and is affixed adhesively to at least one of the outer band segments of the carrier. Outer surfaces of the lateral portions are suitable for imprinting or labelling.

Abstract: A collapsible article carrier (c) of the basket type, includes opposed side walls (22, 48), opposed end walls (28,44; 30,46), a base (12), a medial partition structure (62,64; 120,122) connecting together the opposed end walls and disposed substantially centrally of the carrier and a plurality of transverse partition panels (84,86; 100,102) connecting the medial partition structure with each of the side walls and thereby creating a number of article receiving cells within the carrier. Corner panels (32, 34, 50, 52) are provided between each of the end walls and side walls of the carrier to form a bevelled corner arrangement and the relationship between the dimensions of the various panels defining each corner cell is such as to allow the carrier to collapse. The transverse partition panels are set at an inclined angle (other than 90.degree.) between the medial partition structure and the associated side wall.

Abstract: A bottle carrier for packaging and gripping in a taut fashion a plurality of bottles includes top, bottom and side walls, each side wall having a substantially vertically disposed bottom portion and an inwardly inclined top portion foldably joined to the bottom portion to form a tubular structure, top end panels foldably joined to each end edge of the top wall together with a bottom end panel foldably joined to each end edge of the bottom wall and secured in overlapping relation with the associated top end panel. A first collapsible web is foldably joined to each end edge of each top end panel and to the end edge of each of the inwardly inclined top wall portion. A yieldable fold line formed in each collapsible web extends from the adjacent corner of the top wall downwardly in angular relation to the adjacent end edge of the associated inwardly inclined top wall portion.

Abstract: Integral retaining means in an open-ended wrap-around carrier for preventing the spaced bottom portions of articles such as tapered tubs from engaging each other and escaping the carrier through the open end. The bottom panel is comprised of inner and outer mechanically connected flaps. The outer bottom panel flap contains a retainer flap at each end connected along a fold line overlying the inner edge of an opening in the inner bottom panel flap. The retainer flaps extend up into the interior of the carrier through the openings in the inner bottom panel flap, and include spaced converging fold lines which create angled side walls for engaging the bottom portions of the articles.

Abstract: A container formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard that has an internal divider panel, with an integral handle at one end thereof, and that has an end wall formed by pairs of overlapping end closure flaps that are recessed to form a common opening affording access to the internal handle.

Abstract: A paperboard carrier for beverage cans the bottom of which tend to be deformed when subjected to sharp blows. The panel adjacent the can bottoms is formed of two sheets in face-to-face engagement. The interior face of the inner sheet contains a number of raised embossed portions against which the can bottoms abut. The embossed portions, which may be comprised of spaced embossed protrusions of circular or other shape, effectively increase the cushioning effect of the sheet and, in conjunction with the other sheet of the panel, protect the can bottom against damage. The embossed portions are arranged so as to contact the circumferential rims normally provided at the bottom of beverage cans.

Abstract: A top loading carton made from a unitary sheet of inexpensive disposable material in which returnable beverage containers, such as bottles or cans, are collected and returned to a redemption center. The sheet is folded to form two adjacent bins each of which has a vertically disposed window in the front panel that permits the collected beverage containers to be readily counted and tabulated.

Abstract: A container carrier adapted for receiving a plurality of containers for transportation of same is assembled from a unitary sheet of plastic. The containers are captured between retainer edges of transverse members forming a supporting web at the lower portion of the carrier. The panels function to clamp the containers in position upon seating of the containers in the carrier. In a filled configuration the carrier is supportable on a plurality of legs which are configured to cooperate with the transverse members for retainably capturing the containers.

Abstract: Apparatus for making cell forming inserts for bottle carriers using a continuous web of paperboard. Drive rolls pull the web under tension through a slitter mechanism to slit strips from opposite edges of the web. The slit strips are shifted laterally inwardly over the web by guides and glued back on the web so that, when the web is transversely severed to form the inserts and attached to the bottle carrier blank, the strips will lie between the bottle contact points at the center cell.

