Partition lock for bottle carrier

Claim 1

A SLEEVE-TYPE, WRAP-AROUND, PAPERBOARD, CARRIER CARTON FOR ENCLOSING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES ARRANGED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION, COMPRISING: (A) OPPOSED PAIRS OF TOP AND BOTTOM HORIZONTAL WALLS AND SIDE WALLS HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTED TO FORM AN OUTER TUBULAR STRUCTURE; 7B) A SEPARATE INTERNAL PARTITION FOR SEPARATING THE ARTICLES FROM EACH OTHER; (C) SAID PARTITION HAVING A HEIGHT LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS OF THE CARTON; (D) MEANS FOR RESTRICTING VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE PARTITION WITHIN THE CARTON TO MAINTAIN THE PARTITION IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION RELATIVE TO ONE OF THE CARTON HORIZONTAL WALLS; (E) SAID MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE TAB CUT FROM AND HINGED TO SAID ONE HORIZONTAL WALL OF THE CARTON AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER TAB FORMED ON SAID PARTITION, SAID TABS INTERLOCKING WITH ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE AN INTERLOCKING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID ONE HORIZONTAL WALL AND SAID PARTITION.