Patent Publication Number: US-6341689-B1

Title: Basket carrier with partition panels attached to end flaps

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to bottle carriers with full protection for the bottles that have a partition panel attached to an end flap on one or both ends of the carrier. These carriers have been constructed so that they are easy to fold and glue on a straight-line gluer. All of the fold lines for folding outside panels of the carrier are parallel to the longitudinal line of the gluer. Most of these carriers have multi-ply handles that are not foldably attached to each other. The multi-ply handle panels can be temporarily attached to side walls or end flaps by nicks to hold the handle in proper position during the folding and gluing operation. 
     2. Background of the Invention 
     Right-angle gluers for the folding and gluing of basket carriers are timed and consequently make it relatively easy to fold and glue the carriers. Straight-line gluers are not so timed, thus it is more difficult to fold and glue a carrier on a straight-line gluer. It would be desirable to develop carriers that easily could be folded and glued on a straight-line gluer. It would be necessary to have the various flaps and panels that are folded and glued arranged so that they simply can be flipped over 180° and then glued to the appropriate panel or flap without undesirable bunching of the paperboard. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is an object of this invention to develop a series of carriers to provide full protection for bottles that can be folded and glued on straight-line gluers. This object has been obtained by the development of carriers that either have their partition panels attached to an end flap on one end of the carrier or attached to end flaps on both ends of the carriers. The folding and gluing of the outside panels of these carriers take place along fold lines that are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the gluer. The panels or tabs that are to be glued can simply be flipped 180° on a straight-line gluer and glued to the appropriate panel or flap without bunching of the paperboard. The multi-ply handle panels are easy to manipulate on a straight-line gluer in that they are either not foldably attached to each other or are attached by nicks only. The handle plies can be easily flipped into flat position without bunching of the paperboard. It is not necessary that this operation be timed as in the case of carries that are designed to be run on a right-angle gluer. Nicks between the handle panels and the side and end walls and end flaps can be provided to hold the handle panel in proper position during the gluing and folding operation. These nicks are then broken when the carrier is opened to receive bottles. 
     These and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading the following specification in conjunction with the accompanying drawing figures. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 is a plan view of the blank for forming an embodiment of the carrier of this invention. 
     FIG. 2 is a view of the blank of FIG. 1 in which the median panels have been folded onto the partition panel. 
     FIG. 3 is a view of the blank of FIG. 1 in which the partition panels have been folded and the glue tabs glued to the side walls. 
     FIG. 4 shows the pre-manufactured carrier in which the partition panels have been glued together. 
     FIG. 5 shows the carrier after it has been opened and is ready to receive bottles. 
     FIG. 6 is the plan view of the blank for forming an embodiment of the carrier of this invention. 
     FIG. 7 is the plan view of the blank for forming an embodiment of the carrier of this invention. 
     FIG. 8 is the plan view of the blank for forming an embodiment of the carrier of this invention. 
     FIG. 9 is the plan view of the blank for forming an embodiment of the carrier of this invention. 
     FIG. 10 is the plan view of the blank for forming an embodiment of the carrier of this invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The present invention are basket-style carriers primarily intended for carrying a plurality of bottles. These carriers can be formed from a single piece of foldable material, such as a blank cut out of paperboard. The layout of the blank is basically rectangular, which shape results in economizing the amount of paperboard used. These carriers preferably can be used for carrying from four to six or more bottles. 
     These carriers are designed to be glued on what is referred to as a straight-line gluer. Consequently, the partition panels forming the various cells of the carrier are attached to an end flap on one end of the carrier or end flaps on both ends. This facilitates the gluing on a straight-line gluer as the blank proceeds down through the gluing section with the transverse axis of the blank being parallel to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt conveying the blank through the gluing sections. In this way, as the blank is glued, various panels of the blank can be simply flipped 180° degrees around the fold line after glue has been applied so that the panels are adhered together. The fold lines are either parallel to or at a 90° angle to the line of travel down the gluing line of the blank. 
     These carriers have multi-ply handles that are either (i) not foldable attached to one another, or are (ii) attached by nicks only as this facilitates folding the carriers. The top of each handle ply ends in a single ply edge rather than a foldable ply when two plies of a handle are folded upon each other, which results in the bunching of paperboard on a straight-line gluer. Even when two plies of the handle are attached by nicks each ply ends in an edge rather than a fold line. 
