Patent ID: 7604115
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carrier comprising: a central support structure having two central support panels and a handle structure; each of said central support panels having upper and lower portions, said handle structure being located in said upper portion of said central support panels; a pair of foldable side wall structures each extending outwardly from said lower portion of said central support structure when unfolded to form a side wall for a retainer structure; each of said side wall structures comprising three side wall panels attached together and to said support structure along vertical fold lines, and a fourth side wall panel comprising said lower portion of said central support structure, each of said side wall panels having an upper edge and a lower edge, and a foldable flange extending downwardly from said lower edge of each of said side wall panels, said flanges being secured together and foldable so as to unfold automatically when said carrier is unfolded and to at least partially overlap one another to form a bottom structure for each of said retainer structures, and further central support panels, each overlying and secured to said upper portion of one of said central support panels, in which said flanges include a wide flange extending from said central support panel completely across the bottom of each retainer structure when unfolded to engage the opposite side wall.