Article carrier and blank therefor

Abstract

An article carrier and a blank for forming an article carrier of the basket type comprising in sequence a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, a second side panel and a third end panel foldably connected together one to next. A base panel is hinged to respective one of the side panels and a handle structure comprising first and second handle panels is foldably connected to the second end panel. The first handle panel is foldably connected to the first end panel and the second hand panel is foldably connected to the third end panel. The first and second handle panels are adjacent to the first and second side panels respectively and are separated therefrom. The first and second handle panels are so constructed and arranged to be placed in face contacting relationship to form a two ply handle when the carrier is set up. There further comprises a blank for forming an internal partition structure which blank comprises a medial panel adapted to be connected to the handle structure and to at least one of the end panels and a plurality of transverse partition panels struck from the medial panel to create a plurality of article receiving cells on one side of the handle panel when the carrier is formed from the blank.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.