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A MULTI-CONTAINER CARRIER SEPARABLE INTO A PLURALITY OF COASTER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL CONTAINER HOLDERS, SAID CONTAINER HOLDERS BEING ALIGNED IN PARALLEL ROWS, A WEB OF RESILIENT PLASTIC MATERIAL OF A THICKNESS TO BE READILY FRANGIBLE AT PREDETERMINED POINTS, SAID CONTAINER HOLDERS BEING UNITARY WITH AND SUPPORTED BY SAID WEB AND DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME PLANE AS SAID WEB EACH OF SAID HOLDERS HAVING MEANS TO PERMIT INSERTION OF A CONTAINER THERIN IN ONE DIRECTION AND REMOVAL OF SAID CONTAINER IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AN ANNULAR RING HAVING A CURVED UPPER EDGE FORMING AN INTERIOR GROOVE, SAID HOLDERS BEING OF THE SAME RESILIENT MATERIAL AS SAID WEB, SAID RING HAVING A SINGULAR UNITARY MEANS FOR FRICTIONALLY AND RELEASABLY HOLDING A SINGLE CONTAINER, SAID SINGULAR MEANS COMPRISING A DEPENDING SKIRT OF SAID RESILIENT MATERIAL ADAPTED TO EXTEND AROUND AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE TOP RIM OF ONE OF SAID CONTAINERS, SAID SKIRT HAVING A RESILIENT, INWARDLY DIRECTED ANNULAR PROJECTION ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN SAID RIM BETWEEN SAID PROJECTION AND SAID RING, SAID SKIRT HAVING AN OUTWARDLY FLARING ANNULAR FLANGE TO FACILITATE INSERTION OF SAID CONTAINERS AND TO CATCH MOISTURE WHEN SAID HOLDERS ARE USED AS COASTERS, SAID RINGS BEING SPACED SO THAT ANY CONTAINERS BEING GRASPED THEREBY ARE POSITIONED ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER WHEREBY THEY MUTUALLY SUPPORT EACH OTHER, OPPOSED FINGER HOLES IN SAID WEB BETWEEN SAID RINGS FOR GRASPING SAID CARRIER AND BREAKING GROOVES IN SAID WEB BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT RINGS TO PERMIT SEPARATION THEREOF FROM SAID WEB UPON THE APPLICATION OF PRESSURE THERETO, WHEREBY A GROUP OF CONTAINERS MAY BE TRANSPORTED PLACE TO PLACE AS A UNIT AND SAID RINGS, WHEN INDIVIDUALLY SEPARATED FROM SAID WEB, MAY BE UTILIZED AS COASTERS FOR THE CONTAINERS SECURED THEREIN.