Patent ID: 7681723

Claim:
A carrier comprising at least two separate, detached folding carriers, each of said carriers comprising a carrying support structure with a handle structure and a pair of folding receptacles secured to and extending outwardly from said support structure when said receptacles are unfolded, each of said receptacles having a foldable side wall structure including three side walls joined together and to said support structure along fold lines, said support structure forming a fourth wall for each of said receptacles, each of said side walls and said support structure having an upper edge and a lower edge, said side walls forming corners at said fold lines, and a separate bottom structure for each of said receptacles, said bottom structure being formed by foldable flanges extending from said lower edge of each of said side walls and said support structure, adjacent ones of said flanges being secured to one another at each of two opposite ones of said corners, said carriers being coupled together to form a single composite carrier; said carrying support structure of each of said carriers comprising a pair of vertical support panels with one of said receptacles extending from each of said panels, each of said vertical panels having an upper portion extending substantially higher than said upper edges of said side walls, each of said handle structures comprising a handle hole adjacent the upper edge of each of said panels; and a tray having a central slot long enough to embrace said upper portions of said vertical panels of both of said separate, detached carriers simultaneously, said tray being fitted over said vertical support panels to join said separate, detached carriers together with said handle holes close to one another so that both can be grasped by a person using one hand.