Patent ID: 7331622

Claim:
A carrier for use with containers including handles, the container carrier comprising: a flexible platform having a perimeter, a longitudinal axis, and an opening, a portion of the platform at least partially defining the opening and adjacent the closest side of the perimeter of the platform forming a carrier handle including a strap, the strap located such that the longitudinal axis of the platform transverses the strap; first and second recessed portions in the perimeter of the platform and located proximally to the carrier handle, the first and second recessed portions located on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the platform that transverses the strap, each first and second recessed portion receives and engages an upper extent of a respective container handle, and the platform is sized and configured such that a lower extent of each container handle is also engaged by the carrier; and third and fourth recessed portions are located distally to the carrier handle to engage the lower extents of the container handles; wherein the opening is sized for receiving at least one of a user's fingers for lifting and transporting the containers.