Patent ID: 7735640

Claim:
A carrier formed of foldable sheet material, the carrier comprising: a bottom; a plurality of side panels adjoined and connected to the bottom; and a handle panel formed in continuation of one of the side panels; wherein the first handle panel comprises: a first fold line being angled relative to a plane formed by the bottom; a second fold line being angled relative to the plane formed by the bottom: a first slot being parallel to the first fold line; a second slot being parallel to the second fold line; wherein the handle panel is foldable along the first fold line over a container to accommodate the shape of the container and to facilitate penetration of a handle of the container through the first slot, wherein the handle of the container is angled relative to the second fold line, and wherein when the handle of the container penetrates the first slot, the side panel which the handle panel was formed in continuation of rests against a first side of the container; wherein the handle panel is foldable along the second fold line over the container to accommodate the shape of the container and to facilitate penetration of the handle of the container through the second slot; wherein the handle of the container is angled relative to the first fold line, and wherein when the handle of the container penetrates the second slot, the side panel which the handle panel was formed in continuation of rests against a second side of the container; a perforated line defining a finger opening in the handle panel, wherein pressure applied inside the perforated line dislocates material to produce the finger opening; wherein when the handle panel is folded along the first fold line such that the handle of the container penetrates the first slot, part of the handle panel is on a top of the container and part of the handle panel is on the first side of the container; wherein when the handle panel is folded along the second fold line such that the handle of the container penetrates the second slot, part of the handle panel is on a top of the container and part of the handle panel is on the second side of the container; and wherein the carrier is attachable back-to-back to an identical carrier, the finger opening matching a finger opening in the identical carrier.