Patent ID: 6874620

Claim:
A container carrier for use with a plurality of containers, the carrier comprising: a substantially planar flexible platform, the platform having a top, a bottom, an outer perimeter and an inner region, the inner region of the platform including a handle comprising a strap having a first strap end and a second strap end, and first and second hinges integral with the inner region of the platform, wherein the strap connects to the platform at the first strap end by the first hinge and at the second strap end by the second hinge, each of the strap and first and second hinges being adjacent to openings defined by the inner region of the platform that permit the hinges and the attached strap to be flexed upwardly above the plane of the platform and provide access to the strap; and a plurality of container-engaging portions integral with the inner region of the platform, each container-engaging portion defining an opening through the platform and having a plurality of spaced notches extending radially outwardly of the perimeter of the container-engaging opening forming a plurality of collars for releasably engaging the containers.