Container carrier and method of making same

A method of forming a carrier having a plurality of thin-walled upstanding adjacent annular sections presenting free upper and lower margins with junction elements joining adjacent segments of margins of adjacent annular sections and strap-like elements between adjacent annular sections comprising providing a tube structure of thin flexible material including a pair of side-by-side tubes having a longitudinal area of closest proximity to each other and web elements extending between said tubes at opposite sides of said area, substantially flattening said tubes together with said area and said web elements therebetween and thereby providing a substantially flattened tube structure presenting opposite margins, and alternately transversely slitting the tube structure from said opposite margins partially across the tube structure and along generally parallel lines spaced axially of the tube structure.

A package comprising a plurality of justaposed articles such as containers and a carrier retaining said articles in the package, said carrier comprising a set including at least two adjacently disposed annular thin-walled sections of flexible, stretchable materal each having an upstanding wall having a height greater than its thickness and upper and lower free margins, said annular sections having an area of closest proximity to each other, and elements extending between said annular sections at opposite sides of said area and providing handle means for facilitating handling of the carrier.