Carriers for bottles and other articles

Claim 1

IN A COLLAPSIBLE ONE-PIECE BOTTLE CARRIER HAVING A CARRIER BODY COMPRISING A COMPOSITE BOTTOM, A PAIR OF SIDE WALL PANELS, A PAIR OF COMPOSITE END WALLS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF END WALL PANELS CONNECTED TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS, AND A BEAM-LIKE HANDLE CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIER BODY, THE HANDLE HAVING A FIRST SECTION AND A SECOND SECTION DOUBLED OVER UPON THE FIRST SECTION, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: AN END WALL FLAP PROJECTING FROM THE FREE EDGE OF EACH OF SAID END WALL PANELS; SAID END WALL FLAPS DELINEATED BY FOLD LINES EXTENDING VERTICALLY ALONG SAID END WALL PANELS IN THE ERECTED CONDITION OF THE CARRIER; THE END WALL FLAPS OF EACH PAIR OF END WALL PANELS BEING DISPOSED IN FACIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND BEING FOLDED INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID CARRIER BODY; EACH OF SAID END WALL PANELS INCLUDING AN ATTACHMENT TAB DELINEATED BY LINES OF SEVERANCE; EACH OF SAID ATTACHMENT TABS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO ITS ASSOCIATED END WALL PANEL ALONG THE VERTICAL FOLD LINE WHICH DELINEATES THE END WALL FLAP RELATIVE TO THE END WALL PANEL; EACH OF SAID ATTACHMENT TABS DELINEATING AN OPENING IN ITS ASSOCIATED END WALL PANEL AND BEING FOLDED INWARDLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ITS END WALL PANEL AND DISPOSED IN FACIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH ITS ASSOCIATED END WALL FLAP, WHEREBY SAID INWARDLY FOLDED END WALL FLAPS AND RELATED END WALL TABS ARE DISPOSED IN FACIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER IN THE ERECTED CONDITION OF THE CARRIER; A STAPLE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FOLDED END WALL FLAPS AND RELATED END WALL ATTACHMENT TABS AND CLINCHED THEREOVER AND SECURING SAID END WALL FLAPS AND END WALL TABS IN FACIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, THEREBY TO LOCK THE CARRIER IN ERECTED CONDITION; SAID END WALL FLAPS EACH HAVING A FLAP EXTENSION PROJECTING UPWARDLY BEYOND THE UPPER EDGE OF THE CARRIER BODY; SAID FLAP EXTENSIONS BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE SAID FIRST AND SECOND HANDLE SECTIONS WHICH ARE DOUBLED OVER UPON ONE ANOTHER; AND RESPECTIVE STAPLES PASSING THROUGH EACH OF SAID FLAP EXTENSIONS AND THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND HANDLE SECTIONS AND CLINCHED THEREOVER, THEREBY SECURING SAID FLAP EXTENSION TO SAID BEAM-LIKE HANDLE, WHEREBY THE WEIGHT LOAD OF THE CARRIER BODY, AT LEAST IN PART, IS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID CARRIER BODY THROUGH THE SAID FLAP EXTENSIONS TO SAID BEAMLIKE HANDLE.