Cross stacking bottle case
US4987995A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.
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