Abstract: A basket assembly for containing items, the basket assembly including a containment base having a bottom wall and at least one side wall, said walls defining a containment volume for receiving items to be contained by the basket assembly. The basket assembly may also include a handle being configured for selectively mounting onto the containment base via at one interlocking mechanism. Also described is a blank for forming the containment base of the basket assembly, as well as a kit for assembling the same, and a method of forming such a basket assembly. Also described is an innovative handle made of cardboard and/or the like.

Abstract: A carrier package for securing and carrying a plurality of beverage cans includes a base for supporting the cans, a pair of opposed side walls flanking the cans and extending above the cans and a handle extending upwardly from an upper part of the side walls. The carrier package includes a plurality of apertures arranged in spaced-apart relation along each of the side walls and positioned adjacent to respective top portions of the cans to enable part of each top of each can to protrude through a corresponding aperture and a plurality of flaps each having a lower end defined by an upper edge of a corresponding aperture, the flaps being shaped and positioned to fit obliquely within respective upper rims of the cans to secure the cans with respect to the side walls while the tops of the cans protrude from the respective apertures.