Bottle carriers

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE BOTTLE CARRIER INCLUDING: A SHEET CUT AND CREASED TO PROVIDE; A PAIR OF BOTTOM PANELS HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG A CENTRAL LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINE, A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG THEIR LOWER EDGES TO THE RESPECTIVE BOTTOM PANELS, TWO PAIRS OF END PANELS DISPOSED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND HINGED TO THE END EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, CONNECTING PANELS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER EDGES OF THE RESPECTIVE END PANELS AND EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THEIR END PANELS AND SECURED IN FACE CONTACT TO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID END PANELS, AT THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE CARRIER, A PAIR OF HANDLE PANELS DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDE FACES OF SAID CONNECTING PANELS AND FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO TWO OPPOSED OF SAID CONNECTING PANELS ALONG EXTENSIONS OF THE FOLD LINES CONNECTING THESE CONNECTING PANELS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE END PANELS, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING UPWARD EXTENSIONS FORMED THEREON THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE ONE-THIRD THEREOF, SEPARATING BARS PIVOTED TO OPPOSITE END EDGES OF SAID UPWARD EXTENSIONS, SAID SEPARATING BARS EXTENDING IN PARALLEL RELATION TO POINTS LOCATED BELOW THE ONETHIRD POINTS OF SAID HANDLE PANELS, HANDLE REINFORCING PANELS HINGED TO THE END EDGES OF SAID HANDLE PANELS OPPOSITE THE ENDS HINGED TO SAID TWO OPPOSED CONNECTING PANELS AND FOLDED BETWEEN SAID HANDLE PANELS, EXTENSIONS FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID HANDLE PANELS AND HANDLE REINFORCING PANELS AND AFFORDING VERTICAL EDGES LOCATED AT THE ONE-THIRD POINTS ALONG AND BELOW THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID HANDLE PANELS AND HANDLE REINFORCING PANELS, SAID LAST NAMED EXTENSIONS BEING CONNECTED ALONG VERTICAL FOLD LINES AT SAID VERTICAL EDGES TO THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SEPARATING BARS, AND A REINFORCING FLAP HINGED TO ONE OF SAID HANDLE REINFORCING PANELS ALONG A LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINE AND FOLDED BETWEEN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID HANDLE REINFORCING PANELS AND SAID LAST NAMED EXTENSIONS, SAID CONNECTING PANELS BEING BETWEEN SAID HANDLE PANELS AND HANDLE REINFORCING PANELS AND SECURED THERETO, AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID LAST NAMED EXTENSIONS RESIDING BETWEEN SAID HANDLE PANELS WHEN SAID CARRIER IS ERECTED.