In packaging articles, such as, beverage containers for sale for retail consumption, article carriers have been devised in the form of a blank or sheet provided with openings to receive the upper ends of the containers so as to retain the containers in side-by-side relation and provide a convenient handle or grasping portion between the containers. For instance, soda or oil cans have been packaged in a paperboard or plastic container blank which has a unitary handle to facilitate carrying of an entire package of several containers, such as, the well-known "six-pack".
Special considerations are involved in packaging motor oil containers. More and more, it is customary to employ containers with upper reduced ends or necks to form pour spouts and which are normally closed by screw cap ends. Notwithstanding their reduced ends, it is helpful to provide some form of a funnel or nozzle to facilitate emptying of the contents of the container into a fill opening in the engine of the car without spillage. For this reason, typical five-or six-pack container blanks or sheets are not readily adapted to retain a series of identical containers or corresponding size and shape together with different sized articles, such as, filters, funnels or nozzles. Nevertheless, it is desirable to provide a carrier which is readily conformable for use in packaging or combining into a single package different sized articles as described which can be conveniently carried in one hand and where the articles can be readily separated from the package when placed into use. Specifically, in utilizing as a carrier for motor oil containers it is a feature of this invention to integrate a nozzle or pour spout into the carrier itself and in such a way as to form a convenient handle grip for carrying of the articles and where the nozzle or spout can be readily separated from the carrier to use in combination with the oil containers, for example, in pouring the contents into a fill opening.