Patent ID: 9669977
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers comprising: a flexible web forming a plurality of container receiving apertures, each container receiving aperture elongated in the longitudinal direction, the container receiving apertures arranged in two transverse ranks and three longitudinal rows, wherein the three longitudinal rows include a center row between two outer rows and wherein each container receiving aperture is configured identically in shape and orientation to an adjacent container receiving aperture within a row; a handle extending along one edge of the flexible web at first ends of the two transverse ranks, and extending parallel to the three longitudinal rows; wherein the flexible web includes a series of identical longitudinally asymmetric dividing apertures positioned between adjacent ranks of container receiving apertures to form a plurality of tapered oblique bands defining the center row of container receiving apertures; and wherein the container carrier accommodates at least four different standard container sizes between 2.25″ and 2.6″.