Patent ID: 7128206
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A beverage bottle carrier comprising an outer ply, a partition assembly, and a box; said outer ply formed from a separate blank; said box formed from a separate blank having two sidewalls, two endwalls, and a bottom; said bottom being made of two side flaps and two end flaps depending from said sidewalls and said endwalls respectively, said side flaps and said end flaps being secured to each other, and said side flaps being sized to meet at a joint beneath said carrier; and, said partition assembly formed from a separate blank and defining a longitudinal divider having a length substantially equal to the distance between said endwalls and at least one cross-partition having a length substantially equal to the distance between said sidewalls, said partition assembly including: a first body section, a second body section, a first handle section and a second handle section; said first and said second body sections being hingedly connected at a fold line between said first handle section and said second handle section, upon folding said first handle section upon said second handle section, said first and said second body sections define the longitudinal divider; said first and second body sections each including at least one fold-out section to define the at least one cross-partition; wherein said outer ply folds over said first handle section and said second handle section, said partition assembly fits within said box to divide said box into a plurality of bottle receiving cells and said partition assembly secures to said box, and said box encloses the bottom of said beverage bottle carrier.