Combined carrying unit and coaster

Claim 1

A CARRYING PACK FOR CANS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF CUP-SHAPED MEMBERS, EACH SAID CUP-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING SIDE WALLS AND AN END WALL, A WEB INTERCONNECTING SAID CUPS INTO A CARRIER UNIT, AN INTERNAL ANNULAR SHOULDER AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALL AND SAID END WALL, AN ANNULAR FLANGE EXTENDING RADIALLY IN WARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALL AND AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID SHOULDER, SAID SHOULDER AND SAID FLANGE BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A CONTAINER HVAING A BEAD SO THAT THE BEAD IS GRIPPED BETWEEN SAID FLANGE AND SAID SHOULDER, SAID CARRIER BEING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE WEB INTERCONNECTING SAID CUPS IS PARTIALLY SEVERED ALONG A CONTINUOUS LINE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE WALL OF EACH SAID CUP AND EXTENDING THE ENTIRE DISTANCE OF THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN SAID CUP AND SAID WEB, SAID FLANGE AND SAID SHOULDER MAKING A WATERTIGHT SEAL WITH SAID BEAD OF SAID CONTAINER, A SINGLE PASSAGE OF VERY LIMITED ANGULAR EXTENT EXTENDING FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID FLANGE, AND SAID SHOULDER BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF PASSAGES ANGULARLY SPACED FROM THE PASSAGE OF SAID FLANGE AND IN FLUID COMMUNICATION THEREWITH.