Carrying case for soft drinks and the like

Claim 1

IN A CARRYING CASE FOR BOTTLES AND THE LIKE COMPOSED OF THREE BASIC PARTS, AN INTEGRALLY MOLDED UNITARY PLASTIC BASE MEMBER AND A SURROUNDING METAL BODY MEMBER COMPOSED OF TWO INTERFITTING BODY SECTIONS, THE BASE MEMBER INCLUDING AN ELONGATED, GENERALLY RECTANGULAR, INTEGRAL, PERFORATE BASE, EACH LONGITUDINAL SIDE EDGE OF THE BASE BEING IN THE FORM OF A GENERALLY UNENCUMBERED FREE EDGE, UPSTANDING HANDLES EACH END THEREOF INTEGRAL WITH THE BASE, INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL PANEL RISING FROM THE BASE WITH A FORMATION DEFINING A LATERALLY ELONGATED HAND OPENING ADJACENT THE TOP AND INTEGRAL THEREWITH, THE BODY MEMBER BEING RIGIDLY INTERFITTED WITH AND CONNECTED AROUND THE FREE EDGE OF THE BASE AND DEFINING A CONTAINER THEREWITH, EACH OF THE BODY SECTIONS BEING GENERALLY U-SHAPED WHEN OBSERVED SEPARATELY AND, WHEN ASSEMBLED, BEING DISPOSED ALONG EACH SIDE AND EXTENDING INWARDLY AT EACH END OUTSIDE OF THE PANELS OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW THE FORMATION DEFINING THE HAND OPENINGS, AND AN INTERLOCK AROUND THE FORMATION DEFINING THE HAND OPENINGS OF THE HANDLES, THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH OF THE BODY SECTIONS BEING CONNECTED SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY TO THE FREE EDGE OF THE BASE BUT CONSTRUCTED SUCH THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE HANDLING FORCES WILL BE TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE HANDLES AND THE BASE.