Container carrier apparatus and methods of making and using the same

A carrier apparatus for carrying items comprising:

• a base panel section formed from a first base panel section portion and an overlapping second base panel section portion, wherein the first base panel section portion comprises a tab extending from a first side of the first base panel section portion, wherein the tab is further connected to the second base panel section portion and further comprises a fold line between the tab and the second base panel section portion, wherein the base panel section is formed by overlapping the second base panel section portion over the first base panel section portion by folding the tab at the fold line between the tab and the second base panel section portion;
• a first wing extending from a first side of the base panel section, the first wing having a first notch;
• a second wing extending from a second side of the base panel section, the second wing having a first 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 to the base panel section 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 to the base panel section 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,
• 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 to the base panel section 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, a second notch in the first wing and a 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.