摘要 |
<p>An article carrier formed from a unitary blank comprises spaced side walls (1, 12) and end walls (4, 13:6, 14) foldably joined along adjacent edges, medial partition structure (8, 17, 38:9, 19, 40) joined to the end walls and extending medially inward of the carrier, handle structure (27, 28, 29, 30) secured to the medial partition structure, a bottom panel (21) secured to the lower edge of each side wall, an auxiliary bottom panel (24) foldably joined to an end edge of the bottom panel and disposed on top thereof, and the auxiliary bottom panel being wider than the bottom panel. The auxiliary bottom panel improves the load bearing characteristics of the carrier and is arranged so that successive carrier blanks can be struck from sheet material with minimal wastage of the sheet.</p> |