Abstract: A collapsible hand carrier for bottles of standard size. When fully erected, the carrier has a box-like form and an internal array of cells to accommodate the bottles. The structure of the carrier is formed of flexible panel material and is defined by a pair of side panels provided with complementary handle extensions, a pair of end panels hingedly joined to the end edges of the side panels, and a bottom panel hingedly joined to the bottom edges of the side panels and disconnected from the end panels. The end and bottom panels each include a center fold to create a gusset whereby the carrier may readily be collapsed into the flat state for storage or shipment, or expanded into the erected state for use as a carrier. Cut into each corner of the carrier formed at the junctions of the side and end panels is a pair of parallel slots.

Abstract: A carrier handle is provided which is formed from a single blank of foldable sheet material. The carrier handle includes a pair of depending end panels arranged in spaced relation, and a hand-gripping unit interconnecting peripheral portions of the spaced end panels. The unit includes a pair of elongated depending panel sections arranged in substantially face-to-face relation and forming an upright plane disposed in intersecting relation with respect to the end panels. Each panel section is connected to an adjacent end panel by a gusset section.

Abstract: This relates to a display carton which is divided into a plurality of cells by way of a cellular separator arrangement. The cellular separator arrangement includes front to rear extending partition members and transversely extending transverse separators. All are cut from a single blank panel and are integrally hinged to one another an associated side, front and rear panels. In the blank there is cut from a single panel carton components in the form of a front panel, a side panel, a rear panel portion a side panel portion, the partition members and the transverse separators.

Abstract: An article carrier of the basket style comprises a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of said bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of said side walls and extending inwardly therefrom, medial panels foldably joined respectively to the medial edges of said end wall panels at each end of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom and being wider than said end wall panels, handle structure joined to the upper portions of said medial panels, a transverse partition panel struck from and foldably joined to each of said medial panels, the transverse partition panels at one end of the carrier being initially disposed in a coplanar relationship with their associated medial panels respectively and the transverse partition panels at the other end of the carrier being swung out of the planes of their associated medial panels respectively through angles of approximately 180.degree.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and end wall panels upstanding from the bottom wall, a pair of riser panels and a pair of medial panels, joined respectively to the medial edges of the end wall panels at the associated ends of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom, handle structure joined to the riser panels and the medial panels and extending upwardly therefrom, a transverse partition panel joined to one of the medial panels and extending between the one medial panel and the associated side wall, an anchoring tab foldably joined to the transverse partition panel and being adhered to the associated side wall, and the upper portion of the transverse partition panel being bowed outwardly toward the associated end of the carrier.

Abstract: A collapsible carrier for bottled beverages which is formed from a blank of paperboard or similar material, cut and creased so that it may be folded and glued to establish, when set up, a bottom, upstanding side and end walls, and a handle and partition structure which includes a longitudinal center partition and three cross partitions on opposite sides thereof to divide the carrier into eight bottle receiving cells with the cross partitions providing two plies of blank material between points of bottle contact and with the center partition providing two plies of material between transverse pairs of bottles.

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: A wrap around carrier package for returnable beverage bottles is disclosed which is formed by wrapping about an assembly of the bottles which are arranged in double row and transversely paired relation, a cut and scored blank of foldable sheet material, so as to form a tubular configuration, having bottle retention means, and securing the end panels of the blank by interengaging locking and latching elements thereon with cooperating elements on the bottom margin of a center partition forming member which is disposed between the rows of bottles and which has a handle portion at its top margin, the handle portion being rendered accessible by tearing out a substantial portion of the top wall panel of the package so as to release the bottles for removal through the resulting top opening and permit return of the empty bottles, thereby converting the carrier to an open-top basket style carrier.

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: A basket type multi-use carrier carton of the top-opening type having double thicknesses of material between each adjacent carried article. The carton is made from a cartonboard blank which minimizes the number of folds and the amount of blank material required by auxillary overlying separator strips adhered to the internal separator panels located in one area of the blank that separate some of the carried articles.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cellular article carrier in which partitioning means forming a plurality of individual article cells is provided on each side of a medial partition structure. The medial partition includes a multi-ply handle structure comprising an outer handle structure secured in overlapping relationship with respect to an inner handle structure and extending between opposite end walls of the carrier, the outer handle structure including reinforcing straps hinged thereto and secured to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier.

