Flexible carrier sheet for supporting and carrying such as returnable bottles and cans

Abstract

A flexible carrier device for use in supporting, in portable and carryable fashion, a plurality of beverage containers such as returnable bottles, each of which further includes a narrowed and annular shaped neck proximate an end location of the container. The carrier device includes a substantially thin cross sectional, elongated and planar shape body exhibiting a first elongated aperture proximate an upper end and defining a carrying handle. A plurality of inwardly facing and annular shaped rim portions are defined through the sheet at further selected and spaced apart locations and define a second plurality of apertures. The narrowed and annular shaped neck of each beverage container is resistively engaged against a selected and inwardly facing rim portion in order to secure the container in fixed and extending fashion relative to the carrier device.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A flexible carrier device for use in supporting, in portable and carryable fashion, a plurality of beverage containers, each of the beverage containers including a body and a narrowed and annular shaped neck proximate an end location of the container, said carrier device comprising: 
 a substantially thin cross sectional, elongated and planar shape body;    a first elongated aperture defined through said sheet, proximate an upper end, and defining a carrying handle; and    a plurality of inwardly facing and annular shaped rim portions defined through said sheet at further selected and spaced apart locations and defining a second plurality of apertures; 
 wherein the narrowed and annular shaped neck of each beverage container is resistively engaged against a selected and inwardly facing rim portion in order to secure the container in fixed and extending fashion relative to the carrier device.  
   
     
     
         2 . The carrier device as described in  claim 1 , further comprising said inwardly facing rim portions being configured to adheringly engage a narrowed neck associated with a returnable bottle.  
     
     
         3 . The carrier device as described in  claim 1 , further comprising said inwardly facing rim portions being configured to adheringly engage a narrowed annular rim associated with a returnable can.  
     
     
         4 . The carrier device as described in  claim 1 , each of said inwardly facing and annular shaped rim portions further comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart notches defined therealong.  
     
     
         5 . The carrier device as described in  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of annular shaped perforations defined in said planar shaped body, in encircling fashion about each of said inwardly facing and annular shaped rim portions, and being removable to enlarge the inwardly facing rims to resistively engage a narrowed neck associated with a returnable can.  
     
     
         6 . The carrier device as described in  claim 1 , said carrier device exhibiting a specified shape and size and being constructed of a plasticized material including at least a low density polyethylene and a vinyl.  
     
     
         7 . The carrier device as described in  claim 1 , further comprising said carrier device exhibiting an overall rectangular configuration.  
     
     
         8 . A flexible carrier device for use in supporting, in portable and carryable fashion, a plurality of beverage containers, each of the beverage containers including a body and a narrowed and annular shaped neck proximate an end location of the container, said carrier device comprising: 
 a substantially thin cross sectional, elongated and planar shape body;    a first elongated aperture defined through said sheet, proximate an upper end, and defining a carrying handle;    a plurality of inwardly facing and annular shaped rim portions defined through said sheet at further selected and spaced apart locations and defining a second plurality of apertures; and    a plurality of annular shaped perforations defined in said planar shaped body, in encircling fashion about each of said inwardly facing and annular shaped run portions, and being removable to enlarge the inwardly facing rims from a first configuration to a second configuration; 
 wherein the narrowed and annular shaped neck of each beverage container is resistively engaged against a selected and inwardly facing rim portion in order to secure container in fixed and extending fashion relative to the carrier device.  
   
     
     
         9 . A carrier device for use in supporting, in portable and carryable fashion, a plurality of beverage containers, each of the beverage containers including a body and a narrowed and annular shaped neck proximate an end location of the container, said carrier device comprising: 
 a substantially thin cross sectional, elongated and planar shape body;    a first elongated aperture defined through said sheet, proximate an upper end, and defining a carrying handle; and    a plurality of inwardly facing and annular shaped rim portions defined through said sheet at further selected and spaced apart locations and definition a second plurality of apertures; 
 wherein the narrowed and annular shaped neck of each beverage container is resistively engaged against a selected and inwardly facing rim portion in order to secure the container in fixed and extending fashion relative to the carrier device.