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A basket-style carrier constructed so as to maintain the carrier open during loading. The end panels of the carrier are formed from overlapping end panel sections. Each end panel section is connected to a handle panel support by a fold line. The overlapping end panel section includes a wide portion

A basket-style carrier constructed so as to maintain the carrier open during loading. The end panels of the carrier are formed from overlapping end panel sections. Each end panel section is connected to a handle panel support by a fold line. The overlapping end panel section includes a wide portion that extends transversely beyond the fold line connecting it to the handle panel support. This causes the two sections to function as a unit, preventing the end panels from collapsing about their fold lines during loading. In addition, a bottom panel forming flap is connected to one of the end panel sections at each end of the carrier. This flap is adhered to the bottom panel flaps to tighten the construction.

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A basket-style article carrier, comprising: opposite side panels connected to a bottom panel; a centrally located handle panel; means for supporting the handle panel, said means extending downwardly from and lying in substantially the same plane as the handle panel; opposite end panels connected to

A basket-style article carrier, comprising: opposite side panels connected to a bottom panel; a centrally located handle panel; means for supporting the handle panel, said means extending downwardly from and lying in substantially the same plane as the handle panel; opposite end panels connected to the side panels, each end panel being comprised of two end panel sections, each end panel section being foldably connected to one of the opposite side panels; each end panel section being connected to the handle panel support means along a handle panel support fold line; one of the end panel sections of each end panel having a portion extending transversely beyond the handle panel support fold line thereof, each transversely extending portion overlapping and being adhered to the associated end panel section, whereby the end panels formed from the overlapping end panel sections cannot collapse about the handle panel support fold lines. A blank for forming a basket-style carrier, comprising: two substantially identical half-blank portions; each half-blank portion .including an outer handle panel section connected to the outer handle panel section of the other half-blank portion by a central fold line; each outer handle panel section having opposite end edges extending substantially at right angles to the central fold line and a lower edge extending transversely of the end edges; an inner handle panel section connected by a fold line to one of the end edges of each of the outer handle panel sections; a first handle panel support section connected by fold line to the opposite end edge of each of the outer handle panel sections; a first end panel section adjacent a portion of each of the outer handle panel sections and being connected by fold line to the associated first handle panel support section; a side panel section adjacent portions of each of the outer handle panel sections and the associated inner handle panel section, the side panel section being connected by a first fold line to the first end panel section; a second end panel section adjacent a portion of the inner handle panel section and being connected by a second fold line to the side panel section; a second handle panel support section connected by fold line to the second end panel section; and the side panel section of at least one of the half-blank portions having a bottom panel flap connected thereto by a fold line; a portion of one of the end panel sections in each half-blank portion being dimensioned to overlap a portion of the other end panel section in the other half-blank portion in a carrier formed from the blank.