     Several embodiments of this carrier are described infra. 
     Basket-Style Carrier with Partition Panels Attached to Each End of the Carrier 
     FIG. 1 is a plan view of a blank with partition panels attached to each end of the carrier. The blank is illustrated by the numeral  10 . The numeral  12  refers to a partition panel which is attached by fold line  14  to end flap  16 . Partition panel  12  is attached by fold line  18  to median panel  20 . Fold line  18  may be interspersed with cuts to facilitate folding. Median panel  20  is attached by fold line  22  to cell divider  24 A, which in turn is attached by fold line  26  to glue tab  28 A. Median panel  20  is attached by fold line  30  to cell divider panel  24 B, which in turn is attached by fold line  32  to glue tab  28 B. Median panel  20  may be attached by fold line  34  to stabilizing flap  36 . 
     End flap  16  is attached by fold line  38  to side wall  40 , which in turn is connected by fold line  42  to bottom flap  44 . Rectangular apertures  46  may by placed in bottom flap  44  adjacent to fold line  42  to receive a portion of the heel of the bottle which are placed in the carrier. Side wall  40  is attached by fold line  48 , to end flap  50 , which in turn is attached by fold line  52  to adjacent end flap  54 . End flap  54  is attached by fold line  56  to side wall  58 , which in turn is attached by fold line  60  to bottom flap  62 , which may also have apertures  46  to receive a portion of the heels of the bottles. Side wall  58  is attached by fold line  63  to end flap  65 , which in turn is attached by fold line  64  to partition panel  66 , which is attached by fold line  68  to median panel  70 , which is attached by fold line  72  to cell divider  74 A, which is in turn is attached by fold line  76  to glue tab  78 A. Median panel  70  is attached by fold line  80  to cell divider  74   b,  which is attached by fold line  82  to glue tab  78 B. Median panels  20  and  70  are separated from their respectively partition panels  12  and  66  by cut lines  120  and  122 , respectively. End flap  50  is attached at its top end by fold line  84  to handle panel  86 A, which in turn is attached by fold line  88 , which is attached to handle support panel  90 , which in turn is attached by fold line  92  to the upper end of end flap  65 . Handle panel  86 A is attached by nicks  94  to handle flap  96 A resulting in both handle panel  86 A and handle flap  96 A having an edge rather than a fold line adjacent nicks  94 . Handle panel  86 A has a hand aperture  98   a  for carrying. Handle panel  86 A is attached by fold line  100  to cushioning flap  102 A to cushion the hand while the carrier is being carried. Handle panels  86 A is suspended between end flaps  50  and  65 . Handle panel  86 A is separated from end flap  54  and side wall  58  by cut line  104 . A nick  106  (i.e., temporary bridge) may be utilized to hold the handle panel  86 A in proper alignment with side wall  58  during the folding and gluing operation. The temporary bridge  106  will be destroyed when the carrier has been opened and filled with bottles. This temporary bridge or nick also serves to hold the folded carrier blank flat during shipment from the manufacturing plant to the bottler where the carrier is opened. A corresponding handle panel  86 B is attached by fold line  108  to handle panel  86 A. Handle panel  86 B is attached by nicks  110  to handle flap  96 B. Handle flap  86 B has hand aperture  98 B. A cushioning flap  102 B is connected to handle panel  86 B by fold line  112 . Handle panel  86 B is attached by fold line  114  to handle support  116 , which in turn is attached by fold line  118  to end flap  16 . 
     This carrier is ideal for folding and gluing on a straight-line gluer in that all of the fold lines  14 ,  38 ,  48 ,  52 ,  56 ,  63 ,  64  for the outside panels are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the gluer and are parallel to each other to facilitate easy folding of the blank into a folded and glued carrier ready for shipment to a bottling plant for opening and filling with the bottles. 
