Patent ID: 7134547

Claim:
An article carrier of the basket type adapted to accommodate a plurality of articles, comprising a base, opposed side walls and opposed end walls, a handle structure and a medial partition structure extending between said end walls and disposed at least in part below said handle structure, said articles being receivable on both sides of said medial partition structure, wherein a securing flap is hinged to said medial partition structure and is secured to one of said end walls to create a joint between said medial partition structure and said one end wall, wherein said medial partition structure comprises first and second medial panels hinged together along a first fold line, said first and second medial panels are disposed in face to face relationship with each other, and wherein the first fold line is disposed inwardly of the carrier from said one end wall relative to a second fold line by which said securing flap is hinged to one of said first and second medial panels.