Abstract: There is provided a paperboard device made from a blank (10) having two base panels (15, 16) for connection together, two side walls (20, 21), two top panels (22, 23), and two handle panels (24, 25) which are hingedly connected together by a fold (26). The top panels (22, 23) have apertures (28) for receiving necks of bottles to be retained by the device. The top panels also have flap sections (34), one of which has a tab (35) which, in use, extends through one of the apertures (28) in the other top panel (23) and is bent up and retained there by the neck of the bottle in that aperture.

Abstract: A novel top lift carrier and a novel method of forming same are disclosed herein. The carrier is used to carry a plurality of containers, such as cans, bottles and the like. The carrier is formed from a single ply, plastic handle portion which has a plurality of tabs along an edge thereof and a planar, plastic container engaging portion which has a plurality of apertures therethrough that are provided in rows. Each aperture carries one of the containers. The handle portion and the container engaging portion are formed separately and may be made of dissimilar materials. To form the completed carrier, the tabs are fused or welded to the container engaging portion between the rows of apertures. In a first embodiment, the container engaging portion is provided with a plurality of spaced slots between the rows of apertures. The tabs on the handle portion are respectively inserted through the slots and fused or welded to an underside of the container engaging portion to form a strong, peel resistant weld.

Abstract: A bag for carrying liquid containers and other goods within the bag. The bag has a bottom panel and a plurality of side panels attached to the bottom panel such that the side panels in combination with the bottom panel define an interior space of the bag. A retaining strap is securely positioned within the interior space adjacent to one of the side panels. At least a portion of the retaining strap is spaced apart from one of the side panels to define a cotainer-receiving space therebetween. The retaining strap is sized to retain a selected container within the container-receiving space, and the remainder of the interior space is sized to simultaneously carry selected other goods therein when the selected container is retained within the container-receiving space.

Abstract: A non-spill steady cup holder (10) for beverage containers (12) comprises a panel (14) sized to snugly fit horizontally against an interior surface (16) of a paper bag (18). A facility (20) in the panel (14) is for holding a beverage container (12). When the panel (14) is placed within the paper bag (18), the beverage container (12) will be stabilized, allowing the paper bag (18) to be carried, to prevent the beverage from spilling out of the beverage container (12), wetting the paper bag (18) and losing the beverage from the beverage container (12). In other embodiments, a second beverage container (12) can be held in the panel (14), so that two beverage containers (12) can be carried in a side by side relationship within the paper bag (18). In still other embodiments, solid food can be held in the panel (14), so that a beverage container (12) and the solid food can be carried in a side by side relationship within the paper bag (18).

Abstract: A carrier for beverage containers in which the beverage containers are of a type which have a bottom wall, an upstanding side wall and an openable top. The carrier is formed of a one-piece member formed of a non-plastic material formed into first and second halves adjoining each other at a first fold line. Each half is comprised of counting from the first fold line a handle segment forming the first fold line, a first side wall segment adjoining the handle segment at a second fold line and having first and second side margins, a bottom wall segment adjoining the first side wall segment along a third fold line, a second side wall segment adjoining the bottom wall segment along a fourth fold line and having first and second side edges, first and second end wall segments adjoining respectively the first and second side edges of the second side wall segment.

Abstract: A carrier for transporting food and beverage containers having a first container support wall for supporting an upper portion of a food and beverage container, a second container support wall vertically spaced from the first wall for supporting a lower portion of a food and beverage container, wherein a plurality of apertures are disposed in the first and second walls for receiving a food and beverage container. The carrier is structurally reinforced by providing a plurality of reinforcement panels which extend between the first and second walls of the carrier. A detachable coupon-like portion can be optionally provided in at least one of the reinforcement panels.

Abstract: This invention relates to a container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers comprising two sheets of material joined along at least two generally parallel lines of connection. A panel is defined by at least one of the sheets between the lines of connection. Each sheet of the material contains at least one first receiving opening for engaging an upper portion of a container separated from the panel by a first line of connection. Each sheet of material also contains at least one second receiving opening for engaging a lower portion of a container separated from the panel by a second line of connection. After, during, and just before, application to a plurality of containers, each first receiving opening is preferably vertically aligned with each second receiving opening of each sheet. The carrier according to this invention engages a plurality of containers to comprise an assembled package.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier. The end panels are formed of overlapping end panel sections, the outer section of which is foldably connected to an upper portion of a central handle panel and the inner section of which is foldably connected to a lower portion of the handle panel. This results in an end panel formation which does not tend to collapse after a collapsed carrier is erected and also makes the carrier more rigid by tying in the full extent of the handle panel to the end panels.

