Abstract: A bottle carrier for a single bottle including a substantially planar web of material, the web having an annular ring which includes a neck-engaging collar for selectively engaging the neck of a beverage bottle such as a juice bottle or milk jug. The carrier has a handle portion comprising a substantially U-shaped member having handle arms and a grip portion. The handle arms are joined to the annular ring on opposite sides thereof and the handle arms are sized and shaped so as to flex when the bottle is lifted by the handle portion after the neck has been engaged by the collar.

Abstract: An integral carrier for carrying multiple containers by their necks has a substantially planar web defining a pair of centrally located annular support openings. Each support opening is surrounded by a support rib having a radiused inner surface. A plurality of annular neck-engaging structures is integral with the web and arranged around the periphery of the support openings. Each of the neck-engaging structures has a respective circumferential rib and a plurality of flanges projecting inwardly from the circumferential rib for releasably engaging the necks of the containers. At least two interior ribs each extend between one of the support ribs and one of the plurality of neck-engaging structures.