Carrier for cylindrical articles

Claim 1

A carrier for at least a pair of cylindrical articles, such as glass tumblers or the like, said carrier being formed from a cut and scored blank of paperboard or the like and comprising: (a) top, bottom and side walls hingedly interconnected to form a sleeve open at its ends; (b) locking flaps foldably extending from both end edges of said top and bottom walls and having openings formed therein to receive the ends of said articles; (c) each of said locking flaps being folded with respect to the wall from which it extends to occupy a plane angularly related to said wall; (d) a strap bridging each of said openings in said flaps and extending from a first terminal fold line located in each said top and bottom wall to a second terminal fold line located in each respective flap; (e) each of said straps having an intermediate fold line defining a tab foldable into generally normal relationship with respect to the remainder of said strap; (f) said remainder of said strap being folded against the inner surface of each respective top and bottom wall with said tab being positioned generally normal to said respective top and bottom wall.