Molded pulp packaging unit

Claim 1

A MOLDED PULP ARTICLE FOR HOLDING A GROUP OF CYLINDRICAL RIMMED CANS POSITIONED IN TWO PARALLEL ROWS WITH THE CANS IN EACH ROW HAVING THEIR UPPER AND LOWER RIMS, RESPECTIVELY, IN CONTACT COMPRISING A SHEET OF MOLDED PULP ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE TWO ROWS OF CANS, THE POSITIONER INCLUDING AN UPPER MARGIN PROVIDING RIM SUPPORT PORTIONS ADJACENT EACH CAN POSITION AND A LOWER MARGIN PROVIDING RIM SUPPORT PORTIONS ADJACENT EACH CAN POSITION, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RIM SUPPORT PORTIONS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER MARGINS BEING EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER RIMS OF THE CANS SO THAT CAN RIMS MAY CLOSELY OVERHANG THE MARGINAL RIM SUPPORT PORTIONS, A RELATIVELY RIGID WALL PORTION BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER MARGINS TO RETAIN THE TWO ROWS OF CANS IN GENERALLY PARALLEL ALIGNMENT, RIDGE MEANS FORMED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WALL PORTION TO RESTRAIN THE CANS IN EACH ROW AGAINST MOVEMENT IN A LATERAL DIRECTION PARALLEL WITH THE WALL PORTION OF THE POSITIONER, AND PORTIONS ON AT LEAST THE UPPER MARGIN WHICH EXTEND OUT OF THE PLANE DIVIDING THE TWO ROWS OF CANS TO PROVIDE FINGER GRIP OPENINGS.