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Claim 1

In a collapsible article carrier formed from a unitary blank, said carrier comprising a pair of sidewall panels; pairs of end wall panels hingedly connected at their outer edges to corresponding end edges of said sidewall panels, pairs of riser panels hingedly connected to respective inner edges of said end wall panels, each pair of said riser panels being secured together in face-to-face relationship, and said riser panels extending upwardly above the top edge of said end wall panels; a multi-ply handle extending between said riser panels, said handle being secured to the upwardly exTending portions of said riser panels, a plurality of cross partition straps hinged to said sidewall panels at their respective outer edges, and hinged to said multi-ply handle at their respective inner edges, said handle, said riser panels, and said cross partition straps delineating a plurality of article-receiving cells in said carrier, the improvement comprising: a. a bottom wall panel bisected by a longitudinally extending fold line, said bottom wall panel having side edges inwardly offset from said sidewall panels; and b. a plurality of inclined cross straps hingedly connected at their inner edges to the side edges of said bottom wall panel, and hingedly connected at their outer edges to the bottom edges of said sidewall panels, adjacent ones of said cross strap having spaced-apart side edges defining openings disposed one in each of said cells, said openings being operative to receive a portion of an article placed in the respective cell to positively locate said article in said cell.