Bottle carrier having improved gripping means

A top-gripping bottle carrier for engaging and supporting a bottle at a bottle neck thereof, comprising:

• a base wall and a pair of inwardly sloping side walls upstanding respectively from opposite side edges of said base wall to form a triangular tubular structure, said sloping side walls being foldably joined at upper edges thereof together along a ridge extending parallel to a tube axis of said tubular structure, said side walls having a first aperture for receiving a neck flange at said neck of a bottle, said base wall having a second disposed in vertical alignment with said first aperture to receive a lower neck portion of said bottle;
• first neck-gripping means for gripping said bottle neck at under said neck flange thereof, said first gripping means comprising a pair of engaging edges defining in said side walls said first aperture, said engaging edges being provided respectively by said side walls, being opposed transversely of said tube axis and extending substantially parallel to said tube axis;
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• means for pivoting said side walls toward each other about said ridge in response to introduction of said bottle into said second aperture so that said engaging edges are forced toward each other to be tightened on said bottle neck.