Combination carrying device

A flexible item carrier comprising:

• a first side panel having a first upper edge and a first lower edge;
• a second side panel having a second upper edge and a second lower edge;
• a first end panel having a third upper edge and a third lower edge;
• a second end panel having a fourth upper edge and a fourth lower edge;
• a bottom panel having a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, wherein the first lower edge is joined to the first edge, wherein the second lower edge is joined to the second edge, wherein the third lower edge is joined to the third edge, and wherein the fourth lower edge is joined to the fourth edge;
• a first handle extension joined to the first side panel at a first crease along a length of the first upper edge, wherein the first handle extension comprises a second crease aligned parallel to the first crease;
• and
• a second handle extension joined to the second side panel at a third crease along a length of the second upper edge, wherein the second handle extension comprises a fourth crease aligned parallel to the third crease,
• wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the first end panel, the second end panel, and the bottom panel define a first frustopyramidal volume having a first opening defined by the first upper edge, the second upper edge, the third upper edge and the fourth upper edge,
• wherein the first handle extension is folded away from the first opening about the first crease,
• wherein the first handle extension is folded toward the first opening about the second crease,
• wherein the second handle extension is folded away from the first opening about the third crease,
• wherein the second handle extension is folded toward the first opening about the fourth crease, and
• wherein the flexible item carrier is configured for releasable insertion into at least a portion of a rigid item carrier.

A combination carrying device comprising a rigid item carrier and a flexible item carrier,

• wherein the rigid item carrier comprises:
• a first frustopyramidal cavity defining an open end having an upper perimeter and a closed end;
• a first handle rotatably mounted at a first point about the upper perimeter of the first frustopyramidal cavity;
• a second handle rotatably mounted at a second point about the upper perimeter of the first frustopyramidal cavity;
• and
• a flexible item carrier releasably nested within the rigid item carrier,
• wherein the rigid item carrier is formed from an injection-molded plastic,
• wherein at least one of a size or a shape of the first frustopyramidal cavity corresponds to at least one of a size or a shape of a second frustopyramidal cavity of the flexible item carrier, and
• wherein the flexible item carrier comprises:
• a first side panel having a first upper edge and a first lower edge;
• a second side panel having a second upper edge and a second lower edge;
• a first end panel having a third upper edge and a third lower edge;
• a second end panel having a fourth upper edge and a fourth lower edge;
• a bottom panel having a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, wherein the first lower edge is joined to the first edge, wherein the second lower edge is joined to the second edge, wherein the third lower edge is joined to the third edge, and wherein the fourth lower edge is joined to the fourth edge;
• a first handle extension joined to the first side panel at a first crease along a length of the first upper edge, wherein the first handle extension comprises a second crease aligned parallel to the first crease, wherein the first handle extension is folded away from the second frustopyramidal cavity about the first crease, wherein the first handle extension is folded toward the second frustopyramidal cavity about the second crease, wherein the first handle extension further comprises a first elongated handle opening having an oblong shape that is aligned substantially parallel to the second crease, wherein the first elongated handle opening comprises a first reinforcement about a first perimeter of the first elongated handle opening, and wherein the first elongated handle opening is sized to accommodate a plurality of fingers of a human hand;
• and
• a second handle extension joined to the second side panel at a third crease along a length of the second upper edge, wherein the second handle extension comprises a fourth crease aligned parallel to the third crease, wherein the second handle extension is folded away from the second frustopyramidal cavity about the third crease, wherein the second handle extension is folded toward the second frustopyramidal cavity about the fourth crease, wherein the second handle extension further comprises a second elongated handle opening having an oblong shape that is aligned substantially parallel to the fourth crease, wherein the second elongated handle opening comprises a second reinforcement about a second perimeter of the second elongated handle opening, and wherein the second elongated handle opening is sized to accommodate a plurality of fingers of a human hand,
• wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the first end panel, the second end panel, and the bottom panel define the second frustopyramidal cavity, and
• wherein the rigid item carrier is configured to releasably receive at least a portion of the flexible item carrier folded therein between an inner surface of the first frustopyramidal cavity and an outer surface of the second frustopyramidal cavity.