Patent ID: 7900815

Claim:
A carrier comprising: (a) a bottom wall; (b) a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall; and (c) a planar top wall having a first edge at an outer-periphery of the top wall that forms an edge of a first collapsible tab when the first tab is uncollapsed, a second edge at the outer-periphery of the top wall that forms an edge of a second collapsible tab when the second tab is uncollapsed, a third edge connected only to the first sidewall and a fourth edge connected only to the second sidewall; wherein the collapsible tabs are adapted to collapse downward and fold inward and out of the plane of the top wall, wherein the first collapsible tab extends inwardly from the first edge of the top wall, and the second collapsible tab extends inwardly from the second edge of the top wall, and wherein the top wall is configured to provide an indented gripping surface at a point of connection between the first collapsible tab and the top wall and between the second collapsible tab and the top wall when the first collapsible tab and the second collapsible tab are collapsed, and wherein at least a portion of each of the collapsible tabs is configured to abut a bottom surface of the top wall when collapsed and when the carrier contains articles.