Carrier stock with band segments extending between opposite edges

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Carrier stock formed from a single sheet of resilient polymeric material, such as low density polyethylene, for machine application to substantially identical containers. The stock is severable along, transverse lines that are perforated to form individual, carriers with container-receiving apertures and additional apertures, as defined by band segments and, with integral handles. The additional apertures facilitate reconfiguration of the stock from an asformed configuration to an application configuration. Band segments defining the container-receiving apertures at each end rank at each end rank at each edge row include an outer cross segment, an outer edge segment an inner cross segment, …