Abstract: A bottle carrier is formed of one or more panels of paperboard and includes a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings. Each opening has a plurality of radially extending fingers whose ends engage beneath a portion of an abutment associated with each bottle neck. Each finger is bent upwardly at about 45 degrees after insertion of a bottle into a respective opening. Each radial finger is provided with a microcut line extending downwardly from its upper surface, each microcut line extending about 10-50% through the paperboard. The microcut lines weaken the radial fingers and facilitate removal of the bottles from the carrier.

Abstract: A carrier carton formed from a composite blank of paperboard and paper. The carton is designed like a seal end carton with identical halves foldably joined to each other and secured to each other in back-to-back relation to provide a reinforced, four-ply handle construction. Transverse partitions include panels foldably joined to a center wall and attached to partition elements foldable joined to the side walls. The carton also has a solid bottom wall construction including bottom closure flaps foldably joined to each of the carton walls and adhesively secured to each other in overlapped relation.

Abstract: A collapsible basket-type article carrier has end walls joined at the ends of opposing side walls. A portion of the side wall is cut-away to form bands for engaging articles. Riser panels extend inwardly of the end walls. A handle structure extends between the end walls and riser panels. A center cell partition extends from each respective side wall to the handle structure. The corner formed at each intersection of the carton's side and end walls is bevelled. In like manner, the corner formed at each intersection of a band of the center cell and the side wall portion thereof is bevelled. Support tabs join either the riser panels or end walls to the bottom wall of the carrier. The bottom wall of the carrier is bifurcated. Bottles are loadable upwardly through the open bottom of the carrier. In collapsed condition the carrier has a shearable nick members strategically located upon cut lines between the side wall and center cell at the bevelled corner tabs.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier having reinforced corner areas and reinforced end panels. Bottom panel reinforcing flaps are connected to the end panels and to gusset panels which in turn are connected to a bottom panel flap. The gusset panels lie between the reinforcing flaps and the bottom panel. The end panels include cutouts from which end panel reinforcing flaps are formed. The end panel reinforcing flaps are adhered to the end panels adjacent the cutouts. Side panel cutouts have cover flaps foldably attached. When folded into the carrier, the cover flaps form bottle stabilizers and also cover the pricing code on packaged articles.

Abstract: A plastic carrier device for carrying a plurality of containers, such as bottles, cans and the like, has container engaging portions; each of which is formed from a sheet of plastic material and includes bands which define apertures therein for engaging the side walls of the containers to form a package. Each container engaging portion has a top margin and opposite side margins. A joined portion is formed at the top margins by bonding the top margins together for joining the container engaging portions together such that the portions freely extend downwardly from the joined portion. The bonded joined portion is continuous along its length. A notch portion is provided along the side margins of each of the container engaging portions and is downwardly of the joined portion to relieve the amount of stress placed on the ends of the joined portion when the bands are stretched over the containers by a jaw stretching machine.

Abstract: There is provided a basket type container 11 having a handle portion 12 for carrying a plurality of bottles 14. The container 11 has side walls 18 and end panels 24, 25. There are also retention panels 15 extending between the side walls 18 and the handle portion 12 for holding the bottles in the container 11 and preventing removal. Lines of weakening may be provided to disable the retention panels 15 and allow access to the bottles 14.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier with means for maintaining the carrier open during loading. The carrier includes tabs foldably connected to the end panel sections at one end of the carrier. When the tabs are folded in at substantially right angles to the end panel sections, they engage a vertical support member to prevent the carrier from closing. When the articles being loaded reach the tabs, they fold the tabs up against the inside face of the end panel sections. The articles themselves maintain the carriers open at that point and the tabs are no longer needed for that purpose.

