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IN A BOTTLE CARRIER, A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR BOTTOM PANELS FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER ALONG A CENTRAL FOLD LINE, SIDE WALL PANELS FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO THE OUTER EDGES OF THE BOTTOM PANELS, END WALL PANELS FOLDABLY CONNECTED ALONG VERTICAL HINGE LINES TO THE END EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS, EACH OF SAID END WALL PANELS HAVING A LONGITUDINAL CENTER PARTITION FORMING FLAP CONNECTED ALONG A VERTICAL HINGE LINE TO THE INNER EDGE THEREOF, SAID LONGITUDINAL PARTITION FLAPS HAVING TOP PORTIONS EXTENDING VERTICALLY ABOVE THE TOP EDGE OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS AND THE RESPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL PARTITION FLAPS AT EACH END OF THE CARRIER BEING CONNECTED IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATION, A PAIR OF HANDLE FORMING SECTIONS SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN AND SECURED TO THE TOP EXTENSIONS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL PARTITION FLAPS, SAID HANDLE SECTIONS BEING FOLDABLY CONNECTED ALONG THEIR TOP EDGES AND HAVING ALIGNED HAND HOLES AND REINFORCING STRIPS EXTENDING ALONG THE TOP EDGES OF SAID HANDLE SECTIONS SO AS TO FORM FOUR THICKNESS OF MATERIAL BETWEEN THE TOP EDGE SECTION OF THE HANDLE AND THE HAND HOLES, SAID HANDLE REINFORCING STRIPS BEING TAKEN FROM ONE OF THE HANDLE SECTIONS AND BEING INTEGRALLY HINGED TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID ONE HANDLE SECTION ON HINGE LINES PARALLEL WITH THE TOP EDGES OF SAID HANDLE SECTIONS.