Container carrier

Claim 1

A molded plastic carrier for a pair of containers having upper chimes comprising, a pair of integrally molded circumferentially discontinuous container encircling bands of a diameter permitting each of said bands to be mounted about a container immediately below the upper chime thereof, the circumferentially discontinuous portions of said bands being diametrically arranged, chordal members integrally molded across and above said circumferentially discontinuous portions of said bands to superimpose the tops of said containers, integrally molded fastener means on opposite sides of each of said bands for joining a plurality of said containers together to form a package of a plurality of pairs of containers, said fastener means comprising integrally molded male and female snap means, said male and female snap means formed on the opposite sides of said pair of bands substantially within the areas defined by the bands and common tangents to said pair of bands, one of said bands of said pair of bands having one of said male snap means on one side thereof and one of said female snap means on the other side thereof, the other band of said pair of bands having one of said male snap means on the same side thereof as the female snap means of said one of said bands and one of said female snap means on the other side thereof, each of said male snap means comprising a substantially rod-shaped tongue longitudinally extending substantially along the common tangent lines to the pair of bands, and each of said female snap means comprising a slot cylindrically shaped to receive said tongue of an adjacent identical carrier in an interlocking relationship.