US2402219A

US2402219A - Bottle carrier

Info

Publication number: US2402219A
Application number: US587457A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wesselman Albert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-12-30
Filing date: 1945-04-10
Publication date: 1946-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 1963-06-18

Description

June 18, 19,46. A. WESSELMAN 2,402,219

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed April 10, 1945 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 Heal L INVENTOR. ALBERT WESSELMAN ATTORN s June 18, 1946. A. WESSELMAN BOTTLE CARRIER Filed April 10, 1945 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR. ALBERT WESSELMAN ATTOR June 18, 1946. I wEssELMAN 2 1E219 BOTTLE CARRIER Filed April 10, 1945 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.

-|39 AL BERT WESSELMAN BY n E:t"' 17% V 2o n I ATT N S Patented June 18, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOTTLE CARRIER Albert Wesselman, Cincinnati, Ohio I Original application December 30, 1942, Serial No. 470,614. Divided and this application April 10, 1945, Serial No. 587,457

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No. 470,614, filed December 30, 1942, for a Bottle carrier.

This invention relates to composite packages of merchandise wherein the merchandise or vendible commodity or product iscontained in 5 Claims. (Cl. 224-45) several separate or independent primary recepmary holders and secondary containers are utilized to the fullest and best advantage, to attain various desirable objectives that will be subsequently explained herein.

This invention relates to secondary containers, as previously explained, and which are of the category of devices of the general characterv shown in my Patents No, 2,171,615 and No. 2,276,129, and my copending patent applications Serial No. 193,723, filed March 3, 1938; Serial No. 200,952, filed April 8, 1938; and Serial No. 210,212, filed May 26, 1938, and this application is a continuation in part of some of said applications and patents.

An object of the invention is to provide a carrier of the type previously referred ,to herein as a secondary container, that may be economically fabricated, stored and shipped, and for the use of which a minimum of time and labor is required for filling and for placing the container in position or condition for filling same with primary receptacles, for example, bottles.

Another object is to provide a carrier of the class described, wherein the several primary receptacles or bottles are spaced or separated, one from the other, whereby to avoid abraiding. and

chipping thereof, while in the carrier.

vent the bottles from falling out of or through the otherwise open ends of the carrier.

Another object of the invention is to provide a factory completed or assembled carrier of the iii! class described, which 2 may be collapsed in a fiat form, in which such carriers can be stored and shipped and during which operations a minimum of space is required for such carriers.

Another object is to provide a device of the class described, wherein there is required a, minimum of labor in manufacture and in initial use thereof.

Another object is to provide a relative strong and sturdy carrier, the structural parts of which are so related, that those parts will support and reinforce one another, to the end that relatively cheap sheet material, such as various types or kinds of cardboard, may be satisfactorily employed in the production of carriers.

Another object is to so relate various structural parts of the carrier, that such parts and the bottles when assembled therein, cooperate with each other for firmly gripping and holding the bottles against chattering and at the same time, sustain such parts of the sheet material that were weakened incident to the provision or creation of bottle receiving, spacing and holding features of the carrier.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. Us a perspective view of a fully distended set up carrier embodying a modification of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank used for producing a device as shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line '|--I of Fig. 5.

Figs. 8, 9 and 10 show variant forms of construction that may be provided at the apex of the carrier, whereby to provide variable ply handle members making possible conservation of sheet material, extra strength in the handle element and other variations that may be indicated by reason of the nature orinherent properties of the sheet material, the weight of the articles to be loaded in the carrier, the resistance to lateral or end pressure or strain that may be imposed on the carrier, etc.

In connection with the various features of the invention, it is to be understood that in so far as .any one or more of the features may be illustrated and explained in any one of the forms of the invention, same is to be understood as being also applicable to other forms thereof. For example, in Fig. 1, it will be observed that the finished carrier is formed of a single, elongated piece of sheet material having various parts thereof scored, folded and bent in various fashions. A separate ply of sheet material may be used to provide a medial partition member extending transversely of the device. In that regard it is to be understood also, that the use of a single or plural number of plies of sheet material pro- J'ecting upwardly and forming the handle member is contemplated and that use of such variant forms is dependent upon the strength and rigidity that are to be incorporated in various commercial embodiments of the invention.

