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A paperboard carrier device for retaining a plurality of containers is disclosed. The carrier device is made from a paperboard blank (10) and has a base (16) with apertures defined therein for receiving the necks of the respective containers, two side walls (19,20) hingedly connected to opposed side

A paperboard carrier device for retaining a plurality of containers is disclosed. The carrier device is made from a paperboard blank (10) and has a base (16) with apertures defined therein for receiving the necks of the respective containers, two side walls (19,20) hingedly connected to opposed side edges of the base, the side walls being angled with respect to the base and extending toward one another, and two handle panels (23,24) hingedly connected to each one of the respective side walls. A plurality of reinforcing flaps (34) are defined in the side walls and the handle panels, the reinforcing flaps being hingedly attached to each one of the side walls along an edge (32), respectively. The reinforcing flaps are folded against the side walls in use, and have a length greater than half of the width of the base.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A paperboard carrier device for carrying two or more containers, each container having an annular shoulder with opposed side portions projecting from an upwardly extending neck portion and a cap affixed to each neck portion, said device comprising:a base having two or more apertures

[ I claim:] [1.] A paperboard carrier device for carrying two or more containers, each container having an annular shoulder with opposed side portions projecting from an upwardly extending neck portion and a cap affixed to each neck portion, said device comprising:a base having two or more apertures defined therein for receiving the neck portions of the respective containers;two opposed side walls, each of said side walls being connected to the base along generally parallel fold lines formed along opposite side edges of the base, said side walls being constructed and arranged to be folded along said respective fold lines so that said side walls are angled with respect to the base and extend toward each other;a cut away portion defined in each said side wall for each respective one of the containers such that the opposed side portions of the annular shoulder on the neck of each respective one of the containers are received between a cooperating pair of said cut away portions in a snap fit; andat least one reinforcing panel hingedly connected to one of said side walls, said reinforcing panel being constructed and arranged to extend between the base and the cut away portion defined in said one of said side walls, said reinforcing panel being constructed and arranged to lie against said one of said side walls and having a maximum length in a direction perpendicular to said fold lines greater than half the width of the base between the fold lines along the opposite side edges of the base.