     This carrier is manufactured by folding median panels  20  and  70  along fold lines  18  and  68 , as shown in FIG.  2 . Partition panels  12  and  66  are then folded along fold lines  38  and  63  respectively and glue tabs  28 A,  28 B and  78 A and  78 B glued to side walls  40  and  58  respectively to form the cells for containing the bottles as shown in FIG.  3 . As shown on FIG. 4, handle flaps  96 A and  96   b  can be folded and glued to handle panels  86 A and  86 B, respectively. The presence of nicks  94  and  110  between handle panels  86 A and  86 B and handle flaps  96 A and  96   b  respectively makes it easy to flip the handle flaps on the straight-line gluer. The cut lines between nicks  94  and  110  result in the paperboard handle having an edge along most of its length. The paperboard does not bunch between these nicks which would make gluing on a straight-line gluer difficult, if not impossible. The pre-manufactured carrier is then finished by flipping one half of the carrier longitudinally onto the other half and gluing partition panels  12  and  66  together as shown in FIG.  4 . Handle flaps  96 A and  96   b  are glued together to form a 3 ply handle. Stabilizing flap  36  may be folded around partition panel  12  to provided greater stability to the carrier. The carrier is then ready for shipment to the bottling plant where the carrier is opened on a carrier opening machine and bottom flaps  44  and  62  are glued together and the carrier is ready to be filled with bottles as shown in FIG.  5 . 
     This carrier is unique in that all of the fold lines for forming the outside panels of the carrier are parallel to the longitudinal line of the gluer. The partition panels  12  and  66  are attached to each end of the carrier. Nicks  104  and  106  hold the handle panels  86 A and  86   b  in place during folding and gluing. This carrier has been designed so that it can be formed on a straight-line gluer. 
     Another carrier which has partition panels attached to each end flap is illustrated in FIG.  6 . The numeral  111  illustrates a plan view of the blank of this carrier. A partition panel  112  is attached by fold line  114  to end flap  116 . Cell divider  118  is struck from partition panel  112  and is attached by fold line  120 . A glue flap  122  is attached to cell divider  118  by fold line  124 . Cell divider  126  is also struck from partition panel  112  and attached by fold line  128 . Glue flap  130  is attached to cell divider  126  by fold lines  132 . Bottom glue flap  134  is attached to partition panel  112  by fold line  136 . A hand aperture  140  is struck from the top portion of partition panel  112 . 
     Side wall  142  is attached to end flap  116  by fold line  144 . Side wall  142  is attached to glue panel  146  by fold line  148 . Apertures  150  may be formed within the glue panel to receive a portion of the heels of bottles. A handle panel  152  is attached by fold line  154  to partition panel  112 . Handle panel  152  may be attached to end flap  116  and side wall  142  by one or more nicks  156 . Handle panel  152  is not attached to partition panel  112   a  its top edge, but rather end at the top edge for ease of folding on a straight-line gluer. Handle panel  152  has a hand aperture  158  and cushioning flaps  160  attached to handle panels by fold lines  162 . End flap  164  is attached to side wall  142  by fold line  166  and in turn attached by line  168  to corresponding end flap  170 . End flap  170  is attached to side wall  172  by fold line  174 . The side wall is in turn attached to bottom glue flap  176  by fold line  178 . Bottom glue flap  176  also has apertures  180  for receiving a portion of the heels of bottles. Side wall  172  is attached to end flap  182  by fold line  184 . End flap  182  is attached to partition panel  186  by fold line  188 . Cell divider  190  is struck from partition panel  186  and attached by fold lines  192  to the partition panel  186 . A glue tab  194  is attached to cell divider  190  by fold line  196 . Cell divider  198  is struck from partition panel  186  and attached thereto by fold line  200 . Glue tab  202  is attached to cell divider  198  by fold lines  204 . Hand aperture  206  is struck from the top portion of partition panel  186 . Handle panel  208  is attached to partition panel  186  by fold line  210 . Handle panel is identical to handle panel  152  in that it ends at its top edge. Hand aperture  212  is struck from handle panel  208 . Cushioning flap  214  is attached to handle panel by fold line  216 . Handle panel  208  is attached to end flap  182  and side wall  172  by one or more nicks  222 . Bottom glue flap  218  is attached to partition panel  186  by fold line  220 . 
     This carrier and the other carriers of this invention are glued on a straight-line gluer in a similar fashion. Consequently, figures showing the stages of manufacture of this and the following carriers are omitted. Reference can be made to FIGS. 2-5 as an aid in visualizing the manufacturing and opening of each carrier. 
