Patent ID: 8622207

Claim:
A carrier for holding a plurality of containers, the carrier comprising: panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the panels comprise a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel foldably connected to at least one of the front panel and the back panel, a second side panel foldably connected to at least one of the front panel and the back panel, a first top panel foldably connected to the front panel, a second top panel foldably connected to the back panel, and at least one bottom panel; each of the first top panel and the second top panel comprises a handle portion for forming a handle of the carrier and a retaining portion having container receiving openings for receiving the containers in the carrier, wherein each of the handle portions is foldably connected to the respective retaining portion along a respective fold line, the handle portion of the first top panel overlaps the handle portion of the second top panel, and the fold line of the first top panel is adjacent the fold line of the second top panel, each of the first top panel and the second top panel comprises a retention flap foldably connected to the respective handle portion at the respective fold line and configured to be positioned between at least two of the containers for retaining the carrier in an assembled position, wherein, for each of the first top panel and the second top panel, the retention flap extends downwardly from the handle portion and is generally coplanar with the handle portion; and at least one reinforcement flap foldably connected to the second top panel and in face-to-face contact with at least a portion of the first top panel and at least a portion of the second top panel, the at least one reinforcement flap comprising a retention portion in face-to-face contact with each of the retention flap of the first top panel and the retention flap of the second top panel.