Carrier for containers

Claim 1

A CARRIER AND CONTAINER PACKAGE COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONTAINERS ARRANGED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE UPSTANDING RELATION, A FLOOR MEMBER FOR RESTRICTING DOWNWARD MOTION OF EACH CONTAINER, SAID FLOOR MEMBER HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF WHICH THE CONTAINER; A PAIR OF FIRST ENGAGING THE BOTTOM END OF EACH CONTAINER; A PAIR OF FIRST GIRDLES ARTICULATELY ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR MEMBER ADJACENT THE CENTRAL AXIS THEREOF, THE GIRDLES SLOPING OPPOSITELY OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM THE FLOOR MEMBER AND EACH ENCIRCLING ONE OF ADJACENT CONTAINERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CENTRAL AXIS; A PAIR OF SECOND GIRDLES ARTICULATELY ATTACHED EACH TO A FIRST GIRDLE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID AXIS, EACH OF THE SECOND GIRDLES SLOPING OPPOSITELY INWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM THE FIRST GIRDLE AND ENCIRCLING ADJACENT CONTAINERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AXIS; HANDLE MEANS LOCATED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID CARRIER AND CONNECTED TO THE INNER UPPER ENDS OF THE SECOND GIRDLES SO AS TO URGE THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID GIRDLES UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY WHEREBY SAID GIRDLES PRESS THE CONTAINERS TOWARD EAH OTHER AS UPWARD DISPLACEMENT OF THE HANDLE IN OP POSITION TO CONTAINER WEIGHT ALTERS THE ATTITUDE OF THE GIRDLES WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, BRINGING THE GIRDLES INTO MORE RESTRICTIVE RELATION TO THE PERIPHERIES OF THE CONTAINERS.