In those instances where less than three plies of sheet material are to be embodied in the handle portion of the device, various of the plies may be attachedtogether, in the proximity of the apex of the carrier in substantial conformity with Fig. 1, or if desired, resort may be made to various other forms of attachment of the various parts at and adjacent to the apex, a few variant forms of which are shown in Figs. 5, 8 and 10, or the structure may conform with the disclosures in my previously referred to patents and patent applications. Also, it is to be understood that all or some of the material displaced for providing the various bottle receiving and hand hold openings may-in some instances be completely eliminated or detached from the carrier whereas in other instances only portions'thereof may be eliminated. For example, as shown in "Fig. 3, some material has been retained and some has been eliminated.

In other forms all such displaced material may be retained and put to various uses. It is also to be understood that various connections at the apex of the carrier may be resorted to whereby to permit utilization of detachable wire handles and the like, in substantial conformity with disclosures in various of my previously referred to patentapplications.

thereof have been connected together whereby to produce a completed bottle carrier as'disclosed.

' The blank of sheet material as illustrated in Fig". 3 is identified by the reference character II. The elongated blank isscored and cut at various places as indicated, whereby to set off a central partition l2, 2, handle panel [3, a cover or top panel M, a side wall or'panel I5, a pair of bottom -"sections or panels I 6 and H, a second side panel l8, a second cover or top panel-Hand an attachmerit flap 20. The identical parts are similarly indicated in Fig. 1. v Q

By reference to Fig. 1, it will be observed that a portion of the partition panel I2 projects through and above the apex 2| of the carrier. Near the lower end of the partition l2 there are provided a, pair of apertures or openings 22'and 23. These openings, 22 and 23, are provided at such positions and are of such size that there may be connected through them, end strap members such as 24 and 25 and which end strap members are formedfrom opposed portions of the side walls or panels l5 and I8. A pairof such end straps is provided at each of the transverse ends of the carrier, from opposed side walls of the carrier, whereby to provide means at each of the open ends of the carrier for preventing bottles or other similar articles from slipping laterally through and from the carrier. The end strap members constituting the cooperating pair thereof and disposed at the far end of the disclosure in Fig. 1, are indicated at 26 and 21 of Fig. 3. A suitable attachment means, for example a fiat wire staple, such as is indicated at 28, may be employed for joining the detached or severed ends of the

straps

24 and 25 and the free or detached ends of

straps

26 and 21.

Reverting to the partition section l2, the upper portion thereof may be provided with a suitable hand hold opening 29 by severing a portion of the material originally disposed within that hand hold area, from adjoining material along the line 30. The material 29 normally disposed within the indicated hand hold area may remain attached to the partition member along, a scored line 3 I. This arrangement conforms substantially with disclosures in prior patents and the elimination or the retaining of such hand holdfiap material 29 is optional. There are certain manufacturing reasons because of which it is preferable to permitthe fiap 29 to remain attached to the adjoining material. Also, by permitting the flap to remain so attached, the flap may be turned along the score line 3| whereby to transversely enlarge the hand contact area indicated at 32 so as to make same more comfortable as a handle for carrying the article. In Fig. 1, the said flap is illustrated as being turned to the right so as to extend upwardly immediately adjacent the contiguous portion of the partition member l2. If desired, the flap 29 may be turned in the opposite direction whereby to project at the left hand side of the hand hold opening 32 and whereby to extend over the raw edge formed at 33 incident to providing a similar hand hold opening in the handle panel l3, and from which the material indicated at 34 may be displaced. The material indicated at 34 may be either wholly detached or it may likewise be permitted to have attachment along a scored line similar to the scored line 3] The partition panel I2 is integral with but is set off from the handle panel I3 by means of a weakened or scored transverse line indicated at 35. Such lines indicated as 35 throughout the various drawings indicate scored lines as distingui'shed from out lines, a specimen of the latter being indicated at 30.

