A carrier (10) for a six pack (20) of beverage containers (14) has rings (12) interconnected by strips (16) and (18). The rings (12) fit around the beverage containers (14) in a friction fit. The strips (16, 18) are severed from adjacent rings (12) to remove one of the beverage containers (14) from the six pack (20). The ring (12) is moved so that it extends partially below bottom (24) of the container (14) so that the ring (12) will function as a coaster by supporting the container (14) above a surface (26) to prevent condensation on the container (14) from contacting the surface (26).
ORIGIN OF THE APPLICATION
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/534, filed June 7, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,044,515 which is a division of application Ser. No. 07/178,765 filed Mar. 15, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,940,137 which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 06/932,451, filed Nov. 18, 1986 now abandoned.
A system for packaging at least a pair of containers each having an openable portion such as a flip top. A first holder is utilized with respect to the first container and includes a first member for at least partially surrounding the first container openable portion. A second holder is also provided and includes a second member for at least partially surrounding the second container openable portion. The first and second holders are connected to one another in a separably sealing manner to form an abutment between the openable portions of the first and second containers. A handle extends from the connected first and second holders.
