Patent ID: 8545375

Claim:
A method of making a container carrier, comprising steps of: providing a handle sheet and a carrier sheet; positioning the handle sheet on at least a portion of the carrier sheet; connecting the handle sheet and the carrier sheet along a line of attachment; forming a container holding portion only in the carrier sheet, including forming first and second rows of container receiving apertures in the carrier sheet on opposite sides of the line of attachment after said steps of positioning and connecting; forming a handle portion only in the handle sheet, including forming holes in the handle sheet simultaneously with forming the first row of apertures; and said step of forming holes in the handle sheet and said forming the first row of container receiving apertures in the carrier sheet being performed by cutting through overlying portions of said handle sheet and said carrier sheet and thereby forming said holes of the handle sheet and said first row of container receiving apertures of the carrier sheet in overlying arrangement and in substantially the same configurations one over the other.