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The present invention is directed to a container having a bottom wall, first and second opposite sidewalls, opposite end walls, a top wall. An integral interior partition is dividing the container into two side-by-side compartments each adapted for holding a respective article. The container and par

The present invention is directed to a container having a bottom wall, first and second opposite sidewalls, opposite end walls, a top wall. An integral interior partition is dividing the container into two side-by-side compartments each adapted for holding a respective article. The container and partition are made from a single unitary blank cut and folded to form the container and partition. The partition comprises the first and second panels of the first and second sets of panels that are interleaved with one another at inner end edges thereof and the partition is three panels thick over a center portion thereof and two panels thick over the remainder thereof.

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1. A container having a bottom wall, first and second opposite sidewalls, opposite end walls, a top wall, and an integral interior partition dividing the container into two contiguous compartments each adapted for holding a respective article, wherein the container and partition are made from a sing

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A container having a bottom wall, first and second opposite sidewalls, opposite end walls, a top wall, and an integral interior partition dividing the container into two contiguous compartments each adapted for holding a respective article, wherein the container and partition are made from a single unitary blank cut and folded to form the container and partition, wherein the partition comprises: a first panel extending inwardly from the first sidewall across the interior of the container toward the second sidewall;a second panel extending inwardly from the second sidewall across the interior of the container toward the first sidewall and into overlapping relationship at an inner edge thereof with an inner edge of the first panel, the first panel having a width greater than the width of the second panel and the overlapped edges of the first and second panels being offset from the center of the partition toward the second sidewall;a third panel extending inwardly from the first sidewall across the interior of the container toward the second sidewall;a fourth panel extending inwardly from the second sidewall across the interior of the container toward the first sidewall and into overlapping relationship at an inner edge thereof with an inner edge of the third panel, the third panel having a width less than the width of the fourth panel and the overlapped edges of the third and fourth panels being offset from the center of the partition toward the first sidewall;the first and third panels lying contiguous to one another, with an inner edge of the third panel offset from an inner edge of the first panel toward the first sidewall; andthe second and fourth panels lying contiguous to one another, with an inner edge of the second panel offset from an inner edge of the fourth panel toward the second sidewall, the inner edges of the second and third panels being interleaved between inner edges of the first and fourth panels to define a triple wall thickness at a center portion of the partition and wherein the two contiguous compartments rest on the bottom wall. 2. The container of claim 1, wherein the top wall comprises a top wall panel folded inwardly from a top edge of each of the sidewalls. 3. The container of claim 2, wherein adjacent inner edges of the top wall panels overlap one another. 4. The container of claim 3, wherein a small flap is on opposite outer end edges of each top wall panel, the small flap being folded downwardly over the adjacent end wall and secured thereto. 5. A container having a bottom wall, opposite sidewalls, opposite end walls, and integral interior partition means dividing the interior of the container into a plurality of contiguous compartments each adapted for holding a respective article, wherein the container and partition means are made from a single unitary blank cut and folded to form the container and partition, wherein the partition means comprises: a first set of two panels extending inwardly partially across the interior of the container from a first of the sidewalls and terminating at inner end edges thereof spaced from a second opposite of the sidewall, a first of the two panels having less width than a second of the two panels so that the inner end edges of the first and second panels of the first set are offset from one another;a second set of two panels extending inwardly partially across the interior of the container from the second of the sidewall and terminating at inner end edges thereof spaced from the first of the sidewall, a first of the two panels of the second set having less width than a second of the two panels so that the inner end edges of the first and second panels of the second set are offset from one another; andthe first and second sets of panels being positioned with respect to one another so that the first panels of the first and second sets of panels are in alignment with one another and the inner end edges thereof are in confronting relationship, the second panel of the first set of panels extends alongside of and is secured to one side of the first panels of the first and second sets of panels in spanning relationship to the confronting inner end edges thereof, and the second panel of the second set of panels extends alongside of and is secured to an opposite side of the first panels of the first and second sets of panels in spanning relationship to the confronting inner end edges thereof, whereby the first and second panels of the first and second sets of panels are interleaved with one another at inner end edges thereof and the partition means is three panels thick over a center portion thereof and two panels thick over the remainder thereof and wherein the two contiguous compartments rest on the bottom wall. 6. The container of claim 5, wherein the container has a top wall. 7. The container of claim 6, wherein the top wall comprises a top wall panel folded inwardly from a top edge of each of said sidewalls. 8. The container of claim 7, wherein adjacent inner edges of the top wall panels overlap one another. 9. The container of claim 8, wherein a small flap is on opposite outer end edges of each top wall panel, the flaps being folded downwardly over the adjacent end wall and secured thereto. 10. A single unitary blank for making a container having a bottom wall, opposite sidewalls, opposite end walls, and integral interior partition means dividing the interior of the container into a plurality of contiguous compartments each adapted for holding a respective article, the blank being cut and scored to define a center wrap section and first and second end piece sections on opposite sides of the center wrap section, wherein: the center wrap section comprises a centrally disposed bottom wall panel having opposite end edges and opposite side edges, a first outer sidewall panel foldably joined to a first side edge of the bottom wall panel, and a second outer sidewall panel foldably joined to a second side edge of the bottom wall panel opposite the first side edge thereof;the first end section comprises a first end wall panel foldably joined to a first end edge of the bottom wall panel, a first inner sidewall panel foldably joined to one side edge of the first end wall panel and lying adjacent a first edge of the first outer sidewall panel, a second inner sidewall panel foldably joined to an opposite side edge of the first end wall panel and lying adjacent a first edge of the second outer sidewall panel, a first partition panel foldably joined to an outer side edge of the first inner sidewall panel, and a second partition panel foldably joined to an outer side edge of the second inner sidewall panel, the second partition panel having less width than the first partition panel; andthe second end section comprises a second end wall panel foldably joined to a second end edge of the bottom wall panel opposite the first end edge, a third inner sidewall panel foldably joined to a side edge of the second end wall panel in opposed relationship to the first inner sidewall panel on an opposite side of the blank, a fourth inner sidewall panel foldably joined to an opposite side edge of said second end wall panel in opposed relationship to the second inner sidewall panel on an opposite side of the blank, a third partition panel foldably joined to an outer side edge of the third inner sidewall panel in opposed relationship to the first partition panel on an opposite side of the blank, the third partition panel having less width than the first partition panel, and a fourth partition panel foldably joined to an outer side edge of the fourth inner sidewall panel in opposed relationship to the second partition panel on an opposite side of the blank, the second partition panel having less width than the fourth transverse partition panel and wherein the two contiguous compartments rest on the bottom wall. 11. The blank of claim 10, wherein a top wall panel is foldably joined to an outer edge of each of the outer sidewall panel. 12. The blank of claim 11, wherein a laterally projecting small flap is foldably joined to each of the opposite outer end edges of each of the top wall panel.