Divider partitions for bottle carriers

Claim 1

In a package for a packed group of articles, such as containers, arranged in a pair of adjacent rows and separated by a divider partition for isolating the articles from each other, said divider partition being formed from a blank having cut and fold lines to provide: a. a longitudinal partition member separating the articles into two side by side rows; b. at least a pair of separate transverse partition members for four articles of said packed group; i. said transverse partition members extending between two articles of one row and the directly opposite articles of the other row; ii. said transverse partition members being hinged to the longitudinal partition member and extending outwardly from opposite sides thereof; iii. said transverse partition members being hinged to the longitudinal partition member along parallel vertical fold lines which are spaced laterally of each other and spaced longitudinally of the longitudinal partition member; c. each of the transverse partition members having a distal portion extending in a plane generally normal to the plane of the longitudinal partition member; d. at least one of the transverse partition members including: i. first and second elements; ii. said elements being hinged to each other along a vertical fold line which is parallel to but spaced transversely of the longitudinal partition member from the fold line connecting the first element to the longitudinal partition member; e. the first element of said one transverse partition member being disposed in a plane other than one extending normal to the plane of the longitudinal partition member, so that the distal portion of each transverse partition member lies generally in a common transverse vertical plane which is tangent to the adjacent packed articles.