Patent ID: 7455175

Claim:
A blank for forming a foldable carrier, said blank comprising (a) a pair of support panels each having opposed side edges extending in a first direction, and first and second opposed transverse end edges extending in a second direction transverse to said first direction, said support panels being arranged with said side edges aligned with one another, and the first of said transverse end edges of each panel adjacent and parallel to the first of said transverse end edges of the other of said support panels, (b) a pair of side-wall structures for forming two receptacles, each secured to one of said support panels, (c) each of said side-wall structures comprising a plurality of side-wall panels joined together in series with one of said support panels along fold lines, (d) each of said side-wall panels and said support panels having a bottom flange extending outwardly from one edge, said flanges forming two linear groups of four bottom flanges extending outwardly from opposite sides of said blank, (e) at least two of said flanges in each of said groups having an attachment corner with a diagonal fold line, whereby said corner can be attached to an adjacent one of said flanges to form an automatically-opening bottom structure of one of said receptacles, (f) each of said support panels having at least one divider cut-out therefrom and forming a hole in said support panel, and (g) at least one end panel extending outwardly from one end of at least one of said linear groups, said one end panel having a size and shape to substantially cover said hole in said support panel when said one end panel is bent over one edge of said one linear group and secured to one surface of said support panel.