Basket carrier with two piece blank

Claim 1

A basket carrier comprising a body comprising opposed side walls, opposed end walls and a floor, said body being fabricated from a separate one piece body blank in which said walls' end edges are all parallel one to the other, said body blank thereby incorporating said walls on a longitudinal axis oriented normal to said walls' end edges, each end wall comprising two end wall panels formed integral one with the other, said end wall panels being joined in a fold line parallel to said end wall's end edges, at least one of said end wall panels being foldably connected to an end edge of an adjacent side wall, and a glue flap foldably connected to an end edge of one of a side wall and an end wall, said side and end walls thereby being joined in body configuration at a seam in a corner of said body, said floor comprising a first floor panel foldably connected to one side wall and a second floor panel foldably connected to the other side wall, said first and second floor panels being sized to overlap one another, said first and second floor panels being glued to one another where same overlap, a center wall comprising a cell divider panel section and a handle, said center wall being fabricated from a separate one piece center wall blank having an end wall connector flap at each end edge thereof, said end wall connector flaps being fixed to said end walls to retain said body and center wall in assembly as a basket carrier, and at least one connector tab foldably connected to said center wall, said connector tab being located between the overlap of said first and second floor panels, a first surface of said connector tab being glued to one of said floor panels and a second surface of said connector tab being glued to the other of said floor panels, said center wall thereby being securely glued to said floor which enhances the vertical support for bottles positioned within said cells and also which aids in maintenance of squared corners for said carrier during use.