     This carrier is glued on a straight-line gluer by folding partition flaps  112  and gluing glue tabs  122  and  130  to side wall  142 . All of the folding is around fold lines parallel to the longitudinal direction of the straight-line gluer. Similarly, partition panel  186  is folded, and glue tabs  194  and  202  are glued to side wall  172 . The entire carrier is folded along fold lines  174  and  166  inwardly in the middle along fold line  168  with the backside of partition panel  112  glued to the backside of partition panel  186  to complete the manufacturing of the carton on the gluer. In the process, fold lines  166 ,  168  and  174  are folded so that end flaps  164  and  170  rest upon each other. This carrier forms a 4 ply handle. 
     This carrier can be filled with bottles by lowering the carton over six bottles and folding and gluing bottom glue flap  134  to glue panel  146 . Bottom glue flap  176  is glued to bottom glue flap  218 . It will be understood that the fold lines in this carton may be interspersed with cuts to facilitate folding. 
     This carrier is unique in that the partition panels  112 ,  186  are foldably attached to the end flaps  116 ,  182  at the ends of the carrier. Nicks  156  and  222  hold handle panels  152  and  208  in position during the gluing operation. This carrier has been designed so that it can be glued on a straight-line gluer. All of the folds that are necessary to be made to form and glue this carrier are made along the longitudinal line of the straight-line gluer. 
     Another carrier that has partition panels attached to each end flap, but with somewhat different type of partition panels is illustrated in FIG.  7 . The blank is illustrated by the numeral  510 . Glue flap  512  is attached to cell divider  514  by fold line  516 , which in turn is attached to partition panel  518  by fold line  520 . Partition panel  518  is attached to end panel  522  by fold line  524 , which in turn is connected to side wall  526  by fold line  528 , which in turn is connected to bottom panel  530  by fold line  532 . Side wall  526  is attached to end panel  534  by fold line  536 , and in turn attached to end panel  538  by fold line  540 . End panel  538  is attached to side wall  542  by fold line  544 . Side wall  542  is attached to bottom panel  546  by fold line  548 . Side wall  542  is attached to end panel  550  by fold line  552 . End panel  550  is attached to partition panel  554  by fold line  556 . Partition panel  554  is attached to cell divider  558  by fold line  560 , and in turn is attached to glue tab  562  by fold line  564 . Partition panel  554  is attached to glue flap  566  by fold line  568 . Partition panel  564  is attached to median panel  570  by fold line  572 . Median panel  570  is attached to cell dividers  574  and  576  by fold line  578  and  580 , respectively. Cell dividers  574  and  576  are attached to glue tabs  582  and  584  by fold lines  586  and  588 , respectively. Handle panels  590  and  592  are attached together by fold line  594 , and in turn are attached to handle support panels  596  and  598 , respectively, which in turn are attached to end panels  550  and  522  by fold lines  552  and  528 . Handle panel  590  is attached by fold line  600  to handle flap  602 , and handle panel  592  is attached by fold line  604  to handle flap  606 . Nicks  608  may be provided to attach to handle panels  590  and  592  to the adjoining side walls  542 ,  526 , and end panels  534 ,  538 . The handle panels  590  and  592 , and handle flaps  602  and  606  are not attached to each other at their top ends, which facilitates folding the carrier on a straight-line gluer. 
     This carrier is manufactured by first folding median panel  570  along fold line  572 . Handle flap  602  can be folded along fold line  600  and glued to handle panel  590 . End panel  522  is folded along fold line  528 , and partition panel  518  is folded along fold line  524 , and cell divider  514  is folded along fold line  520 , and glue flap  512  is folded along fold line  516 , and glue flap  512  is glued to side wall  526  to form an end cell for containing a bottle. Handle flap  606  is folded along fold line  604  and glued to handle panel  592 . End panel  550 , and partition panel  554  are folded along fold line  552 , and cell dividers  574  and  576  are folded along fold lines  578  and  580 , respectively. Glue flaps  582  and  584  are folded along fold lines  586  and  588  and glued to side wall  542 . The carrier is then folded in half along fold line  540  and cell divider  558  is folded along fold line  560 , and glue tab  562  is folded along fold line  564  and glued to side wall  526  to finish the manufacture of the folded carrier. The carrier is loaded with bottles in the bottling plant in basically the same manner as the other carriers as described supra. 
     This carrier is unique in that it has a partition panel attached to one end of the carrier and another type of partition panel attached to the other end of the carrier. The handle panels are held in place by nicks  608  during folding and gluing. With all of the fold lines being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the gluer, the carrier is easy to fold and glue on a straight-line gluer. 
