Basket carrier including open-top basket and lid

摘要

A basket carrier is disclosed. The carrier includes an open-top basket and a lid for the basket. The basket includes a vertically-extending handle, a pair of side walls foldably connected to the handle by a plurality of divider walls, a pair of end walls foldably connected to the side walls and the handle, and a bottom wall formed by bottom flaps foldably connected to the side walls. The side walls, end walls, divider walls and handle together define a plurality of compartments for holding containers, such as bottles or cans. The handle may include a plurality of handle flaps that are partially separable from the handle to provide comfortable gripping surfaces for a user's hand. The lid includes a top panel for covering a top area of the basket, side panels for covering the side walls of the basket, and adhesive flaps detachably connected to the side panels for attaching the lid to the basket. A handle opening is provided in the top panel, laterally offset from the handle, to provide access to the handle of the basket. Blanks for forming the lid basket and lid are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A basket carrier for carrying containers, the basket carrier comprising:
a basket comprising
a first basket side wall,a second basket side wall extending parallel to the first basket side wall,a first basket end wall extending orthogonally between the first and second basket side walls,a second basket end wall extending between the first and second basket side walls parallel to the first basket end wall;a bottom wall extending between the first and second basket side walls and the first and second basket end walls;a handle extending parallel to the first and second basket side walls between the first and second basket end walls, the handle including at least one grip opening for gripping the handle, andcontainer compartments for holding containers; a lid connected to and covering the basket, the lid comprising
a horizontally extending lid top wall positioned over the handle;a handle opening disposed in the lid top wall to allow a hand to access the handle;a downwardly extending first lid side wall foldably connected to a first lateral side of the lid top wall and positioned over the first basket side wall; anda downwardly extending second lid side wall foldably connected to a second lateral side of the lid top panel wall and positioned over the second basket side wall.