Container carrier stock

Claim 1

A predetermined length of strip stock for forming a plurality of container carriers for different selected numbers of pairs of containers, said strip stock comprising a resilient, elastic, deformable and elongated strip of plastic material comprising a plurality of six or more container encircling bands arranged in a connected series of adjacently positioned pairs, each of said container encircling bands of substantially uniform width throughout a substantial portion of each of their circumferences, first web means extending transversely of said elongated strip and substantially tangentially interconnecting adjacent longitudinally arranged pairs of bands, said pairs of bands being uniformly spaced for selective severance through any selected first web means, second web means longitudinally extending and interconnecting said adjacently positioned pairs of bands, each end of said second web means providing a longitudinally projecting tab extending toward a line transversely of said strip stock and passing through each of said first web means, said tabs extending substantially longitudinally outwardly of the contiguous edges of each of said bands whereby a longitudinally deflectable tab is provided at each end of a strip produced by a selective severance of said first web means and a pair of opposed tabs are provided intermediate each pair of adjacently positioned pair of bands which is connected to a second pair of longitudinally adjacent bands when connected by said first web means.