Unit package with handle device

Claim 1

A CARRIER PACKAGE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS OF THE LIKE, AND A RESILIENT, ELASTIC AND DEFORMABLE SHEET OF PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING AT LEAST A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY ARRANGED, ELLIPTICALLY-SHAPED SOCKETS PROVIDED THEREIN, SAID SOCKETS BEING LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED ON SAID CARRIER WITH THE MAJOR AXES THEREOFBEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, THE MATERIAL ADJACENT EACH OF THE SOCKETS HAVING A PERIPHERAL MEASUREMENT LESS THAN THAT OF THE CORRESPONDING CONTAINER ASSOCIATED THEREWITH WHEREBY UPON THE INSERTION OF CONTAINERS AXIALLY INTO THE SOCKETS, THE AFOREMENTIONED MATERIAL IS CAUSED TO STRETCH AND DEFORM TO THE SHAPE OF THE CONTAINERS FOR GRIPPING AND RESILIENTLY ENGAGING THE CONTAINERS TO RESIST CONTAINER WITHDRAWAL, AND HANDLE MEANS PROVIDED INTERMEDIATE THE OPPOSED SOCKETS AND BEING LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED ON THE CARRIER BY A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SPACED SLIT MEANS PERMITTING THE INTERMEDIATE WEB PORTION THEREBETWEEN TO BECOME SAID HANDLE MEANS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PORTIONS OF THE OPPOSED, ELLIPTICALLY-SHAPED SOCKETS IN THE VICINITY OF SAID HANDLE MEANS BEING LESS THAN THE TRANSVERSE MEASUREMENT OF SAID HANDLE MEANS, AND CARRIER BEING ASSEMBLED TO SAID CONTAINER ENABLING THE HANDLE MEANS TO BE POSITIONED AND RETAINING IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE TO THE CONTAINERS RECEIVED WITHIN THE OPPOSED SOCKETS AND FACILITATE GRASPING THEREOF BY A USER FOR TRANSPORTING THE CONTAINERS.