Bottle carrier

Abstract

A bottle carrier includes a base wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from side edges of the base wall. Front and rear openings are defined at front and rear ends of the base wall. Upper edges of the side walls may protrude outwardly to form lips. A plurality of bottles may be supported on the base wall between the side walls. A wrap may be wrapped around the bottles and the side walls to retain the bottles in the carrier. The wrap may include a tear strip to facilitate removal of the wrap from the carrier.

1 . A bottle carrier comprising:
 a base wall; and   a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from side edges of the base wall, the side walls defining an open front end and an open rear end of the carrier.   
     
     
         2 . The bottle carrier of  claim 1  wherein the sidewalls each include a lip projecting outwardly from an upper edge. 
     
     
         3 . The bottle carrier of  claim 2  wherein each side wall includes a large opening therethrough. 
     
     
         4 . The bottle carrier of  claim 3  wherein the base includes a plurality of cap-receiving indentations on a bottom surface. 
     
     
         5 . The bottle carrier of  claim 4  further including a plurality of bottles on the base. 
     
     
         6 . The bottle carrier of  claim 5  further including a wrap around the bottles and the exterior of the side walls below the upper lips of the side walls. 
     
     
         7 . The bottle carrier of  claim 6  wherein the wrap includes a tear strip. 
     
     
         8 . The bottle carrier of  claim 7  wherein the front and rear openings are sufficiently large for the plurality of bottles to slide out of the bottle carrier after removal of the wrap. 
     
     
         9 . The bottle carrier of  claim 1  wherein an upper surface of the base wall is generally flat and smooth. 
     
     
         10 . The bottle carrier of  claim 1  further including a plurality of cap-receiving indentations on a lower surface. 
     
     
         11 . The bottle carrier of  claim 1  wherein the base wall includes a rear edge with no upward projections along the rear edge. 
     
     
         12 . The bottle carrier of  claim 11  wherein the base wall includes a front edge with no upward projections along the front edge. 
     
     
         13 . The bottle carrier of  claim 12  wherein the base wall includes rounded corner edges between the side edges and front and rear edges, with no upward projections along the rounded corner edges. 
     
     
         14 . The bottle carrier of  claim 1  wherein the base wall and side walls are thermoformed from a single sheet of plastic.