Abstract: A compact carton for beer bottles and the like is formed from a unitary blank and incorporates a dividing partition having a carrying handle formed therewith disposed centrally, vertically below the top of the carton; a display opening is defined in the top of the carton permitting a pleasing display of the carton contents and access to the handle. The filled cartons can be readily stacked one on top of the other for storage and transport and the contents can be readily removed by the customer through the display opening without breaking the carton apart. The carton has the additional advantage that it can be end-loaded.

Abstract: A carrier is provided for use in manually carrying a plurality of articles arranged in a pair of substantially parallel rows. The carrier includes a base panel for subtending and supporting the rows of articles. End panels are foldably connected to and extend upwardly from first opposed peripheral segments of the base panel. Side panels are foldably connected to and extend upwardly from second opposed peripheral segments of the base panel. Interconnecting and spanning the distance between the upper portions of the end panels is an elongated hand-gripping unit. The unit defines a substantially vertical plane extending between the rows of articles. Foldably connected to and extending outwardly in opposite directions from the lower portion of the unit are article-retaining flaps. Each flap is provided with means for supportingly accommodating the necked portions of the articles of a row.

Abstract: A compliance carrier of the basket type having a row of cells on each side of the center handle panel. Each row's cell divider panel section and cell compliance panel section are positioned and structured within the carrier blank so that the cell divider panel and cell compliance panels are glued together along a fold line oriented in the cross machine direction relative to the machine direction travel of the blank through a carton gluing machine, that fold line being a leading edge on the panel section not folded. Further, each row's cell divider panel section and cell compliance panel section are oriented and structured so that no glue tabs or panels within either section needs to be folded prior to gluing of the cell divider panels and cell compliance panels one to the other.

Abstract: An article carrier formed from a unitary blank and comprising a bottom wall, side wall means secured to the side edges of the bottom wall, a pair of end walls secured respectively to the ends of the bottom wall and secured to the ends of the side wall means, a top panel secured to the upper edges of the side wall means and the end walls, a supplementary bottom panel secured to an end edge of the bottom wall and disposed in overlying relationship therewith, handle means secured to the secondary bottom panel and upstanding therefrom and forming a medial partition, the top panel being removable with at least one V-shaped bend line formed therein, and the handle means being inter-connected with one of the end walls.

Abstract: A bottle carrier carton partition arrangement having a pair of partition elements with overlapping portions to provide a two-ply thickness between adjacent bottles.

Abstract: An upwardly opening tray-like carrier carton is disclosed for packaging a plurality of articles having the general form of beverage bottles, which carrier is fabricated from a single blank of foldable sheet material and is cut and scored so as to divide it into integrally connected panels which are adapted to be folded together so as to form, when set-up, a partitioned carton structure comprising a double row of upwardly opening bottle receiving cells disposed on opposite sides of a central bottle separating partition and handle forming panel assembly and being characterized by an upstanding partition wall extending between the rows of cells on each side of the partition and handle forming assembly which is hinged at its opposite ends to pairs of foldable end wall panels so as to enable the cells on each side of said central partition and handle forming panel assembly to be collapsed, when empty, and to be folded into flattened relation against said partition and handle forming assembly.

Abstract: A foldable basket carrier has front and rear panel assemblies hinged about common edges of center panels wherein the center panels form a full two-ply center keel.

Abstract: A carrier for bottles is formed from a paperboard tube having top, button and end walls. The upper corners of the tube are gusseted so that the top wall may be swung downwardly on each side of a center line to form a center partition. The end walls have serially-connected, minor flaps and double thickness dividers which are swung inwardly around bottles at the four corners of the carrier with the dividers creating three cells on each side of the carrier. A major flap is hinged to each side of the bottle wall and is glued to the minor flaps to complete the formation of the carrier.

