Sealing carrier pack for cans with beaded edge

A pack carrier for cans having a substantially round cross-section with a beaded edge or circumferential projection at at least one end, said cans having a recessed openable closure on said end having said beaded edge comprising a flat frame having a carrying handle of extruded plastic, said flat frame being provided with a plurality of attached flat receiving and sealing areas opposing each other in pairs on the frame surface, said receiving and sealing areas having a flat surface of the dimension of the beaded edge of said can, said flat receiving and sealing areas being provided with outer extended elastic lips adapted to completely surround the outer beaded edges of said cans and bear upon them, said extended lips having a flange or bulge over said flat receiving and sealing area adapted to receive said beaded edge where the beaded edge is touched only below, laterally and on the top edge, one of said outer extending elastic lips of one of said flat receiving and sealing areas extending to and merging into the outer extending elastic lip of another of said flat receiving and sealing areas adjacent thereto tangentially, wherein, in one of said outer extended lips which extends to and merges with another of said outer extended lips adjacent thereto tangentially, said flange or bulge does not extend in the area tangential to two of said extended lips where at this tangential point and for a short distance on each side thereof said adjacent extended lips merge to one extended lip without a flange or bulge on either side thereof forming a vertical extension, said vertical extension at said tangential point being reduced in height to below the elevation of the beaded edge of the cans, the thickness of the extended lips at said vertical extension being such that the walls of said cans at the tangential points practically touch and support each other in a tight unit, whereby pairs of cans can be inserted therein and maintained in sealed and sanitary condition.