Handle for carrier

In a carrier formed from a blank having a bottom, side walls, and a center partition, and having at least one hand aperture in said blank, the improvement of:

• at least one fold line in said carrier blank,
• said fold line permitting the folding of said carrier blank into major center panels, which center panels form said center partition for said carrier, said fold line further defining a ridge along the top of said center partition,
• a flap integral with said carrier blank and located within said hand aperture, said flap having a hinge line and a spaced parallel cut edge,
• a fold line on said flap spaced slightly from and parallel to said hinge line,
• said flap fold line permitting the folding of said flap to form a planar contact surface within the upper portion of said hand aperture in said carrier when said flap is folded inwardly and upwardly between said major center panels.

In a paperboard carrier having a two ply center partition in which said center plies are joined at the top along a crease,

• first and second flaps being cut from said center plies and hinged to respective plies along parallel hinge lines, said flaps forming an opening in said partition,
• said hinge lines being spaced down from the top of said center partition about 3/4 inch,
• said first flap being about 3/4 inch wide and folded upwardly between said plies and having a free edge in contact with the crease at the top of said center plies,
• said second flap being about one inch wide and having a fold line spaced about 1/4 inch from its hinge line and parallel to it to form a narrow strip,
• said second flap being folded upwardly into the space between said center plies and having a free edge in contact with the crease at the top of said partition,
• said narrow strip lying horizontally across the top of said opening to form a contact surface which is comfortable to fingers gripping the carrier.