The handle panel I3 is connected with the top or cover panel l4 along a transverse score line 36. The material originally within the limits of the top panel M has been out along the

lines

31 and 38 and has been scored along the

lines

39, 40 and 4|. The material that was disposed between the out line 38 and the portion of the line 31 disposed between said out line 38 and the score line 36, has been eliminated or removed in order to permit the remainder of the material formed within the limits of said line 3'! to be turned inwardly and downwardly along the scored line ll whereby to provide partition members disposed substantially parallel with one another and intermediate the partition member I2 and the side walls l5and I8, as illustrated in Fig. 1. It will be observed that this flap material 42 that has just been referred to, comprises a central flap member 43.and a pair of

end flap members

44 and 45. The

end flap members

44 and 45 are set oil? from the intermediate 'or central flap por tion 43 by

score lines

39 and 40 whereby to define the lines or relative fold of those various v members upon one another and in relation to other parts of the carrier. It will be noted that the severing line 31 continues along the upper edge of the area within which the flap 42 was originally disposed and that such line of severance continues along the lateral edges of the flap 42 and along the lower edges of the side or

end flap members

44 and 45, terminating at the scoreline 4|, whereby the central panel 43 of the flap 42 is connected to the side panel l5.

The over-all dimensions of the opening provided by displacement of the flap 42 is intended to permit insertion downwardly through the top member l4, of bottles to be carried in the container. The opening must be large enough to permit ready insertion and removal of thebottles' so that the bottles may be brought t 'rest upon the inner face of the bottom comprising panels l6 and [1, as well as to permit ready removal of the bottles from the carrier. By reason of the provisionof the elongated opening indicated generally at 48 in Fig. l, incident to providing the described structure, the lateral portion of the top or cover member is developed into a pair of comparatively narrow connecting members or straps 49 and 50, extending between the side wall or partition I5 and the handle panel I3. By reason of the nature of the material from which carriers of this type are produced,

such strap members

49 and 50 constitute relatively weak members upon which some of the task of supporting the load of the carrier falls when the loaded carrier is suspended from the handle. It will be observed that the elongated opening 48 constitutes a single opening extending across the greater portion of the width of the top panel l4 and of the carrier. The top panel [4 is set off from the side wall or panel by scored lines 5| and 52 disposed at the lower extremities of the

straps

49 and 50 and which may be aligned with one another and with the score line 4|. A slight variation in the alignment of the score line 4| with the score lines 5| and 52 is immaterial.

The side wall I5 is provided with the

straps

24 and 26 previously referred to. The straps are cut or severed from the adjoining material along

continuous lines

53 and 54 and have integral and hinged connection along scored

lines

55 and 56 to the contiguous side wall material adjacent to or in proximity to the lateral edges of the side walls. The straps at the same end of the carrier are integrated either by direct connection thereof as shown in Fig. 4 or by the intermediation of the strap segments I53 and I83 as shown in Fig. 5. It will be observed that in the set up or bottle holding position of the carrier, the hinged connections of the straps are disposed in substantially vertical planes, thereby exposing the larger vertical faces of the straps to the bottles for providing an extended contact surface for supporting and sustaining the bottles against lateral movement through the otherwise open ends of the carrier. Such positioning of the straps assists in compact, minimum overall width carrier structure for attainment of the desired objective.

The side wall I5 is set off from the bottom panel I6 along line 51. Along the line 51 a portion of the material is scored as indicated at 58 and is cut in other portionsas indicated at 59. This combination score and cut arrangement is used in order to facilitate flexing or bending along the line 51, incident to setting up the carton preparatory to loading thereof with bottles. The slit or cut sections 59 also serve to relieve pressure upon the side walls, and which sometimes results from 35 median score line and the sec 40 section of thhandle p'anel 13 6 slight manufacturing variations both in bottle carriers and in bottle dimensions. It is desired that a snug fit be provided between the side walls of the carrier and the bottles to be carried there- 5 in, and this relieving feature is particularly useful in that connection. The bottom or base of the carrier comprises two identical panels l6 and I1 which are set off from one another by a medial score line 60. This medial score line permits a slight sagging or bending of the bottom panels along the median portion thereof whereby to attain a gripping or holding effect for not only restrainin the bottles but also'for minimizing any chattering of the bottles in any instances where any contact between bottles might be attained. The sagging function related is in a center partition l2. In thi's'manner, some of the weight of the loadjof the loaded carrier is taken up by the partition throughthe'apex to the handle of the car i r. Thus the strain upon the rela- In'thejoregoingiexplanation, the various parts of the device were explained inthe order in which same occur, begi-nnin at the topof the disclosure in Fig. 3. In-continumg? downwardly along Fig. 3

tively narrow "tr 'ps 49j and5fl is'relieved to some beyond "the nidian score line 60, the previous explanation gi,, n;t s the vari device constituting v I wall and top or cover partition, .llapplies; equally to those portions of the devicelyin between the sets on the-attachment flap or? top member or panel" '91 I, 1

By reference to Fig. jllit will be ted'that the attachmentv flap or stripi n v I that said strip 20 is made sufliciently l fi 'ge' to permit attachment thereof by means of staples suchasare indicated at 28, or by means of gluing or any other attachment means throughout substantially the width of the carrier.

