Package forming member

Claim 1

A PACKAGE FORMING MEMBER FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE END ONLY OF CONTAINERS, SUCH AS CANS, OF THE TYPE HAVING AN OUTWARDLY DIRECTED RIB AT ONE END THEREOF, SAID PACKAGE FORMING MEMBER BEING OF A ONE-PIECE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES PERMANENTLY SECURED TOGETHER AND COMPRISING INNER AND OUTER NESTED TROUGHS OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, AND OUTER TROUGH INCLUDING A BASE AND UPSTANDING OUTER WALLS, SAID INNER TROUGH BEING SEATED IN SAID OUTER TROUGH AND INCLUDING A FLOOR AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, SAID SIDE WALLS ONLY BEING PROVIDED WITH TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED ELONGATED NOTCHES AT SPACED INTERVALS ADJACENT THE BOTTOM EDGES THEREOF FOR RECEIVING TRANSVERSELY SPACED PERIPHERAL RIB PORTIONS OF CONTAINERS, SAID FLOOR BEING LOOSELY ENGAGED ONLY WITH SAID BASE, AND SAID INNER TROUGH BEING JOINED TO SAID OUTER TROUGH ONLY BY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND SAID OUTER WALLS WHEREBY THE PACKAGE FORMING MEMBER CAN BE STORED IN A FLAT STATE.