Cup carrying container

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A CUP CARRYING CONTAINER FABRICATED ENTIRELY FROM A PLANAR SHEET-LIKE MEMBER FOR CARRYING A PLURALITY OF CUPS COMPRISING MEANS FOR PERMITTING SAID PLANAR SHEET-LIKE MEMBER TO BE FOLDED SUBSTANTIALLY INTO TWO SIDE PORTIONS EACH HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES, SAID SIDE PORTIONS INCLUDING CUP RECEIVING CUTOUTS THEREIN OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE CONFIGURATION OF VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS OF CUPS TO BE RECEIVED THEREIN, EACH OF SAID CUP RECEIVING CUTOUTS INCLUDING AN UPPER DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING TAB LYING IN THE PLANE OF SAID SHEET-LIKE MEMBER FOR PROVIDING LATCHING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER RIM OF SAID CUP, SAID DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING TAB BEING FLANKED AT ITS EXTREMITIES BY UPPER SLOTS FOR RECEIVING SAID UPPER RIM, SAID CUP RECEIVING CUTOUTS INCLUDING A LOWER TAB EXTENDING UPWARDLY IN OPPOSITE TO SAID UPPER DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING TAB, SAID LOWER TAB BEING FLANKED BY LOWER SLOTS FOR EITHER RECEIVING THE LOWER RIM OF A CUP HAVING A PRONOUNCED LOWER RIM OR FOR PERMITTING SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING TAB TO BE BENT OUTWARDLY TO SERVE AS A SHELF FOR A CUP WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A PRONOUNCED LOWER RIM, EDGE PORTIONS IN EACH OF SAID CUTOUTS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER SLOTS AND HANDLE CUTOUTS IN EACH OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID PLANAR MEMBER LOCATED ABOVE SAID CUP RECEIVING CUTOUTS FOR PERMITTING INSERTION OF A PERSON''S FINGERS TO THEREBY PERMIT SAID CONTAINER TO BE CARRIED WHEN IT IS FOLDED, SAID LOWER TAB HAVING AT LEAST ONE SCORED PORTION UNDERLYING AND FOLLOWING THE CONTOUR OF THE LOWER TAB AND THE LOWER EDGE OF THE LOWER SLOT TO PERMIT THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER TABS TO BE ENLARGED FOR RECEIVING CUPS OF LARGER DIMENSION THAN THE ORIGINAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER TABS.