At the time carriers such'asillustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are fabricated, theyv are in substantially flat form as indicated in Fig.2. At such time, the large flap 42 as well as the various smaller flaps and straps indicated at 29 and 24 62 spaced 9. distance from the medianscore line in the base, as shown in .Fig.'.2. During such time that the parts are sorelated, thestraps 24 and 25 are connected together throughthe large opening 23 inthe partition and those straps lie 60 near th'e'lower edge or, that opening. In like manner}" s t,1*$ei.1:)s"i2 and 21 have their free ends connectedand they lie. adjacent the lower edge 64 'of'theopening'22.

' ,Incident to extending the carrier from the 5 collapsed position shown in Fig. 2, to the form or "position shown in Fig. 1, the partition I2. moves relative to the straps 24 to 21 inclusive, because of the lateral expansion of the carrier so that by the time the side walls of the carrier are fully distended, the lower end 62 'of the partition substantially rests upon the bottom oflthe carrier at substantially the median line 60 therein. By the time the partition has moved as indicated,

7 the straps such as 24 and 25, have moved relative to the partition l2 so that in the set up or fully bililiiar'able to a 4 distended carton, those straps are disposed at approximately the upper edge 65 of the opening 63. Incident to the lateral distending or spreading of the side walls of the carrier, the ends of the

straps

24 and 25 that are connected together are automatically moved centerward. The plane of contact of the adjacent faces of the straps 24' and 25 is substantially aligned with the partition I2. A slight pocket is formed incident to the divergence of the

straps

24 and 25 from their place of connection with one another and that pocket receives the adjacent edge of the wall 66 of the aperture or opening'23. This serves to center the lower portion of the partition and by reason of the centering and contacting thereof upon and in the referred to pocket at the junction of the

straps

24 and 25, the straps and partition cooperate in sustaining and supporting one another. The partition serves also to limit ,the extent to which the straps may move outwardly toward the open end of the carrier.

After the carrier has been distended, the large flaps 40 are turned outwardly in relation to the interior of the carrier in order to permit insertion of two bottles into the carrier through the large opening 48. The two bottles so inserted at each side of the partition I2 are then moved to their limits laterally of the carrier so as to dispose a bottle adjacent each of the straps 24 to 21 inclusive, thereby leaving a space between the two bottles disposed on a common side of the partition I2. The third bottle for each of said pockets is then pressed against the flap 42 causing the flap to pass through the opening 48 and assume the position of such flap as shown in Fig. 1. Coincident to that turning movement of the flap, the lateral ends 44 and 45 thereof are brought into engagement with the bottles already placed in the carrier and disposed at the opposite ends thereof,consequently the end flap por- 8 portion of the partition I2. Thus the benefit of the sagging of the bottles and the ensuing gripping action incident to sagging of the bottles is from the parts previously explained in connections 44 and are turned approximately to right angle position as shown in Fig. 1, and serve as spacers or partition members between the bottles in each row of three bottles disposed on opposite sides of the partition I2.

The composite package comprising a carrier and two rows of three bottles, each of which rows is disposed on opposite sides of the partition I2, provides an arrangement wherein each of the bottles is shielded or guarded from each of the other bottles in the carrier. The various partition members'provided by the flaps 42 and their

lateral extensions

44 and 45, space the bottles in one row from one another transversely of the carrier while the central flap I2, extending be tween the two rows ofv three bottles each, provides a bufier or protector between the bottles in one row as against the bottles in the adjacent row. Particularly should it be observed that by reason of the disposition of the lower end of the partition I2 at or immediately above the median score line 60 in the carrier, the bottom edges or bases of the bottles are spaced so as to prevent sanding or chipping that would otherwise occur if the bases of those bottles should contact one another and should vibrate in'relation to one another incident either to transportation of loaded bottle carriers in trucks or wagons, or while being transported by the purchaser by way of the handle member associated therewith. It will also be noted that any sagging of the bottles toward each other incident to the function of the median score line 60, as previously explained, serves to cushion the grip of the bottles in that the bottles contact opposite sides of the lower tion with Figs. 1 and 3.

