Full protection bottle carrier

Claim 2

A carrier blank, cut and scored to define the elements of a multicell, basket-style carrier, comprising: a. a bottom wall panel; b. a sidewall panel pivotally connected to said bottom wall panel along a scored fold line; c. a second sidewall panel; d. end wall panels hingedly connected, along scored fold lines, to the longitudinal ends of each of said sidewall panels; e. riser panels hingedly connected along scored fold lines to at least two of said end wall panels such that at least one pair of riser panels is provided at one end of the carrier blank, the riser panels comprising said pair of riser panels being hingedly connected to each other; f. lateral partition panels defined by cut lines in said riser panels and hingedly connected to said riser panels along scored fold lines, said partition panels comprising a glue tab, at least two such glue tabs being defined by one or more cut lines in the end panels to which said pair of riser panels is hingedly connected; and g. handle-forming panels hingedly connected to said pair of riser panels.

Claim 3

The blank of claim 1 wherein said lateral partition panels comprise a projection designed to afford greater protection to articles placed in the carrier after said carrier is erected.

Claim 4

The blank of claim 2 wherein at least one pair of said projections are offset, longitudinally, one from the other.

Claim 5

The blank of claim 1 wherein at least six lateral partition panels are provided in four riser panels.

Claim 6

The blank of claim 4 wherein the glue tabs of the lateral partition panels which are not defined by one or more cut lines in the end panels are defined by one or more cut lines in the next adjacent lateral partition panel.

Claim 7

The blank of claim 1 wherein said riser panels have their terminal transverse edges formed with one or more projections.

Claim 8

The blank of claim 1 wherein at least one of said riser panels comprise a reinforcing tab, said tab defined by one or more cut lines in said riser panel and being hingedly connected thereto.

Claim 9

A carrier blank, cut and scored in a manner such as to define the elements of a multicell, basket-style carrier comprising: a. a bottom wall panel; b. a sidewall panel hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel along a scored fold line; c. a second sidewall panel; d. end wall panels hingedly connected, along scored fold lines, to each longitudinal end of each of said sidewall panels.; e. riser panels hingedly connected along scored fold lines to each of said end wall panels such that a first pair of riser panels is provided at one end of the carrier blank and a second pair of riser panels is provided at the opposite end of said carrier blank, the riser panels of each pair being hingedly connected to each other along a scored fold line, which scored fold line is perpendicular to the scored fold line along which said pair of riser panels is connected to the end wall panels, said first pair of riser panels having their terminal transverse edges formed with spaced-apart projections, and said second pair of riser panels having their terminal transverse edges formed with a projection, the position of which projection corresponds, substantially, to that of the space between said spaced-apart projections; f. lateral partition panels defined by cut lines in said riser panels and hingedly connected to said riser panels along scored fold lines, said partition panels comprising a glue tab, four of which glue tabs are defined by one or more cut lines in each of a said end wall panels, and a projection, designed to afford greater protection to articles in the carrier after said carrier is erected, at least one pair of the projections being offset, longitudinally, one from the other; g. handle-forming panels hingedly connected to one said pAirs of riser panels; h. handle-reinforcing panels hingedly connected to said handle panels; and i. a reinforcing tab defined by one or more cut lines in at least one of said riser panels and hingedly connected to the riser panel along a scored fold line.

