Carrier for containers

Claim 1

A ONE PIECE PLASTIC NESTABLE CARRIER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY CUP-SHAPED MEMBERS OF DEFORMABLE PLASTIC MATERIAL, EACH HAVING A CONFIGURATION PROVIDING DIMENSIONS X, Y AND Z, WEB PORTIONS FOR SAID MEMBERS SPACING SAME AND INTERCONNECTING SAME INTO A UNIT, EACH CUP-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL PORTION, OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY DIVERGING SIDE WALLS, AND A RELATIVELY POLYGONAL CONFIGURED OPEN TOP PORTION SPACED FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL PORTION BY THE DIMENSION Z, THE DIVERGENCE OF SAID SIDE WALLS BEING CHARACTERIZED AS PRODUCING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL DIMENSIONS X AND Y WHEREIN X IS THE LEAST DIMENSION BETWEEN OPPOSED PORTIONS OF SAID OPEN TOP PORTION WHICH INTERSECTS THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF EACH CUP-SHAPED MEMBER AND Y IS THE GREATEST DIMENSION BETWEEN OPPOSED PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT SAID BOTTOM PORTION, WHEREBY A CYLINDRICAL OBJECT HAVING A DIAMETER X MAY BE INSERTED INTO SAID CUP-SHAPED MEMBER AND RADIALLY EXPAND SAID WALLS AND BE GRIPPINGLY ENGAGED BY PORTIONS OF THE SIDE WALLS COEXTENSIVE THE DIMENSION Z, AND THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID CUP-SHAPED MEMBERS AFFORDING A CLOSE NESTING OF A PLURALITY OF SAID UNITS IN A STACKED RELATION.