Article carrier and blank therefor

Claim 1

An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of said bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of said side walls, a riser panel foldably joined respectively to the associated end wall panel at one end of the carrier and extending medially inward of the carrier, medial partition structure foldably joined to the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier and extending medially inward of the carrier, a multiple ply handle secured at one end thereof to the upwardly extending portion of said riser panel and secured at the other end thereof to the upwardly extending portion of said medial partition structure, a hand hole disposed in said handle, and transverse partition structure struck from said medial partition structure and including an anchoring tab secured to one of said side walls, a transverse partition strip foldably joined to said anchoring tab, and an inverted L-shaped medial tab having vertical and horizontal parts and with its vertical part foldably joined to said transverse partition strip remote from said anchoring tab and with its horizontal part foldably joined to said medial partition structure along a horizontal fold line, the fold line between said medial tab and said medial partition structure being substantially adjacent the lower edge of said hand hole and being substantially coextensive therewith.