Quick-Assembling Bottle Carrier

A folding wine bottle carrier, comprising:

• a body blank and a lid blank;
• the body blank comprising a plurality of substantially rectangular body sides, the plurality of body sides being hinged along a plurality of body side fold tines;
• the body blank further comprising an auto-locking bottom comprising a plurality of bottom flaps, with each one of the plurality of bottom flaps corresponding to one of the plurality of body sides,
• wherein the body blank is capable of being folded into a substantially flat form, and is capable of being erected into a body form by applying a force to first and second opposing sides of the body blank;
• and
• wherein the body blank substantially maintains the assembled form when carrying a wine bottle;
• and returns to a substantially flat form if the wine bottle is removed;
• the lid blank comprising a plurality of substantially rectangular lid sides, each of the plurality of lid sides corresponding to the one of the plurality of body sides, each of the plurality of lid sides having a width wider than the corresponding body side wall and a height less than the height of the corresponding body side wall;
• the lid blank further comprising first and second side flaps hinged to first and second opposing lid sides along first and second lid flap fold lines, the lid blank further comprising a cover flap hinged to one of the plurality of lid sides and configured to substantially enclose the lid when folded inward;
• and
• wherein the lid blank is capable of being substantially flat, and is capable of being erected into a lid by applying a force to first and second edges attic lid blank to urge the lid sides to assume a final form, folding inward the plurality of opposing lid sides along a plurality of lid side wall fold lines, and substantially enclosing the lid by folding inward the lid cover flap along the first and second lid flap fold lines. The folding wine bottle carrier of claim 1, wherein the wine bottle carrier is assembled into a final form by sliding the lid over the body to create a substantially snug enclosure.