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A carton with a plurality of cells and a handle and a blank for forming same have a collapsible arrangement for automatically forming a bottom, partitions and a handle. This arrangement includes bottom panels hingedly coupled to the bottom edges of the wall panels, divider panels separated into firs

A carton with a plurality of cells and a handle and a blank for forming same have a collapsible arrangement for automatically forming a bottom, partitions and a handle. This arrangement includes bottom panels hingedly coupled to the bottom edges of the wall panels, divider panels separated into first and second sections hingedly coupled to two of the bottom panels at edges thereof remote from the wall panels, and a handle structure coupled to the divider panels at edges thereof remote from the bottom panels. This permits the carton to be shipped and stored in an essentially flat, collapsed configuration and then easily arranged to its assembled, expanded configuration by the application of inwardly directed forces against the side edges of the collapsed carton. These forces cause the bottom panels, divider panels and handle structure to move automatically with the movement of the side wall panels of the carton.

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A carton with a plurality of cells, comprising: first, second, third and fourth wall panels hingedly coupled at adjacent side edges thereof along fold lines; and collapsible means for automatically forming a bottom, partitions and a handle, said means being hingedly coupled to bottom edges of said w

A carton with a plurality of cells, comprising: first, second, third and fourth wall panels hingedly coupled at adjacent side edges thereof along fold lines; and collapsible means for automatically forming a bottom, partitions and a handle, said means being hingedly coupled to bottom edges of said wall panels along fold lines and comprising, first, second, third and fourth bottom panels hingedly coupled to bottom edges of said first, second, third and fourth wall panels, respectively, along fold lines, first and second divider panels hingedly coupled to said first and third bottom panels, respectively, at end edges thereof remote from said wall panels along fold lines, said first and second divider panels each separated into first and second sections by fold lines extending perpendicular to the fold lines between said wall and bottom panels; each of said first and third bottom panels being separated into first and second portions by a fold line extending from a corner thereof adjacent said wall panels and adjacent said second and fourth bottom panels, respectively, and terminating at an end of the fold line between said first and second sections of the respective divider panel, said second portions of said first and third bottom panels being adjacent and fixed to exterior surfaces of said second and fourth bottom panels, respectively; and a handle coupled to said divider panels at an edge thereof remote from said bottom panels.