Bottle carrier

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE ARTICLE CARRIER COMPRISING A BOTTOM WALL HAVING A MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINE, OPPOSED SIDE WALLS FOLDABLY JOINED TO THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, END WALL PANELS FOLDABLY JOINED RESPECTIVELY TO THE END EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, RISER PANELS FOLDABLY JOINED RESPECTIVELY TO THE EDGE OF SAID END WALL PANELS WHICH ARE OPPOSITE FROM THE EDGES THEREOF WHICH ARE JOINED TO SAID SIDE WALLS, MEANS FOR SECURING ADJACENT RISER PANELS TOGETHER IN FLAT FACE CONTACTING RELATION AT EACH END OF THE CARRIER AND WITH THE RISER PANELS EXTENDING INWARDLY OF THE CARRIER, A HANDLE SECURED AT EACH END THEREOF TO SAID RISER PANELS, AT LEAST ONE PARTITION STRAP ON EACH SIDE OF SAID HANDLE TO FORM A ROW OF AT LEAST TWO ARTICLE RECEIVING CELLS BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND EACH SIDE WALL, SAID STRAPS BEING FOLDABLY JOINED TO SAID HANDLE ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF AND TO THE ADJACENT SIDE WALL, A KEEL HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID BOTTOM WALL ALONG SAID MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINE, AND AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE PARTITIONING TAB STRUCK FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL AND FOLDABLE INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL RELATION TO SAID BOTTOM WALL AND TO SAID KEEL WHEN THE CARRIER IS SET UP, SAID PARTITIONING TAB WHEN IN SET-UP CONDITION BEING ALIGNED WITH SAID PARTITION STRAP TO FORM UPPER AND LOWER TRANSVERSE SEPARATORS FOR ADJACENT ARTICLES ON EACH SIDE OF THE HANDLE, A MEDIAL FOLD LINE FORMED IN SAID TRANSVERSE PARTITIONING TAB AND ARRANGED TO ACCOMMODATE FOLDING OF THE PORTIONS OF SAID PARTITIONING TAB ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FOLD LINE INTO FLAT FACE CONTACTING RELATION UPON COLLAPSE OF SAID CARRIER, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING JOINED INTEGRALLY ALONG ONE SIDE EDGE TO THE BOTTOM EDGE OF ONE SIDE WALL AND BEING FOLDABLY JOINED ALONG THE OTHER EDGE BY A GLUE FLAP TO THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE OTHER SIDE WALL AND SAID KEEL CONSTITUTING AN EXTENSION OF SAID BOTTOM WALL WHICH IS STRUCK FROM ALONG SAID OTHER EDGE THEREOF, AND A PAIR OF KEEL STRAPS STRUCK FROM THE END EDGES OF SAID BOTTOM WALL ADJACENT SAID OTHER EDGE THEREOF, SAID KEEL STRAPS BEING SECURED IN FLAT FACE CONTACTING RELATION TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL AND CONSTITUTING A PAIR OF HINGES AT THE ENDS OF OF SAID KEEL.