Container package with composite carrier

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A can package is disclosed, including an array of cans disposed in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks. A first carrier member of resilient flexible, plastic, material includes a similar array of apertures respectively receiving can bodies. A second carrier member of self-supporting sheet material or paperboard includes a top panel overlying chimes of the cans and opposite side panels extending down along opposite sides of the cans and secured to the plastic carrier member. Slits are formed in the second member at junctions between the top panel and the side panels for presenting opposing edges respectively extending over and engaging beneath chimes of adjacent cans.