     Folding Carrier with All Partition Panels Attached to One End of the Carrier 
     Another type of carrier has been developed that can be folded and glued on a straight-line gluer, is one where all of the partition panels are attached to one end of the carrier. One example of such carrier is illustrated in FIG. 8. A plan view of the blank is illustrated by the numeral  220 . The partition panel is illustrated by  222 , which is attached to bottom glue panel  224  by fold line  226 . Cell divider  228  is attached to partition panel  222  by fold lines  230 . Glue tab  232  is attached by fold line  234  to cell divider  228 . Cell divider  236  is struck from partition panel  222  and attached thereto by fold line  238 . Glue tab  240  is attached to cell divider  236  by fold lines  242 . A hand aperture  244  is struck from the top end of partition panel  222 . Partition panel  222  is attached to a second partition panel  246  by fold line  248 . Partition panel  246  is attached to bottom glue flap  250  by fold line  252 . Cell divider  254  is struck from partition panel  246  and attached thereto by fold lines  256 . Glue tab  258  is attached to cell divider  254  by fold line  260 . Cell divider  262  is struck from partition panel  246  and attached thereto by fold lines  264 . Glue tab  266  is attached by fold lines  268  to cell divider  262 . Hand aperture  270  is struck from the top portion of partition panel  246 . Partition panels  222  and  246  are not attached to each other at their tops which facilitates folding on a straight-line gluer. Partition panel  246  is attached to end flap  272  by fold line  274 . End flap  272  is attached side wall  276  by fold line  278 . Side wall  276  is attached to glue flap  280 , which forms part of the bottom of the carrier, by fold line  282 . Heel apertures  284  are provided in glue flap  280  to receive a portion of the heels of the bottles. 
     Side wall  276  is attached to end flap  286  by fold line  288 , and in turn is attached to end flap  290  by fold line  292 , which in turn is attached to side wall  294  by fold line  296 . Side wall  294  is attached to glue flap  298 , which also serves as a portion of the bottom of the carrier, by fold line  300 . Side wall  294  is attached to end flap  302  by fold line  304 . Handle panels  306  and  308  are attached to each other by fold line  292 . Both of these handle panels  306  and  308  have hand apertures  310  and cushioning flaps  312 . Handle panels  306  and  308  are not attached to each other at their top but rather end in an edge of the paperboard. Handle panels  306  and  308  are respectively attached to handle support panel  314  and  316  by fold lines  318  and  320 , respectively. Handle support panel  314  is attached to end flap  302  by fold line  304  and handle support panel  316  is attached to end flap  272  by fold line  278 . Glue flap  303  is attached by fold line  305  to end flap  302 . Handle panels  306  and  308  are attached to side walls  294  and  276 , respectively by nicks  319 . 
     This carrier can easily be folded and glued by folding the carrier at fold line  248 . Partition panel  222  can be attached to partition panel  246  by glue in selected areas. The carrier is then folded at fold line  278 . Glue tabs  232  and  240  are glued to side wall  276 . The carrier is then folded at fold line  292  and glue flap  303  is glued to end flap  272 . Glue tabs  258  and  266  are glued to side wall  294  completing the manufacture of the folded carrier. 
     In the bottling plant, the folded carrier is opened and placed over a grouping of bottles and bottom glue flaps  224 ,  250 ,  280  and  298  are glued to form the bottom of the carrier. 
     This carrier is unique in that the two partition panels  222  and  246  are attached to each other, and in turn are attached to end flap  272 . This facilitates the folding and gluing of these carriers on a straight-line gluer. Handle flaps  306  and  308  are held in proper position during the gluing and transportation to the bottle plant by nicks  319 . 