Claim 10

A carrier blank, cut and scored in a manner such as to define the elements of a multicell, basket-style carrier comprising: a. a bottom wall panel; b. a sidewall panel hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel along a scored fold line; c. a second sidewall panel; d. end wall panels hingedly connected, along scored fold lines, to each longitudinal end of each of said sidewall panels.; e. riser panels hingedly connected along scored fold lines to each of said end wall panels such that a first pair of riser panels is provided at one end of the carrier blank and a second pair of riser panels is provided at the opposite end of said carrier blank, the riser panels of each pair being hingedly connected to each other along a scored fold line, which scored fold line is perpendicular to the scored fold line along which said pair of riser panels is connected to the end wall panels, said first pair of riser panels having their terminal transverse edges formed with spaced-apart projections, and said second pair of riser panels having their terminal transverse edges formed with a projection, the position of which projection corresponds, substantially, to that of the space between said spaced-apart projections; f. lateral partition panels defined by cut lines in said riser panels and hingedly connected to said riser panels along scored fold lines, said partition panels comprising a glue tab, four of which glue tabs are defined by one or more cut lines in each of a said end wall panels, and a projection, designed to afford greater protection to articles in the carrier after said carrier is erected, at least one pair of the projections being offset, longitudinally, one from the other; g. handle-forming panels hingedly connected to one said pAirs of riser panels; h. handle-reinforcing panels hingedly connected to said handle panels; and i. a reinforcing tab defined by one or more cut lines in at least one of said riser panels and hingedly connected to the riser panel along a scored fold line.

Claim 11

A multicell, basket-style carrier comprising: a. a bottom wall panel; b. a first sidewall panel hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel and extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel; c. a second sidewall panel extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel and position in a plane substantially parallel to said first sidewall panel; d. end wall panels hingedly connected to each end of said sidewall panels and extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel at each longitudinal end thereof and in a plane substantially perpendicular to the planes formed by said sidewall panels; e. riser panels hingedly connected to each of said end wall panels such that a first pair of riser panels is provided at one end of said carrier and a second pair of riser panels is provided at the opposite end of said carrier, both pair of said riser panels extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel and inwardly from said end wall panels, the riser panels of each of said pairs being fixedly attached to each other, both pair of said riser panels being positioned in the same plane, which plane is substantially parallel to the planes defined by said sidewall panels; f. lateral partition panels hingedly connected at one end to a riser panel and fixedly attached at the opposite end thereof to a sidewall panel, at least four of the tabs used for attaching said lateral partition panels to said sidewall panels having been cut from said end wall panels thereby providing at least one opening in each end of said carrier, said lateral partition panels comprising an upwardly extending projection of sufficient height to afford greater protection to the articles carried in said carrier; g. a reinforced handle connected to at least one pair of said riser panels and extending upwardly therefrom; and h. a reinforcing tab positioned as as to fill at least a portion of the opening formed by lateral partition panels being cut from the riser panels.

Claim 12

A multicell, basket-style carrier comprising: a. a bottom wall panel; b. a first sidewall panel hingedly connected to said bottom wall panel and extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel; c. a second sidewall panel extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel and position in a plane substantially parallel to said first sidewall panel; d. end wall panels hingedly connected to each end of said sidewall panels and extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel at each longitudinal end thereof and in a plane substantially perpendicular to the planes formed by said sidewall panels; e. riser panels hingedly connected to each of said end wall panels such that a first pair of riser panels is provided at one end of said carrier and a second pair of riser panels is provided at the opposite end of said carrier, both pair of said riser panels extending upwardly from said bottom wall panel and inwardly from said end wall panels, the riser panels of each of said pairs being fixedly attached to each other, both pair of said riser panels being positioned in the same plane, which plane is substantially parallel to the planes defined by said sidewall panels; f. lateral partition panels hingedly connected at one end to a riser panel and fixedly attached at the opposite end thereof to a sidewall panel, at least four of the tabs used for attaching said lateral partition panels to said sidewall panels having been cut from said end wall panels thereby providing at least one opening in each end of said carrier, said lateral partition panels comprising an upwardly extending projection of sufficient height to afford greater protection to the articles carried in said carrier; g. a reinforced handle connected to at least one pair of said riser panels and extending upwardly therefrom; and h. a reinforcing tab positioned as as to fill at least a portion of the opening formed by lateral partition panels being cut from the riser panels.

Claim 13

The carrier of claim 9 wherein at least two of the projections extending upwardly from said lateral partition panels are offset longitudinally one from the other.

Claim 14

The carrier of claim 9, wherein the terminal transverse edges of said riser panels are formed with one or more projections, which projections are capable of interlocking when both pairs of riser panels are extended inwardly from the end wall panels, but which projections are not interlocked, thereby reducing the amount of blank material required for said carrier.