A carrier for holding one or more products. The carrier can comprise a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel. A central panel can at least partially divide the interior of the carrier into a front portion and a back portion. The side panel can extend at least partially from the front panel to the central panel. A lid can at least partially close a top of the carrier.

A carrier for holding a plurality of containers. The carrier comprises a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carrier. The plurality of panels comprises at least one bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels. The interior of the carrier is divided into a front portion and a back portion. The carrier comprises a reinforced handle comprising a handle panel, a handle reinforcement panel at least partially overlapping the handle panel, and a handle reinforcement flap at least partially in face-to-face contact with the handle reinforcement panel.

A carrier for holding at least one container includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels including a front panel, a back panel, at least one side panel, and at least one handle panel extending between the front panel and the back panel. The carrier further includes container retaining features for stabilizing the at least one container in the interior of the carrier, the container retaining features includes at least one container retention cut formed in an upper portion of at least one of the front panel and the back panel.

An automatic packaging machine is provided and comprises a plurality of in-feed conveyors for separately conveying contents. The conveyors are at different heights. The machine includes means for placing the contents into a packaging article, or placing the packaging article around the contents, with the contents in a vertically stacked configuration.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging a plurality of flanged articles, a blank for forming the article carrier. The article carrier comprises a plurality of primary panels for forming a tubular structure and defining an interior thereof. The plurality of primary panels includes a first panel and a second panel opposing the first panel. The article carrier further comprises a partition structure for dividing the interior into two or more article-receiving cells. The partition structure is formed from the first panel and comprises a lateral partition panel. The lateral partition panel is hingedly connected at a proximal end to the first panel by a proximal end fold line and is hingedly connected at a distal end to a glue panel by a distal end joint. The distal end joint between the lateral partition panel and the glue panel comprises a twistable strip extending between and joined with the lateral partition panel and the glue panel.

A carrier for holding one or more products. The carrier can comprise a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel. A central panel can at least partially divide the interior of the carrier into a front portion and a back portion. The side panel can extend at least partially from the front panel to the central panel. A lid can at least partially close a top of the carrier

A container (100, 300) configured to carry a plurality of articles includes a body (101, 301) configured to form an interior space (105, 305). The body (101, 301) includes at least a side wall (107, 307) and a bottom (109, 309). The container (101, 301) includes a divider handle (111, 311) that can be configured to attach to the body (101, 301). The divider handle (111, 311) forms a handle and at least one divider configured to divide the interior space (105, 305) into at least two compartments.

A tray (10) is provided for supporting a plurality of articles (8), such as cartons, where the tray (10) is configured for supporting one or more additional like trays in a stacking arrangement. The tray (10) includes a generally rectangular base (20) and a centrally-located, upstanding divider (30). The divider (30) can be configured to bear compressive loads when one or more like trays with articles are stacked, and the divider (30) having planar sides facing adjacent front and rear ends of the base (20). To help support the divider, a pair of braces (50, 60) extend from the divider (30), with one on each end of the divider (30), to the base (20).

A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carrier and including a front panel, a back panel, at least one side panel, and a central panel extending from the front panel to the back panel. The central panel includes a reconfigurable lower portion that is positionable between respective bottom portions of adjacent containers of the plurality of containers. The carrier also includes a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps are at least partially overlapped to form a closed bottom of the carrier.

A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels at least partially extending around an interior space of the carrier, at least one curved corner, and at least one curved divider flap. The plurality of panels includes a front panel, a back panel, at least one side panel, and at least one bottom panel. The at least one curved divider flap extends from the at least one central panel to one of the front panel and the back panel in the interior space of the carrier.