     Another type of carrier is illustrated by FIG. 9 in which the partition panels are attached to each other at the bottom edges, and one of the panels is attached at one side edge to an end flap. The blank is illustrated by the numeral  320 . Partition panel  322  is attached to partition panel  324  by fold line  326  at the respective bottom edge of each partition panel. Cell dividers  328 A-D are struck from partition panels  322  and  324 . Each is attached to a glue tab  330 A-D. Stabilizing panel  332  is attached to partition panel  322  by fold line  334 . Partition panel  324  is attached at one of its side edges to end flap  336  by fold line  338 . End flap  336  is attached to side wall  340  by fold line  342 , which in turn is attached to bottom panel  344  by fold line  346 . Side wall  340  is connected to end flap  348  at fold line  350  and in turn is connected to end flap  352  by fold line  354 . End flap  352  is connected to side wall  356  by fold line  358 . Side wall  356  is connected to glue flap  360  by fold line  362 . Side wall  356  is connected to end flap  364  by fold line  366 , which in turn is connected to glue flaps  368  by fold lines  370 . Handle panels  372  and  374  are attached together by fold line  354  and they are attached to side walls  340  and  356  via handle support panels  376  and  378 . Nicks  380  serve to hold handle panels  372  and  374  in proper position during the folding and gluing operations. Handle panels  372  and  374  are not attached to each other at their top edges which facilitates folding this carrier on a straight-line gluer. 
     In the folding and gluing of this carton into a folded blank, partition panel  322  is folded over and glued to partition panel  324 . The carrier is then folded about fold line  342 , and glue tabs  330   a  and  330   b  are glued to side wall  340 . The carrier is then folded about fold line  354 , and glue tabs  330   c  and  330   d  are glued to side wall  356 . End flap  364  is then folded, and glue tab  368  is glued to partition panel  324 . 
     This carrier is opened and placed over the bottles, and glue flap  360  is glued to bottom panel  344 . The nicks  380  are then broken at the time the handle panels  372  and  374  are brought into the carrying position. The steps in folding and gluing this carrier on a straight-line gluer can be easily accomplished. This carrier also has a strong bottom in that bottom panel  344  extends in a single piece across the bottom of the carrier. 
     This carrier is unique in that both partition panels are attached at one end of the carrier. The handle panels are held in position during folding and gluing by nicks between the handle panels and the side walls. These features facilitate gluing the carrier on a straight-line gluer. 
     A carrier in which a partition panel is attached at its side to the side of a partition panel, which in turn is attached to an end flap is illustrated in FIG.  10 . The blank is illustrated by the numeral  410 . A partition panel is illustrated by the numeral  422 , which is attached to a glue flap  424  by fold line  426 . Cell dividers  428 A and  428 B are foldably attached and struck from partition panel  422  and separated therefrom by fold line  430 . Cell dividers  428 A and  428 B have glue tabs  432 A and  432 B, respectively. Partition panel  422  is attached to partition panel  434  by fold line  436 . Cell dividers  438  and  440  are struck from partition panel  434 . Cell divider  440  is foldably attached to partition panel  434  via support panel  442 . Cell dividers  438  and  440  have glue tabs  444  and  446 . Partition panel  434  is foldably attached to end flap  448  by fold line  450 . End flap  448  is foldably attached to side panels  452  by fold line  454 . Side panel  452  is foldably attached to bottom panel  456  by fold line  458 . Side panel  452  is foldably attached to end flap  460  by fold line  462 , and in turn attached to end flap  464  by fold line  466 . End flap  464  is foldably attached to side wall  468  by fold line  470 . Side wall  468  is attached to bottom panel  472  by fold line  474 . Side wall  468  is foldably attached to end flap  476  by fold line  478 . 
     This carrier has a 2½ ply handle composed of a cantilevered handle flap  480 , which is foldably attached to handle panel  482 , which in turn is foldably attached to handle panel  484 , which are attached via support panel  486  and  488  to side walls  452  and  468 , respectively. None of the handle panels or flaps are attached to each other at their top ends which permits this carrier to be folded on a straight-line gluer. 
     This carrier lends itself to being folded and glued on a straight-line gluer in that the first step is folding divider cells  428 A and  428 B along fold line  430 . Divider cell  440  is folded along fold line  435  into proper position. The cantilevered handle flap  480  is folded onto handle panel  482  in the third step. Partition panel  422  is folded along fold line  436 , and in turn is folded along fold line  454  onto side wall  452  and  470  and glue tabs  432 A,  432 B,  444  and  446  glued thereto. The carrier is folded along fold line  466  and end flap  476  glued to end flap  448 . This carrier is opened and lowered over bottles in much the same manner as the carrier previously described. 
     Because partition panels  422  and  434  are attached to end flap  448 , this carrier is easy to glue on a straight-line gluer. 
     While the invention has been disclosed in its preferred forms, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many modifications, additions, and deletions can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and its equivalents as set forth in the following claims.