Double wall separator for bottle carriers

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE CARRIER COMPRISING A TUBULAR CARTON HAVING OPEN ENDS, A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES IN SAID CARTON, A SEPARATOR DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CARTON FOR MAINTAINING SAID ARTICLES OUT OF DIRECT CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, SAID SEPARATOR INCLUDING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING WALLS, A PAIR OF INTERMEDIATE FLANGES STRUCK FROM EACH OF SAID WALLS, A PAIR OF FLANGES OF ONE OF SAID WALLS BEING DIRECTED OUTWARDLY FROM THE PLANE THEREOF IN A FIRST DIRECTION TO FORM INTERMEDIATE ARTICLE SPACERS DISPOSED GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID ONE WALL, ANOTHER OF THE PAIR OF FLANGES OF THE OTHER OF SAID WALLS BEING DIRECTED OUTWARDLY FROM THE PLANE OF SAID ANOTHER WALL IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION TO FORM INTERMEDIATE ARTICLE SPACERS DISPOSED GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID ANOTHER WALL, SAID FLANGES BEING JOINED TO ASSOCIATED WALLS BY FOLD LINES, THE FOLD LINES IN EACH WALL BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, THE LENGTH OF EACH FLANGE NORMAL TO SAID PLANES BEING GREATER THAN ONE-HALF SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE WHEREBY SAID INTERMEDIATE FLANGES ARE OF A MAXIMUM LENGTH TO EITHER SIDE OF SAID WALLS FOR THE MATERAIAL AVAILABLE BETWEEN SAID FOLD LINES, AT LEAST ANOTHER PAIR OF INTERMEDIATE FLANGES STRUCK FROM EACH OF SAID WALLS, AND EACH FLANGE OF SAID AT LEAST ANOTHER PAIR OF INTERMEDIATE FLANGES BEING INTIMATELY ADJACENT AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED PAIR OF FLANGES WHEREBY EACH OF SAID ARTICLE SPACERS IS OF A TWO-PLY THICKNESS.