Carrier for brick-type containers

A carrier for two or more brick-type containers, each brick including interconnected side and end walls and an upper closure structure having folded portions overlapping and extending downwardly along a portion of each of said end walls, the bricks being disposed linearly in end-wall to end-wall arrangement, the carrier comprising:

• a top wall panel;
• a pair of side wall panels foldably connected to said top wall panel;
• first and second retention strips substantially vertically disposed and extending between said side wall panels at opposite ends of said side wall panels;
• third and fourth retention strips substantially vertically disposed and positioned in mutually overlapped relationship, said third and fourth retention strips extending between said side wall panels and being disposed intermediate said first and second retention strips;
• said retention strips each defining an upper free edge spaced from said top wall panel;
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• means for foldably connecting said retention strips and said side wall panels, whereby said side wall panels and said first and third retention strips surround one of the bricks and said side panels and said second and fourth retention strips surround the other one of the bricks, said free edges of said retention strips each engaging a lowermost end of the respective one of the folded portions of the upper closure structure of the bricks.