Abstract: This invention relates to a display, carrying and/or storage case for containers such as beer cans and to a blank for erection into such a case. The carrying case is formed from a single piece, paperboard blank which is suitably scored or otherwise provided with fold lines for erection into an attache-like case having handles for facilitating carrying of the case. The case is formed with a pair of opposed container display sections which are joined about a hinged axis so they may be swung outwardly from a closed position to a generally V position for displaying the containers therein. A divider means divides each of the display sections into an array of compartments each of which receives and holds a container therein.

Abstract: A multi-celled container carrier constructed providing a pair of rows of article holding cells to either side of the central panel separating the carrier into two lateral compartments, with the central panel being formed of a pair of foldably connecting panels, and having a pair of aligned apertures for forming the hand-gripping means for the carrier. A blank formed for this carrier incorporates the pair of central forming panels, having side or end panels connecting to each side edge thereof, and with side walls and bottom walls connecting therewith for forming each compartment to either side of the central panel. Dividers are provided within each compartment, connecting with the connecting flaps forming each compartment, for segregating each compartment into cellular segments.

Abstract: A number of articles, such as jars, are packaged in a sleeve made from a blank of foldable sheet material. The blank comprises a top panel, a number of spaced apart side forming panels, a pair of strip panels hingedly joining the side forming panels and opposite pairs of bottom forming panels provided by the sheet material between adjacent side forming panels as extensions of the strip panels. The top panel abuts one end of the jars; the side panels extend alongside the jars so that the jars are visible in the space between them; and the strip panels are turned outwards so that the bottom forming panels of each pair project mutually inwards and overlap in abutment with the other end of the jar.

Abstract: A top loading rectangular carton, which does not have the disadvantages of the known cartons. The carton is inexpensive and has good rigidity and strength. The carton is made of foldable sheet material and includes a carton shell and an article divider unit. The shell has opposed pairs of sidewall and endwall panels in foldably connection relationship. The top and bottom edges of the respective wall panels are provided with top and bottom closure flaps in foldably connection relationship thereto. One sidewall panel has in an upper central region thereof a hand hole for lifting the carton. The hand hole is closable by a flap hinged to the sidewall portion bordering the upper boundary of the hand hole. The divider unit includes two divider end panels. One of the end panels is secured to the interior surface of each sidewall panel and joined by a center panel extending laterally across the carton, parallel to the carton endwall panels, to tie the sidewall panels together.

Abstract: An article carrier formed from a unitary blank and comprising a bottom wall, side walls secured respectively to the side edges of the bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of the side walls, medial panels foldably joined respectively to the edges of the end wall panels remote from the side walls and extending medially inward of the carrier, a pair of transverse partitions struck from one of the medial panels and foldably joined thereto, a longitudinal partition struck from the one medial panel and foldably joined to the pair of transverse partitions, a pair of longitudinal partitions struck from one end wall panel and foldably joined thereto, and a transverse partition struck from one of the other medial panels and from the one end wall panel and foldably joined to the pair of longitudinal panels and to the other medial panel.

Abstract: A carton is provided for enclosing a pair of container groups and comprises a main panel having side panels foldably connected to side edges thereof together with at least one bottom panel foldably connected to one of the side panels, all of the panels being connected at the distal portions thereof and joined to define a tube on the erection of the panels. A partition extends transversely of the main panel and between the main panel and the bottom panel, the partition being foldably connected to the blank and movable into position upon formation of the tube to divide same into two portions whereby each portion can receive a container group by end loading into the tube.

Abstract: A carrier made from a one-piece blank comprising when erected a pair of cells with each cell including an end wall. A pair of opposed side walls and a dividing wall opposed to said end wall including handle means therein. Each dividing wall is adjacent and coextensive with a respective dividing wall of the other cell. The bottom walls of each cell are formed by a continuous panel extending from the respective end walls of each cell and a rectangular flap is connected to the bottom edge of at least one side wall in each cell to substantially overlay the bottom wall portion of the cell thereby reinforcing the bottom wall.