Abstract: A composite carrier (10) has a handle structure (20) with a hand-gripping portion (22, 23) in upright relation to an attached article-engaging panel structure (24, 25). In one embodiment of the handle structure (20) the panel structure is a pair of panels (22, 23) formed from flexible sheet material. Each sheet (22, 24) has at least one deformable aperture (31) for engaging the neck of an article (31). In an alternate embodiment of the handle structure (40) the panel structure is a panel (44) attached in generally perpendicular relation to the hand-gripping portion. The generally horizontal panel has at least one neck-receiving aperture (46). Each neck-receiving aperture (46) has at least one foldably attached tab (48) extending inwardly into the aperture for engaging the flanged neck of an article such as the crown of a bottle. The second part of the composite carrier (10) is a tubular, wrap-around type carton (30) having top, side and bottom walls.

Abstract: A carrier for a plurality of objects arranged in at least two rows includes a reinforced handle and is formed from first and second side walls, first and second end walls interconnecting the side walls, and a medial panel extending between and connected to the first and second end walls, the medial panel being disposed between the first and second side walls. A primary bottom wall is connected and extends between lower portions of the first and second side walls. The handle includes a handle opening defined in the medial panel, first and second outer handle panels foldably connected at a first end edge thereof to a side edge of the medial panel and extending across the medial panel, and first and second handle reinforcing panels foldably connected at a first end edge thereof to second end edges of the first and second outer handle panels, respectively, and extending across the medial panel.

Abstract: A baby bottle carrier is constructed of a container with a plurality of interconnected compartments having a complementary cross section and shape corresponding to a bottle adapted to being received therein. A lid, detachably mounted to the container, closes each of the compartments. Cup shaped spacers are detachably secured to an underside of the lid to project into the compartments and abut against baby bottles of various sizes to insure that they are securely held in place, even when the carrier is moved from one location to another. Further in accordance with the invention, the baby bottle carrier is placed within a flexible closable bag with a shoulder strap and outwardly folding flap to close the bag.

Abstract: A collapsible basket-type article carrier has end walls joined at the ends of opposing side walls. A portion of the side wall is cut-away to form bands for engaging articles. Riser panels extend inwardly of the end walls. A handle structure extends between the end walls and riser panels. A center cell partition extends from each respective side wall to the handle structure. The corner formed at each intersection of the carton's side and end walls is bevelled. In like manner, the corner formed at each intersection of a band of the center cell and the side wall portion thereof is bevelled. Support tabs join either the riser panels or end walls to the bottom wall of the carrier. The bottom wall of the carrier is bifurcated. Bottles are loadable upwardly through the open bottom of the carrier. In collapsed condition the carrier has a shearable nick members strategically located upon cut lines between the side wall and center cell at the bevelled corner tabs.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier with means for maintaining the carrier open during loading. The carrier includes a retainer tab foldably connected to at least one end panel of the carrier. When the tab is folded inwardly transversely of the end panel, it maintains the carrier in open condition until the articles being loaded reach the tabs. At that point the articles themselves are able to maintain the carriers open. Continued insertion of the articles during loading causes the articles to fold the tabs up against the inside face of the end panel sections.

Abstract: A basket-style article carrier for carrying nonbreakable articles. A divider strap is connected to and extends between opposite side panels. The strap is connected to the side panels by a glue flap at each end, one of which is connected by fold line to the upper edge of the associated side panel. The strap causes the carrier to resist bowing when an article is removed, thereby preventing excessive sagging which otherwise tends to allow the remaining articles in the carrier to fall out.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier for packaging six bottles or other articles in two adjacent rows. Partition panels connected to opposite side panels are formed from partition flaps foldably connected to the upper edge of the side panels of the carrier. The partition flaps are adhered to the side panels and the partition panels are adhered to the central handle panel.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier for packaging four bottles or other articles in two adjacent rows. A partition panel connected to opposite side panels is formed from a cutout in the body of a central handle panel. The layout, glue pattern and partition panel formation permits the carrier to be rapidly formed.

Abstract: A bottle carrier is formed from a unitary paperboard blank, the carrier having a handle which is vertically disposed when manually carried and which is folded to or near a horizontal latched position for stacking and packing of multiple carriers. The handle has a finger receiving recess and a free, outer edge. The free edge is provided with curved recesses which releasably latch beneath the top caps or closures of the bottles. In its latched position, the handle does not inhibit stacking of the carriers. The construction requires less handle material than known carriers of its type.

