Patent ID: 7455174

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) the length of each of said side-wall panels in said first direction on said blank is substantially less than the length of said support panels in said first direction and said linear groups are spaced from one another, and including a pair of reinforcement panels formed in the space between said two linear groups of sidewall panels, each of said reinforcement panels being connected at one side edge to one of said side edges of one of said support panels along a fold line, whereby each of said reinforcement panels can be folded over and secured to one of said support panels.