Bottle carrier

Claim 1

A CARRIER FORMED FROM A UNITARY BLANK FOR PACKAGING TWO ROWS OF BOTTLES HAVING THEIR AXES DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, SAID CARRIER COMPRISING A TOP PANEL, A PAIR OF TOP SLOPING PANELS FOLDABLY JOINED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TOP PANEL, AN UPPER END PANEL AT EACH END OF THE CARRIER FOLDABLY JOINED TO SAID TOP PANEL AND HAVING FOLDABLE CONNECTIONS WITH SAID TOP SLOPING PANELS WHEREBY SAID UPPER END PANEL IS DISPOSED AT A SUBSTANTIAL ANGLE TO SAID TOP PANEL, A PAIR OF SIDE WALL PANELS FOLDABLY JOINED RESPECTIVELY ALONG THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID TOP SLOPING PANELS, A PAIR OF BOTTOM PANELS HAVING FOLDABLE CONNECTIONS RESPECTIVELY WITH THE BOTTOM EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS, FASTENING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BOTTOM PANELS TOGETHER WITH SAID SIDE WALL PANELS IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATION, A PAIR OF DOOR PANELS AT EACH END OF THE CARRIER HAVING HINGED CONNECTION WITH THE END EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS RESPECTIVELY, EACH SAID PAIR OF DOOR PANELS HAVING A COMBINED WIDTH GREATER THAN SAID SPACED RELATION OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS, THE HEIGHT OF EACH SAID DOOR PANEL BEING LESS THAN THE HEIGHT OF SAID TOP PANEL ABOVE SAID BOTTOM PANELS BY A DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE VERTICAL COMPONENT OF THE WIDTH OF ONE OF SAID END PANELS, INTERLOCKING MEANS FOR SECURING EACH SAID PAIR OF DOOR PANELS TOGETHER TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE CLOSURE FOR THE ENDS OF THE CARRIER EXCEPT FOR THE RESULTING SPACE BETWEEN SAID TOP PANEL AND THE TOPS OF EACH SAID PAIR OF DOOR PANELS, AND SAID FOLDABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID END PANEL AND SAID TOP SLOPING PANELS INCLUDING WEB PANELS PROPORTIONED TO HOLD THE ASSOCIATED END PANEL IN GENERALLY VERTICAL POSITION IN THE ASSEMBLED CARRIER SUCH THAT EACH SAID END PANEL EFFECTIVELY CLOSES THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATED SAID DOOR PANELS AND SAID TOP PANEL.