Abstract: In a package for substantially identical containers, such as substantially identical bottles, a wrapper is formed from a paperboard sheet, folded, and seamed so as to have a bottom wall and two lateral walls providing expansive surfaces for labelling. Each lateral wall has a longitudinal row of container-receiving apertures, each of which is surrounded completely by portions of such lateral wall. The lateral walls are joined to each other at longitudinally extending folding lines, between the longitudinal rows of container-receiving apertures, so as to define an upper edge of the wrapper. As formed from sheet-form, resilient, polymeric material, a carrier has band segments defining container-receiving apertures in a generally rectangular array, which comprises two longitudinal rows corresponding to the longitudinal rows of container-receiving apertures of the wrapper. The carrier is disposed above the bottom wall of the wrapper, below the upper edge of the wrapper.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier which exposes major portions of packaged articles to view. Short inwardly tapered side panels are connected by integral flexible bands which encircle the end articles in the carrier. A handle may connect opposite flexible bands or may be incorporated in a handle panel extending up through an opening in the bottom panel of the carrier. A transverse base panel connected to the handle panel contacts the bottom panel in face-to-face relationship.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier constructed so as to maintain the carrier open during loading. The end panels of the carrier are formed from overlapping end panel sections. Each end panel section is connected to a handle panel support by a fold line. The overlapping end panel section includes a wide portion that extends transversely beyond the fold line connecting it to the handle panel support. This causes the two sections to function as a unit, preventing the end panels from collapsing about their fold lines during loading. In addition, a bottom panel forming flap is connected to one of the end panel sections at each end of the carrier. This flap is adhered to the bottom panel flaps to tighten the construction.

Abstract: A plastic carrier for carrying containers includes container engaging portions which extend from a joint. The joint is at adjacent edges of the container engaging portions. The container engaging portions include a plurality of annular bands for securely holding containers therein. The joint is formed by bonding the layers of plastic material between the edges of the container engaging portions. The joint is interrupted along its length to enable the joint and container engaging portions to stretch when containers are placed in the carrier. The carrier may include a handle portion which extends from the joint for carrying the containers.

Abstract: A carrier with both a bottom panel and an upper panel containing openings through which the necks of packaged bottles extend. The upper panel is comprised of adjacent sections foldably connected to a central handle panel and to an intermediate panel. The latter panel also contains bottle openings and is foldably connected to a central vertical support panel. The arrangement permits loading by placing bottles on the bottom panel and pushing down on the handle panel, which causes the upper panel sections to pivot down over the bottles. Support tabs may surround the bottle openings in the upper panel to engage shoulders on the bottle necks.

Abstract: In a package for containers of a type having a side wall, a wrapper is formed from a paperboard sheet, folded, and seamed and has a bottom wall, two lateral walls providing expansive surfaces for labelling of the package, and two struts, which extend across the wrapper and divide the package into two endmost regions and an intermediate region. As formed from sheet-form, resilient, polymeric material, a carrier has band segments defining container-receiving apertures in two longitudinal rows, two endmost ranks, and two intermediate ranks, and a handle is attached to the carrier so as to extend upwardly from a longitudinal midline of the carrier. Each container is loosely received by one container-receiving aperture so that the band segments defining such aperture grip its side wall.

Abstract: A package for substantially identical bottles arranged in two longitudinal rows is divided longitudinally by an imaginary plane. A carrier made from a sheet of resilient polymeric material so as to have two longitudinal rows of bottle-receiving apertures, and so as to have a longitudinal row of slots between the aperture rows, is applied to the side walls of the bottles. A handle is folded from a sheet of paperboard material so as to define two handle portions. Each handle portion has a longitudinal row of tabs, each being one of a pair of tabs extending downwardly through one of the slots in the carrier. Each tab has a lower portion, which is longer than the slot for such tab, and a neck portion, which is shorter. The carrier is stretchable so as to permit the lower portions of the tabs to pass through the slots. The handle extends upwardly from the carrier, between neck portions of the respective bottles, and is slotted so as to provide a hand grip.

Abstract: A system of stackable containers including a plurality of carriers, each container comprising means for linking a carrier with a next adjacent stacked carrier, a plurality of means for containing objects, a handle, adapted to suspend the carrier and containers and a plurality of inferiorly stacked carriers with containers, and a lower recess adapted to receive a handle from an inferior stacked carrier.

