Patent ID: 6247585
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A carrier for a plurality of articles arranged in at least two rows, comprising:substantially parallel first and second side walls;substantially parallel first and second end walls interconnecting said side walls;a medial partitioning structure extending between and connected to said first and second end walls, said medial partitioning structure being disposed between and substantially parallel to said first and second side walls, said medial partitioning structure comprising first and second longitudinal partition panels disposed at least in part in face-to-face contacting relationship; andfirst and second transverse partition panels formed from said first and second longitudinal partition panels respectively, said first transverse partition panel being foldably connected to said first longitudinal partition panel and extending to said first side wall, said second transverse partition panel being foldably connected to said second longitudinal partition panel and extending to said second side wall, said first and second transverse partition panels defining an opening in said medial partitioning structure,wherein said medial partitioning structure further comprises first and second partitioning tabs formed respectively from said first and second transverse partition panels, said tabs being disposed in overlapping relationship and lying in a plane of said medial partitioning structure, said tabs extending in a generally identical direction into said opening and terminating in respective free end edges thereof, said free end edges of said tabs being disposed transversely of each other so that at least some portion of said first tab and at least some portion of said second tab occupy different areas of said opening respectively.