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A BOTTLE CARRIER THAT CAN SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF BOTTLES AND THAT COMPRISES: (A) AN ELONGATED UPRIGHT PORTION, (B) A FINGER-RECEIVING PORTION ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID UPRIGHT PORTION, (C) SAID FINGER-RECEIVING PORTION EXTENDING LATERALLY ON OPPOSTIE SIDES OF SAID UPRIGHT PORTION AND THEN DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY AT THE ELONGATED EDGES THEREOF TO HAVE A C-SHAPED CROSS SECTION, (D) A BOTTOM THAT PROJECTS LATERALLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID UPRIGHT PORTION ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID UPRIGHT PORTION, (E) SAID BOTTOM HAVING AN ELONGATED RECESS IN THE UNDER SURFACE THEREOF THAT IS PARALLEL TO AND IN REGISTER WITH SAID UPRIGHT PORTION AND THAT IS DIMENSIONED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FINGER-RECEIVING PORTION OF A NEXT-LOWER BOTTLE CARRIER IN A STACK OF BOTTLE CARRIERS, (F) SAID BOTTOM HAVING TWO ELONGATED RECESSES IN THE UNDER SURFACE THEREOF THAT ARE DISPOSED LATERALLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND EXTEND PARALLEL TO SAID UPRIGHT PORTION AND THAT ARE DIMENSIONED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TOPS OF BOTTLES HELD BY SAID NEXT-LOWER BOTTLE CARRIER, (G) SAID BOTTOM HAVING ELONGATED STIFFENING RIBS THEREON PARALLE TO THE UPRIGHT PORTION, (H) A PAIR OF ELONGATED RECESSES IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM THAT ARE DISPOSED LATERALLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND EXTEND PARALLEL TO SAID UPRIGHT PORTION AND THAT ARE ADAPTED TO COLLECT WATER ON THE SURFACE OF BOTTLES HELD BY SAID BOTTLE CARRIER AND TO GUIDE SAID WATER TO ONE END OR THE OF SAID BOTTLE CARRIER, (I) SIDE WALLS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTON AND SPACED LATERALLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID UPRIGHT PORTION, (J) DECKS THAT EXTEND FROM SAID SIDE WALLS, ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, TO SAID UPRIGHT PORTION, (K) SAID DECKS BEING DISPOSED BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID FINGER-RECEIVING PORTION, (L) SAID DECKS COACTING WITH SAID SIDE WALLS TO PROVIDE LATERAL STABILITY FOR SAID UPRIGHT PORTION, AND SAID DECKS COOPERATING WITH SAID UPRIGHT PORTION TO PROVIDE LATERAL STABILITY FOR SAID SIDE WALLS, (M) SAID DECKS HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTTLES, (N) ROUNDED ELONGATED RIBS THAT PROJECT LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, (O) FURTHER ELONGATED RIBS THAT PORJECT LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, (P) SAID ELONGATED LATERALLY PROJECTING RIBS PROJECTING THE OUTER FACES OF SAID SIDE WALLS FROM CONTACT WITH ADJACENT OBJECTS, (Q) THE UPRIGHT PORTION, FINGER RECEIVING PORTION, BOTTOM INCLUDING THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE RECESSES THEREIN AND RIBS THEREON, SIDE WALLS INCLUDING THE LATERALLY PROJECTING RIBS THEREON, AND DECK EXCLUDING THE OPENINGS THEREIN BEING OF CONSTANT CROSS SECTION IN PLANES NORMAL TO THE UPRIGHT PORTION, WHEREBY THE BOTTLE CARIER CAN BE FORMED BY EXTRUSTION.