Patent ID: 6938756

Claim:
A glued three piece folding basket carrier for carrying six bottles comprising: a. a basket structure with a bottom panel with side panels and end panels with a divider flap foldably attached to each end panel, and a four-ply handle, all constructed from a single piece of paperboard; and b. said carrier basket having two partitions for dividing the carrier into six cells for carrying bottles, each partition being a separate piece cut from a different material than is used to construct the basket structure (a), each partition having two ends with a partition panel on each end which is glued to an adjacent side panel, with a divider panel located between the partition panels and which is glued to an adjacent side panel, with a divider panel located between the partition panels and which is glued to an adjacent handle ply, the divider panel having two divider panel extensions cut from the partition panels, each of which is glued to an adjacent divider flap, said partition panels being perpendicular to the divider panel and forming three cells for carrying bottles, wherein each partition has two alignment apertures in each partition for correctly aligning the partitions in the basket structure, including a one of said apertures being located in each divider panel extension.