Abstract: A basket-style carrier having a pilfer-proof handle. The carrier has an external handle panel and an internal handle panel directly beneath it. Intermediate panels, containing openings through which the tops of articles extend, connect the side panels Of the carrier to the external handle panel and prevent individual articles from being removed from the carrier. When the intermediate panels and the external handle panel are removed along easily severed lines, the internal handle panel is exposed and can be used to lift the carrier.

Abstract: A neck clip carrier comprised of two carrier units separated by a handle structure. Each carrier unit is comprised of a bottom panel and two angled side panels. The bottom panels and side panels contain openings for receiving two bottles, the lower edge of the side panel openings engaging the underside of the bottle flanges to support the bottles. The handle structure comprised of spaced panels hinged together at their upper edges, and the bottom and side panels of the carrier units are of two-ply construction. Tear strips may be provided in the plies of the outer side panels to facilitate access to the bottles. The carrier is formed from a single blank of material.

Abstract: A carrier for relatively heavy liquid containers, such as half-gallon bottles and gallon jugs, has container holders in the form of split collars that hold the containers by their necks and are pivotally attached to a bridge section by which the carrier is supported in normal carrying position to prevent accidental release of the containers from the carrier by twisting of the collars relative to the container necks in response to bending of the bridge section under the weight of the containers.

Abstract: The top wall of an article carrier is provided with a pair of hand gripping apertures and a number of score lines are arranged to extend from adjacent an end of a hand gripping aperture outwardly in a diverging path toward the corners of the top wall. By this means the top wall of the carrier is rendered especially strong by efficiently distributing the weight of the carrier and its contents so that the caliber of board used may be substantially reduced and economies thereby effected.

Abstract: An apparatus for safely carrying or storing necked bottles, in particular wine bottles, has a top, a bottom having an opening, and an intermediate structure with an aperture axially aligned with the opening in the bottom. The neck of an inverted bottle is inserted through and supported by the aperture in the intermediate structure. The top of the neck of the bottle fits into, and is supported by, the opening in the bottom. A hinged, openable enclosure surrounds the area between the top and intermediate structure.

Abstract: The bottom structure of a heavy duty basket style article carrier is reinforced by an anchoring panel foldably joined to a side edge of bottom panels on each side of the carrier and is foldably joined to a first web panel to which a second web panel is foldably joined, each anchoring panel being secured to the associated bottom panel and the two web panels being collapsible along a common fold line when the carrier is collapsed and an attachment flap is foldably joined to the second web panel on each side of the carrier and is yieldably joined to the lower part of the adjacent end wall panel to form a yieldable lower bottom portion of the associated end wall panel thereby to facilitate locking the carrier in set up condition.

Abstract: A package member of a paperboard-like material with handle means at the upper end and with a bifurcated lower end of two flaps. The invention further involves a method for using the package member to make packages with a plurality of container units. The container units can be a single container or a stack of containers. The invention further includes packages of the package member, the plurality of container units, and a broad substantially-tensioned elastic plastics material band encircling and holding the container units with the packaging member together to enable a person to safely carry and jostle the package by holding the handle means with the package depending therefrom.

Abstract: A carrier for containers comprises a folded, generally stiff sheet, such as cardboard, defining a top wall, side walls, and a bottom wall. The carrier further defines apertures in the top wall for receiving the containers, with at least portions of the containers being positioned between the side walls. In accordance with this invention, the top wall defines a central, double-layered, integral handle portion of the folded sheet projecting outwardly from the remainder of the top wall. An inner sheet is positioned along the underside of the top wall and is attached to the folded sheet, to hold the handle portion in its outwardly projecting position.

Abstract: A carrier (10) for a six pack (20) of beverage containers (14) has rings (12) interconnected by strips (16) and (18). The rings (12) fit around the beverage containers (14) in a friction fit. The strips (16, 18) are severed from adjacent rings (12) to remove one of the beverage containers (14) from the six pack (20). The ring (12) is moved so that it extends partially below bottom (24) of the container (14) so that the ring (12) will function as a coaster by supporting the container (14) above a surface (26) to prevent condensation on the container (14) from contacting the surface (26).

