Patent ID: 7086545

Claim:
A support constructed to be connected with a predetermined container of the type having an upper formation extending about a top portion that is open or constructed to be opened, the support comprising: a surrounding structure-constructed to surround and interfit with the upper formation of the container to suspend the container with its contents, the surrounding structure being shallow, having an axial dimension substantially less than its lateral dimensions and at least one flexible suspending element that is integrated with the surrounding structure and constructed and arranged to suspend the surrounding structure and, thereby, the container, the suspending element having an as-formed position in which the suspending element lies generally within the surrounding structure, extending from at least one root that either directly or indirectly is in supporting relation with the surrounding structure, to a free portion, the free portion of the suspending element arranged to be lifted from the as-formed position to a raised operating position for engagement by a carrier, thereby to suspend the container by its upper formation in a position below the carrier for display or transport, the at least one suspending element and the surrounding structure being so cooperatively related that lifting the free portion of the at least one suspending element relative to the surrounding structure to raised operating position and applying container-suspending force to the raised portion does not disturb the connection of the surrounding structure of the support with the upper formation of the predetermined container with its contents.