Container package

Abstract

A package of containers within an array of corresponding container receiving apertures wherein each container includes a cooperative base and top geometry to permit stacking of packages of unitized containers, one upon the other.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A package of unitized containers comprising:
 a flexible plastic carrier having an array of container receiving apertures;   a plurality of containers, each container having a cooperative base and top geometry to permit stacking of packages of unitized containers, one upon the other, wherein each container receiving aperture is engaged with a corresponding container to form the package of unitized containers.   
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the base of each container comprises a circular depression that engages with a circular top of an adjacent stacked container. 
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the package comprises six containers. 
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the flexible plastic carrier further comprises a handle extending along a longitudinal edge of the package. 
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 4  wherein a line of weakness extends between the handle and the flexible plastic carrier. 
     
     
         6 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the top geometry of a lower container enters the cooperative base of an upper container to stack packages. 
     
     
         7 . A package of unitized containers comprising:
 a flexible plastic carrier having an array of container receiving apertures;   a plurality of containers, each container having a base depression and a cap fitting entirely within the base depression to permit stacking of packages of unitized containers, one upon the other, wherein each container receiving aperture is engaged with a corresponding container to form the package of unitized containers.   
     
     
         8 . The package of  claim 7  wherein the cap is round and fits within a corresponding round base depression of a stacked container. 
     
     
         9 . The package of  claim 7  further comprising a handle extending along one edge of the flexible plastic carrier, the handle detachable to release the containers engaged within the flexible plastic carrier. 
     
     
         10 . The package of  claim 7  wherein the flexible plastic carrier includes an array of generally rectangular container receiving apertures. 
     
     
         11 . The package of  claim 7  wherein six or more containers in a package mate with six or more containers in a vertically adjacent package to form a stackable combination of packages. 
     
     
         12 . The package of  claim 7  wherein the containers include a generally square cross-section.