Stringer for retaining empty beverage cans

A system comprising:

• a beverage can comprising a tab for opening the beverage can, the tab including a hole;
• and
• a stringer comprising:
• a catch at a first end of the stringer configured to be threaded through the hole in the tab of the beverage can, wherein the catch has a width that is more than a diameter of the hole in the tab of the beverage can, and the catch is constructed from a material that is sufficiently deformable to be threaded through the hole in the tab of the beverage can and sufficiently rigid to retain the beverage can, once threaded through the hole in the tab, on the stringer;
• an elongated neck connected one end to the catch, wherein the width of the elongated neck is less than the diameter of the hole in the tab of the beverage can and the elongated neck is configured to hold a plurality of beverage cans;
• and
• a stopper connected to an opposite end of the elongated neck, wherein the width of the stopper is greater than the width of the catch and the stopper is configured to prevent the beverage cans from falling off of a second end of the stringer.

A system comprising:

• a beverage can;
• and
• a stringer, the stringer comprising:
• a catch formed at a first end of the stringer configured to be threaded through a hole in a tab of the beverage can, wherein the catch has a first width larger than a diameter of the hole in the tab of the beverage can and is constructed from a material that is sufficiently deformable to be threaded through the hole in the tab of the beverage can and is configured to retain the beverage can at the tab by resisting passage of the catch back out of the hole in the tab;
• an elongated neck coupled, at one end of the elongated neck, to the catch, wherein the elongated neck has a second width that is less than the first width of the catch and the elongated neck is configured to pass freely through the hole in the tab and hold a plurality of beverage cans with the tab of each of the plurality of beverage cans in an approximately linear alignment along the elongated neck;
• and
• a stopper connected to an opposite end of the elongated neck from the catch, wherein the stopper has a third width that is more than the first width of the catch and the stopper is configured to resist passage of the stopper through the hole in the tab of the beverage can to prevent the beverage can from falling off of a second end of the stringer,
• wherein the catch, the elongated neck and the stopper are all manufactured from a unitary piece of material.