Patent ID: 6899221

Claim:
A bottle carrier made of a foldable flat material, particularly cardboard, comprising: a top wall ( 4 ), a bottom wall ( 2 ), side walls ( 3 , 5 , 7 , 8 ) interconnecting the top wall ( 4 ) and bottom wall ( 2 ) at the sides, and a handle portion ( 14 ) extending across the top wall ( 4 ) and into two opposed side walls ( 7 , 8 ) which is defined by weakening lines in the top wall ( 4 ) and the side walls ( 7 , 8 ), has a strip-shaped central portion ( 15 ) in the top wall ( 4 ) and two fork-shaped end portions ( 16 ′, 16 ″) each of which extends into an adjoining side wall ( 7 , 8 ) from the top wall and is joined to the side wall ( 7 , 8 ) at the outer ends; wherein the ton wall ( 4 ) has disposed thereunder a further top wall ( 6 ) which has a strip-shaped central portion ( 21 ) defined by weakening lines which is disposed below the strip-shaped central portion ( 15 ) of the top wall ( 4 ) so that the strip-shaped central portion ( 15 ) and the further strip-shaped central portion ( 21 ) are adapted to be raised together wherein handle apertures ( 19 , 22 ) to insert a hand are located on either side of the strip-shaped central portion ( 15 ) and/or the further strip-shaped central portion ( 21 ); wherein the further top wall ( 6 ), at opposed sides, has hinged thereto side flaps ( 13 ′, 13 ″) which are disposed at the insides of the side walls ( 7 , 8 ) to which the fork-shaped end portions ( 16 ′, 16 ″) are joined at their end sides; wherein the further strip-shaped central portion ( 21 ) has two further fork-shaped end portions ( 38 ′, 38 ″) each of which extends into the adjoining side flap ( 13 ′, 13 ″) from the further top wall ( 6 ) and is joined to the side flap ( 13 ′, 13 ″) at the outer ends; wherein top wall ( 4 ) and further top wall ( 6 ) are nearly congruent and the entire top wall ( 4 , 6 ) consists of not more than two superimposed cardboard layers, and wherein the entire handle portion ( 14 ) and central portion ( 21 ) and form-shaped end portions ( 38 ′, 38 ″) do not comprise more than two superimposed carton layers.