Patent ID: 7614495

Claim:
A modular beverage can interlocking device for releasable retention of a plurality of beverage cans, wherein each of said beverage cans has a top end and a bottom end, said device comprising: a plurality of ring-shaped members having an upper orifice and a lower orifice, said upper orifice generally conforming to the shape of the top end of said can for releasable retention therein, and said lower orifice having a relatively greater inside radius than the inside radius of the upper orifice and transitioned from the upper orifice by a section of the member having the inner shape of a frustum, with the lower orifice generally conforming to the bottom end of said can for releasable retention therein; and, a plurality of fillets which are integrally formed with said plurality of ring-shaped members, said plurality of fillets interconnecting said plurality of ring-shaped members in such a manner to maintain said ring-shaped members in a generally co-planar relationship to each other; whereby inserting the top end of each of said beverage cans through said lower orifice defines a distribution orientation, and alternatively inserting the top end of each of said beverage cans through said upper orifice defines a building block orientation.