Article carrier

Abstract

An article carrier is provided which is adapted to assume either a collapsed or set up mode. When in the set up mode, the carrier is adapted to accommodate a plurality of articles arranged in a pair of coextensive, substantially parallel rows. The set up carrier comprises a pair of upright end panels disposed at opposite ends of the article rows. Each end panel includes an upper section and a lower section which are interconnected by a horizontally extending foldline. The upper section of each end panel includes a substantially triangular center segment having an upwardly extending apex and a pair of substantially triangular shoulder segments foldably connected to the sides of the center segment defining the apex. A hand-gripping unit spans the distance between the end panels and is provided with a pair of depending panel sections having the upper peripheral portions thereof interconnected by a foldline which terminates at each end at the apex of the end panel center segment. The side peripheral portions of each panel section are foldably connected to a corresponding shoulder segment of an end panel. The hand-gripping unit is subtended by a base panel having a first pair of opposed peripheral portions foldably connected to lower peripheral portions of the end panels. Side panels are foldably connected to a second pair of opposed peripheral portions of the base panel and coact therewith and with the end panels to form an open top chamber. A partition member coacts with the depending panel sections of the hand-gripping unit to form the chamber into two compartments disposed on opposite sides of the depending panel sections and with each compartment having at least three article-accommodating cells.