Patent ID: 7383949

Claim:
A carrier blank comprising a sheet of material shaped to form a linear array of parts, said parts comprising: (a) first and second vertical support panels, (b) a first group of foldably interconnected side wall panels foldably secured to said first vertical support panel along a vertical fold line to form a side wall structure for a first receptacle to be secured to said first vertical support panel, (c) a second group of foldably interconnected side wall panels foldably secured to said second vertical support panel along a vertical fold line to form a side wall structure for a second receptacle to be secured to said second vertical support panel, and (d) flanges extending from said side wall panels and said vertical support panels and being foldable together to form bottom wall structures for said receptacles, (e) said vertical panels being foldable along vertical fold lines to be secured together back-to-back in which each of said groups includes three side wall panels, in which each of said side wall panels and said vertical support panels has a top edge and a bottom edge, and a flange extending from each of said bottom edges, said flanges being adapted to fit together when folded to form said bottom wall structure for each of said receptacles, in which the flanges extending from one of said side walls and one of said vertical support panels in each of said receptacles extends across said bottom wall structure, and two others of said flanges in each of said receptacles is a corner flange foldable along a diagonal line.