Food and beverage carrier
OwnerFrank Piccioloinventor
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Abstract
A carrier for transporting food and beverage containers, having a first container support wall for supporting an upper portion of a food and beverage container, a second container support wall spaced vertically from the first wall for supporting a lower portion of a food and beverage container, wherein a plurality of apertures are disposed in the first and second walls for receiving a food and beverage container. The carrier is structurally reinforced by providing a plurality of reinforcement panels which extend between the first and second walls of the carrier, at least two of these reinforcement panels having selectively re-useable reinforcement flaps along their edges. A detachable coupon-like portion can be optionally provided in at least one the reinforcement panels.
Claims24
A carrier for transporting food and beverage containers, comprising:
- a first container support wall for supporting an upper portion of a food and beverage container;
- a second container support wall for supporting a lower portion of a food and beverage container;
- at least one aperture disposed in said first container support wall for enabling said carrier to receive a food and beverage container;
- a plurality of reinforcement panels extending between said first and second container support walls for rigidifying said carrier, each of said reinforcement panels defining a pair of opposing edges, wherein at least one of said reinforcement panels is coupled to a reinforcement tab that has a side surface which is adhesively coupled to the interior of one of said first and second container support walls;
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- selectively re-usable reinforcement flaps extending along said edges of two of said plurality of reinforcement panels, said reinforcement flaps operating to reinforce said two of said plurality of reinforcement panels, and wherein at least another one of said plurality of reinforcement panels includes selectively moveable vertical reinforcement tabs to reinforce said carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.