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A REMOVABLE RESILIENT CARRIER ATTACHMENT FOR A GABLE TOP LIQUID-PROOF PAPERBOARD CONTAINER OF THE TYPE HAVING A PAIR OF INCLINED TOP PANELS AND A PAIR OF RIDGE-FORMING PANELS EXTENDING UPWARD FROM THE TOP PANELS WITH RECESSES UNDERLYING OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE RIDGE, SAID CARRIER COMPRISING; (A) A FLEXIBLE MEMBER CONSTITUTED OF AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF STRIP-LIKE RESINOUS PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL CENTRAL HANDLE PORTION EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF THE CONTAINER RIB TO BE POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION TO THE RIDGEFORMING PANELS, (B) A PAIR OF OUTWARDLY SLOPING PORTIONS INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO THE ENDS OF SAID HANDLE SUCH THAT THEY FORM AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH THE HORIZONTAL WITHIN THE RANGE OF 45* TO 55* AND HAVING PARALLEL SIDED SLITS FOR RECEIVING THE END PORTIONS OF THE CONTAINER RIDGE THEREIN, (C) A PAIR OF TONGUES FOR ENGAGING THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE CONTAINER RECESSES INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID SLOPING PORTIONS AND EXTENDING INWARDLY IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE TOWARD EACH OTHER, THE FREE ENDS OF SAID TONGUES BEING SPACED APART TO PROVIDE AN OPENING, AND (D) SAID CARRIER HANDLE BEING SPACED ABOVE SAID RIDGE A DISTANCE SUCH THAT WHEN IT IS SUBJECTED TO A DOWNWARD FLATTENING ACTION TOWARD THE CONTAINER TO FORCE SAID TONGUES AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER SAID HANDLE WILL CONTACT SAID RIB PRIOR TO EFFECTING DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID CARRIER FROM THE CONTAINER RECESSES.