In Fig. 6 the central partition member I20 is provided with a score line I2I at approximately the lower edge of the handle grip flap I22. The partition I20 is set oil from the handle panel I30 as indicated at I3I by an arrangement such that upon turning the partition I20 to an arc of approximately 180, the partition will be detached from the handle panel I30. This is accomplished by providing a plurality of cuts or slit I32 transversely of the blank, and sufficient uncut material is left between the various slits I32, as will retain the unity thereof in ordinary handling of the blank but which connecting portions of material will be wholly inadequate to withstand a turning action as indicated. Arrangements or structures of the character indicated are commonly used in the carton industry and in explaining the indicated feature, it is to be understood that it is intended that the functionto be attained will be accomplished in accordance with such practice in the carton industry. The score line I2I is provided at or immediately adjacent to the place at which provision is made for a hand hold opening, in order to permit the upper extremities of the handle member to be turned laterally as shown in Fig. 8, so that bottle carriers may be stacked without interference of the handle members, for example, as shown in my Patent No. 2,171,615. In order to permit such stacking arrangement, a similar score line I33 is provided adjacent the hand hold Opening provided at I34.

The material defined within the slits I35 and I36 and therewith registering score lines I31 and I38 is utilized to provide flaps of the same character as explained in connection with Figs. 1 and 3. It will be noted, however, that no part of the material lying on opposite sides of the line of out I39 is removed. The material lying intermediate the line of cut I39 and the score line I3! is turned'inwardly and downwardly along the score line I31 thereby serving a function as a strengtheningstrut adapted to resist the endwise stresses or pressures exerted upon the carrier.

providing means at the open ends of the car- I rier for preventing lateral displacement of the bottles through the open ends of the carrier. In the particular form of invention now being described, these straps embody portions of the 9 central partition I20 and portions of the side or wall members I50 and I00. In this form of the invention it is necessary to rather carefully determine the relative movements of the partition member I20 and the side walls I50 and I80 so that the angularity oiconnections of thestrap members with the partition and side wall members will permit such relative movement of the indicated part without rupturing the straps or their connections to the contiguous material. These angular relationships will necessarily vary in different devices, contingent upon the diameters of the bottles to be accommodated, the relative movements of partition and side wall members in view of the height of the bottles and the carrier element and the positions at which the straps are disposed vertically of the carrier. There is no special formula that can be prescribed although little calculation is required to determine the particular places at which score lines and lines of severance shall be laid out upon the blank in order to accomplish the desired coaction of the parts.

Particular attention is directed to the fact that carriers of the type herein considered are ordi narily manufactured tinder conditions uch that the blank is folded and in a collapsed form at the time the; the various staples are applied for connecting the strap ends and for joining the various parts at the apex of the carrier. Consequently, in order to produce a device of the character shown in Figr'5, it is advisable for expeditious fabrication of such device, to make available to the staple applying machines, the,

ends of straps disposed in different planes. Consequently, it is advisable to provide enlarged openings such as are indicated at II and I8 It will be noted that the straps such as I82 and fabricated from the side wall I80, have connection with the side wall along the upper side edge I of the opening 'I8I, whereas the corresponding strap I52 formed from the side wall I50, has confrom the central partition I20.

The final creation, whether of the specific form f shown in Fig. l or in Fig. 5, has the same advantagesI. The median score line I60 in the base substantially registers with, the partition I20. The central partition I20 serves totransmit the load imposed thereon occasioned by impinging of the bottles when sagging under their own weight by reason of the functioning of'the median score line. The fact that the openings such as I5I and IOI in the side walls may be larger than the openings when using the form shown in Fig. 1, does not impair the over-all strength of the carrier. 0

As shown in Fig. 9, the central partition I2 is flanked by the handle extension I3 of side wall I4 and a similar handle extension 2I3 of the side wall I8, In this typeof construction the central partition includes a handle forming extension I2, as shown in Fig. 1. The inturned handle flaps 29, corresponding to similar flaps in other figures, are shown as comprising two plies of the sheet I material. Whether or not there are provided one,

two or three plies of such inturned flap members 29 depends merely upon choice.

In Fig. 10, the handle extension I2 of the cen- The material cut I 10 tral partition I2 constitutes the sole handle forming means. In this form the upper ends of the side walls 14 and I 0 are provided merely with attachment hope as indicated at 2| 4 and H0, and which are joined or affixed to the central partition I2 by a suitable staple 20.

