Patent ID: 6945390
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An article carrier for carrying one or more necked articles, comprising a plurality of panels for forming the article carrier including a pair of first and second laterally spaced top panels, first and second handle panels extending upwardly from the first and second top panels respectively to form a carrying handle and bridging means provided to span a space between respective inner edges of the first and second top panels, wherein each of the first and second top panels is formed with at least one aperture for receiving a neck portion of a necked article, wherein the bridging means extends between the inner edges of the first and second top panels to span said space, and wherein the first handle panel comprises a medial fold line to allow the carrying handle to be placed in a collapsed form, the medial fold line being disposed such that the inner edge of the first top panel is interposed between the medial fold line and the at least one aperture in the first top panel, wherein the medial fold line is spaced from the inner edge of the first top panel by a distance generally equal to a half of the distance between said inner edges so as to allow the carrying handle to be folded flat on part of the first top panel.