Abstract: Carrier stock formed from a single sheet of resilient polymeric material, such as low density polyethylene, and severable into individual carriers with integral handles along lateral edges. Integrally joined band segments define container-receiving apertures. Perforate lines, along which such stock is severable, divide certain cross segments into half segments. Each half segment has an aperture-defining edge configured with a nub countering tendencies of such half segment to neck down or to break.

Abstract: A basket style article carrier includes a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined to opposite side edges of the bottom wall, end panels foldably joined to each end of each side wall, a riser panel foldably joined to the inner edge of the end panels at one end of the carrier, a pair of medial panels foldably joined respectively to the inner edges of the end panels at the other end of the carrier, a pair of handle panels foldably joined respectively to the medial panels and secured in flat face contacting relation with the medial panels, cross partition structure foldably joined to each medial panel and a longitudinal reinforcing beam panel foldably joined along its top edge to the bottom edge of one medial panel and secured at one end to one of the medial panels and at the other end to one of the riser panels.

Abstract: Carrier stock formed from a single sheet of resilient polymeric material, such as low density polyethylene, and severable into individual carriers with integral handles. For each carrier, integrally joined band segments define container-receiving apertures. Moreover, an integral handle is joined at its ends respectively to middle portions of two outer segments, which are joined to one cross segment at a node. Stresses are distributed from each end of the handle, through the outer segment having such end joined to a middle portion thereof, to two cross segments. Perforated lines divide alternate cross segments into half segments and facilitate severance of such stock to form the individual carriers. Each half segment has an aperture-defining edge configured to provide means, which may comprise a nub, for countering tendencies of such half segment to neck down or to break.

Abstract: A multi-celled article carrier suitable for conveying articles such as cans and bottles, and a method for manufacturing the article carrier are disclosed. The article carrier preferably comprises four cells defined by a bottom wall, two side panels and two end walls. The article carrier is divided into cells by the combination of a medial partition extending from end wall to end wall and by a transverse partition extending from side panel to side panel to form four distinct cells. The medial partition further comprises an integral perforated handle consisting of two handle portions which cause the article carrier to become erected when united to form the perforated handle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier for empty beverage cans, particularly those that are returnable and recyclable. The carrier includes an elongated planar body with a plurality of spaced apart hooks where each hook has an elongated generally trapezoidal central section having converging side edges; a pair of elongated generally rectangular flap members; each attached to a respective side edge of the central section along a fold line; and a slit extending along each of the fold lines over a short distance from the inner end edge of the adjacent flap members. Each hook enters the opening of an empty can to engage the underside of the top plate of the can to suspend the can therefrom. By using the carrier, people returning cans have a convenient way of carrying the cans and the people receiving the cans are able to easily count the cans.

Abstract: A food container formed from a first sheet of paperboard and a second sheet, preferably of an insulating material, the first sheet having side, end, bottom, and top wall portions, foldable relative to one another, and attachable at selected locations, to form an enclosure, with the second sheet thermally subdividing the enclosure to form two separated compartments therein. The second sheet lies in a plane generally perpendicular to the bottom of the container, with a handle portion of the second sheet coacting with a handle portion of the first sheet to provide a carrying handle for the container.

Abstract: A flexible film package for carry-out meal items is fabricated from a pair of telescoped sack members, the outer sack member being made longer than the inner sack member in order to define a spill-confinement pouch in its bottom and the inner sack member being fabricated from relatively stiffer film material than the outer sack member and with one or more beverage cup receiving apertures in its bottom for promoting a stable, upright positioning of the beverage cups during carrying of the filled package and upon placement of the filled package on a generally horizontal support surface.

Abstract: Disclosure herein is a beverage carrier having two basic embodiments. The first embodiment includes flexible water-resistant container having a flexible container with a bottom and upstanding walls and a top opening. The container further includes a removable flooring for supporting beverages in the container, nesting in the container adjacent the bottom. A separator is provided for spacing apart beverages in the container from one another. Another embodiment provides a like structure with the flooring having a coolant for cooling the beverages.

Abstract: A cup carrier is provided having a plurality of circular cup engaging portions each supported by a support web at generally opposite sides of the cup engaging portions. The support webs each extend to a bail portion having a handle by which the cup carrier is carried. Certain ones of the support webs are formed by doubled back portions, and an elongating element is provided in a center support web so that each drink cup is supported independently and in a level condition.