Container carrier

Claim 2

A bottle carrier of paperboard or like construction comprising a pair of generally upstanding sidewalls, endwalls connecting adjacent ends of sidewalls, a bottom wall connecting lower ends of the sidewalls, an upstanding handle carried by said endwalls and extending therebetween substantially midway between and parallel to said sidewalls, at least three separator strips on each side of said handle integrally connected therewith and with an adjacent said sidewall along fold lines, dividing the zone between each sidewall and the handle into at least four cells, said separator strips each being generally horizontally disposed.

Claim 3

The bottle carrier of claim 1, wherein at least two of said separator strips are at different vertical elevations in stepped relation.

Claim 4

The bottle carrier of claim 2, wherein a cell on each side of said handle and immediately adjacent an end cell on an associated side of said handle is comprised in part by a portion of an associated said sidewall of greatest height of said sidewall.

Claim 5

The bottle carrier of claim 2, wherein a cell on each side of said handle and immediately adjacent an end cell on an associated side of said handle is comprised in part by a pair of said separator strips that are disposed at the same general elevation and at the greatest elevation of any of said strips above said carrier bottom.

Claim 6

The bottle carrier of claim 2, wherein said carrier includes a total of eight said cells.

Claim 7

The bottle carrier of claim 5, wherein a cell on each side of said handle and immediately adjacent an end cell on an associated side of said handle is comprised in part by a portion of an associated said sidewall of greatest height of said sidewall, and wherein an end cell on each said side of said handle and spaced from an associated said end cell by a cell having said sidewall portion of greatest height are each comprised in part by portions of an associated said sidewall of substantially the same intermediate height relative to said sidewall portions of greatest height, and wherein opposite end cells on each side of said handle are comprised in part by a portion of an associated said sidewall of least height.

Claim 8

A carrier blank cut and creased for forming a multiple cell bottle carrier of at least eight cells upon folding and securing thereof, comprising a pair of handle panels connected together along a longitudinally disposed fold line, a pair of handle support panels connected respectively to said handle panels at an end thereof along transverse fold lines, six separator panels in sets of three, each defined at their sides by longitudinally disposed cut lines and at their ends by transverse separator fold lines, said separator fold lines comprising means for connecting said separator panels to one of a handle panel, a handle support panel, or a side panel, including a said side panel associated with each set of three separator panels, said side panels having end panels connected thereto along transverse fold lines at each end thereof, with each said end panel having another panel connected thereto along a transverse fold line, and with a bottom panel being provided connected to a side panel along a longitudinal fold line.

Claim 9

A carrier blank cut and creased for forming a multiple cell bottle carrier of at least eight cells upon folding and securing thereof, comprising a pair of handle panels connected together along a longitudinally disposed fold line, a pair of handle support panels connected respectively to said handle panels at an end thereof along transverse fold lines, six separator panels in sets of three, each defined at their sides by longitudinally disposed cut lines and at their ends by transverse separator fold lines, said separator fold lines comprising means for connecting said separator panels to one of a handle panel, a handle support panel, or a side panel, including a said side panel associated with each set of three separator panels, said side panels having end panels connected thereto along transverse fold lines at each end thereof, with each said end panel having another panel connected thereto along a transverse fold line, and with a bottom panel being provided connected to a side panel along a longitudinal fold line.