Basket-type containers for articles in particular bottles

1. A paperboard basket carrier having two sides and two ends, the carrier comprising:

a lengthwise extending central wall having a first side and a second side;

a plurality of central wall compartment dividers, at least one divider folded out from the central wall extending from each side of the central wall;

a handle portion having a pair of downward extensions, one extension of the pair being located on the first side of the central wall and the other extension of the pair being located on the second side of the central wall, at least one hook formation being formed in the pair of downward extensions;

a base wall at a bottom of the carrier;

a pair of end walls, one end wall being located at each end of the carrier;

a pair of side walls, one side wall being located at each side of the carrier, each central wall compartment divider being adhesively secured to one of the side walls;

interconnecting webs extending from the pair of side walls to the handle portion; and

a plurality of article receiving compartments, at least two article receiving compartments being located on each side of the central wall, each article receiving compartment being defined at least in part by the base wall, one of the side walls, the central wall, and at least one of the central wall compartment dividers, wherein

the hook formation is removably engageable with a cooperating edge formed in one of the compartment dividers and located adjacent to the central wall so that the handle portion is movable relative to the central wall between a raised position and a lowered position.

2. The carrier of claim 1 , wherein one of the interconnecting webs is located at each end of each side wall.

3. The carrier of claim 2 , further comprising creases in the interconnecting webs.

4. The carrier of claim 2 , wherein the base wall has a central fold extending between the end walls.

5. The carrier of claim 2 , wherein each downward extension has an angled cutaway lower edge portion.

6. The carrier of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of dividers comprises at least two dividers extending from each side of the central wall.

7. The carrier of claim 6 , wherein the at least two dividers on each side of the central wall are struck from a partial center wall, the partial center wall comprising a part of the central wall.

8. A paperboard blank, comprising:

a pair of partial center walls, each partial center wall being hingedly connected to a pair of dividers;

a plurality of partial end walls, each partial center wall being hingedly connected to one of the partial end walls;

a pair of side walls, each side wall being hingedly connected to at least one of the partial end walls;

a base panel hingedly connected to one of the side walls; and

a pair of handle panels, each handle panel being connected to one of the side walls by two interconnecting webs, wherein

each handle panel includes a downward extension having a hook formation, and wherein cooperating edges are formed in the compartment dividers,

the pair of dividers of each partial center wall comprising a first divider and a second divider, each of the first dividers comprising a first tab foldably connected to the first divider and each of the second dividers comprising a second tab foldably connected to the second divider, wherein the first and second tabs are for being folded with respect to the respective first and second dividers.

9. The blank of claim 8 , wherein one of the interconnecting webs is connected to each end of each side wall.

10. The blank of claim 9 , further comprising creases in the interconnecting webs.

11. The blank of claim 8 , wherein the base panel has a central fold.

12. The blank of claim 8 , wherein each downward extension has an angled cutaway lower edge portion.

13. The blank of claim 8 , further comprising a pair of reinforcing panels, each reinforcing panel being hingedly connected to one of the interconnecting webs.

14. The blank of claim 8 , wherein the second divider of each pair of dividers is connected to the respective partial center wall at a fold line and the first tab of each first divider extends past the fold line of the respective second divider.

15. The blank of claim 14 , wherein the first tab is foldably connected to a respective first divider at a tab fold line that is collinear with the fold line connecting each respective second divider to a respective partial center wall.

16. The blank of claim 8 , wherein the first and second tabs are for being attached to a respective one of the side walls, the first and second tabs protrude from a respective first and second divider and are for being oriented generally parallel to the side walls when the blank is erected into a carrier.