Patent ID: 7677387
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carrier for holding a plurality of containers, the carrier comprising: panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the panels comprise at least one bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, a handle panel, and at least two side panels; a divider flap foldably attached to the back panel and the front panel for positioning of the front panel and side panels relative to the back panel when the divider flap is folded out of a planar relationship with the back panel, the side panels, the back panel, the divider flap, and the front panel being arranged to at least partially define at least two container-receiving spaces of the interior; a retention panel pivotable relative to the back panel for retaining at least one container of the plurality of containers, the retention panel being foldably attached to the handle panel, the divider flap being positioned for contacting the retention panel so as to initiate upward folding of the retention panel as the divider panel is moved out of plane with the back panel; and a reinforcement panel foldably attached to the handle panel and providing a supplemental layer of material attached to the divider flap so that the divider flap includes the supplemental layer of material.