portion of the outer panel section 12 to form an open ended sleeve articles such as beverage cans are loaded through the open ends of the sleeve and the gusset panels are folded into place one end of the sleeve as it appears after beverage cans c have been loaded is illustrated in fig3 which shows by the stippling that glue has been applied to the exterior surface of the gusset panel segment 49 when the gusset panels are folded inwardly about the fold lines 46 the end panel sections 13 are caused to be raised this is illustrated in fig4 which shows the sleeve while the gusset panels are in the process of being folded into place note that the glue shown in fig3 will cause the folded major gusset panel segments 47 and 49 to be adhered together in face to face contact when the folding process is completed note also that the minor gusset panel segments 51 and 53 are brought into face to face contact by the folding process but are not adhered together upon completion of the gusset panel folding the end panel flaps 38 are folded down and adhered to the end panel sections 13 by the glue line 55 on the end panel section in fig4 as shown in fig5 the cans are securely held in place in the final package between the side panels 12 and the gusset panels 40 of the end panels 14 as previously indicated the material forming the carrier has an interior waterproof surface this is illustrated in fig6 as comprising a waterproof coating 54 on the interior surface of the paperboard blank material 56 any suitable coating material may be employed such as a.