Container carrier apparatus and methods of making and using the same

A carrier apparatus for carrying items comprising:

• a base panel section;
• a first wing extending from a first side of the base panel section, the first wing having a first notch and a second notch;
• a second wing extending from a second side of the base panel section, the second wing having a first notch and a second notch;
• and
• a first slotted lock flap extending from a third side of the base panel section comprising a slot,
• wherein the first wing and the second wing are each foldable upwardly roughly perpendicular at a first fold line disposed in each of the first wing and the second wing, and further wherein the first wing and the second wing are each foldable towards each other along a second fold line disposed in each of the first wing and the second wing, and further wherein the first wing and the second wing are each foldable at a third fold line in each of the first wing and the second wing wherein folding the first wing and the second wing upwardly roughly perpendicularly at the third fold line aligns the first wing and the second wing adjacent each other above the third fold line,
• wherein when the first wing and the second wing are adjacent each other above the third fold line, the first notch in the first wing and the first notch in the second wing align with each other to form a first catch slot, wherein folding the first wing and the second wing at the first fold lines, the second fold lines, and the third fold lines in the first and second wings and engaging the first catch slot with an edge of the slot in the first slotted lock flap forms a first internal space having a first volume,
• and further wherein the first wing and the second wing are each foldable towards each other at a fourth fold line disposed in each of the first wing and the second wing, and further wherein the first wing and the second wing are each foldable at a fifth fold line disposed in each of the first wing and the second wing wherein folding the first wing and the second wing upwardly roughly perpendicular at the fifth fold line aligns the first wing and the second wing adjacent each other above the fifth fold line, wherein when the first wing and the second wing are adjacent each other above the fifth fold line, the second notch in the first wing and the second notch in the second wing align with each other to form a second catch slot,
• wherein folding the first wing and the second wing at the first fold lines, the fourth fold lines, and the fifth fold lines in the first and second wings and engaging the second catch slot with an edge of the slot in the first slotted lock flap forms a second internal space having a second volume.