Carrier for cans

Claim 1

A carrier for transporting and storing cylindrical cans comprising: a plurality of elongated cylindrical tubes, each tube being open at one end and dimensioned to slidably receive a plurality of cans in end to end abutment with each other, said tubes being secured together in a side by side relationship, wherein a portion of each sidewall of each tube also forms a portion of the sidewall of any adjacent tube so that adjacent tubes share one common integrally connected sidewall, means adjacent the other end of each tube for limiting the travel of a first can inserted into said one end of said each tube to a predetermined position closely adjacent the other end of said each tube, and a handle for carrying said tubes wherein said limiting means comprises a stop tab protruding into the interior of each tube and adapted to abut against a bottom of a can, and wherein said tubes each include a cut out portion diametrically opposite said stop tab and a longitudinally extending slot extending into said cut out portion, said tube having a flexible sidewall portion adjacent said cutout portion, and wherein said flexible sidewall portion flexes outwardly away from said stop tab and away from said slot to thereby enable a can to pass across said stop and through the bottom of the tube wherein said carrier includes a substantially planar back, and means for detachably securing two carriers together in a bck to back relationship wherein said carrier is of a one piece construction.