I claim:

l. A carrier comprising a sheet material body member having spaced transverse score lines providing a base and a pair of upwardly converging opposed side walls, strap members struck from the material of the side walls near the ends thereof, and at different elevations upon the side walls, presenting free ends directed centerward of the carrier, a partition member connected to the side walls at their apex and depending in bisecting relationship toward the base of the carrier, strap members struck from the material of the partition member at different elevations above the base, the last mentioned strap members having free ends extended in opposite directions from the partition member toward the opposed side walls of the carrier, means connecting the free ends of the uppermost strap members of the partition with those of one side wall, and means connecting the free ends of the lowermost strap members of the partition with those of the other side wall, to provide partial closures for the ends of the carrier, the side walls of the carrier having openings therein above the strap members for the insertion of articles into the carrier.

2. A carrier comprising a sheet material body member having spaced-transverse score lines pro viding a base and a pair of upwardly converging opposed side walls, strap members struck from the material of the side walls near the ends thereof, and at different elevations upon the side walls presenting free ends directed centerward of the carrier a partition member connectedto the side walls'at'theirapex and depending in bisecting relationship toward the base of the carrier, strap members'struck' from the material of the partition member at different elevations above the base, the last mentioned strap members having free ends extended in opposite directions from the partition member toward the opposed side walls of the carrier, means connecting the free ends of the uppermost strap membersof thev partition with those of one side wall, and means connecting the free ends of the lowermost strap' members of the partition with those of the other side wall, to provide partial closures for the ends of the carrier.

3. A carrier comprising a sheet material body member having spaced transverse score lines providing a base and a pair of upwardly converging opposed side walls, strap members struck from the material of the side walls near the ends thereof, and at different elevations upon the side walls, presenting free ends directed centerward of the carrier, a. partition member connected to the side walls at their apex anddepending in bisecting relationship toward the base of the carrier, strap members struck from the material of the partition member at different elevations above the base, the last mentioned strap members having free ends extended in opposite directions from the partition member toward the opposed side insertion of articles into. the carrier,and inwardly turned flaps along the lower edges of said openings, including transversely directed wings providing separators for the inserted articles.

4. A carrier comprising a sheet material body member having spaced transverse score lines providing a base and a pair of upwardly converging opposed side walls, strap members struck from the material of the side walls near the ends thereof, and at different elevations upon the side walls, presenting free ends directed centerward of the carrier, a partition member connected to the side walls at their apex and depending in bisecting relationship toward the base of the carrier, strap members struck from .the,material oi? the partition member at: difieren't elevations above the base, the last mentioned strap members having free ends extended in opposite directions from the partition c'memb'er toward the opposed side walls of the ,carrier, means connectingthe free ends of the uppermost strap members or the partition with. those of one side wall; andmeans connectingfthe 'freeends oi the lowermost strap "members of the partition with those of the other sidewall, to provide partial closures for the ends or the carrier, the side walls of the carrier having openings therein above the strap members for the insertion of articles into the carrier, inwardly turned flaps along the lower edges of said openings, including transversely directed wings pro-- viding separators for the inserted articles, and

l2 flap means along the upper edges of said openings disposed at an angle to the side walls, for resisting endwise stresses exerted upon the carrier. 5. A carrier comprising a sheet material body member having spaced transverse score lines providing a base and a pair of upwardly converging opposedside walls, strap members struck from the material of the side walls near the ends thereof, and at difierent elevations upon the side walls, presentingfreeends directed centerward of the carrier,a partition member connected to the side walls at their apex and. depending in bisecting relationship toward the base of the carrier, strap members struck from the material of the partition member at different elevations above the base, the last mentioned strap members having free endsextended, in opposite directions from the partition member toward the opposed side walls of thecarrier, means'connecting the free *ends-ofthe uppermost strap menibersof the partition with-those of one side wall, and means connecting the free ends of the lowermost strap a .members of the partition with those of the other sidewall, to provide partial closures fonthe ends of the carrier, the side walls of the carrier having openings therein above the strap members for the insertion of articles into the carrier, and flap means along the upper edges of said openings disposed at an angle to the side walls, for resisting endwise stresses exerted upon the carrier.

ALBERT WESSELMAN.