Multi-use bottle shipping assembly with resilient elements

A packing tray (10) for packaging glass bottles (B), the packing tray comprising:

• a plastic foam or molded fiber sheet (12) comprising a top wall (14) and an array (20) of recessed cell pockets (22) extending from the top wall (14);
• the top wall (14) having a peripheral surface (18) surrounding the array of cell pockets and the top wall (14) defining a top reference plane (TRP) in a top surface of the sheet (12), and the sheet (12) having a bottom surface (15) opposing the top surface, wherein the packing tray (10) has a thickness (t) in a direction along an elongated longitudinal axis (LA) transverse to the top reference plane (TRP) and extending between the top surface and the opposing bottom surface (15), and wherein the recessed cell pockets (22) extend between the top and bottom surfaces and are open at opposite top and bottom ends of the recessed cell pockets (22);
• each recessed cell pocket (22) comprising an open ring-shaped recess (24) including an upper wall portion (26) forming an upper part of the recess (24) and a lower wall forming a lower ring portion (28) of the recess (24),
• wherein the recess (24) is aligned with the elongated longitudinal axis (LA) transverse to the top reference plane (TRP) and is configured to be substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of a glass bottle disposed upright in the recess (240),
• wherein the upper wall portion (26) extends downwardly in the direction of the elongated longitudinal axis (LA) transverse to the top reference plane (TRP) and the upper wall portion (26) has a first diameter (FD) which is configured to receive a glass bottle disposed upright in the recess;
• wherein the lower ring portion (28) has an inner circumference (C) having a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter, wherein the lower wall includes resilient elements (30) radially disposed and spaced apart about the inner circumference (C) of the lower ring portion (28), wherein the resilient elements extend radially inwardly from the inner circumference (C) of the lower ring portion (28) and are flexible and configured to engage the body diameter (BD) of the glass bottle and flexibly and resiliently bend under lateral stress (LS) such that the resilient elements provide repeatable shock absorption;
• the peripheral surface (18) of the packing tray being sized to engage inner walls (42) of an outer shipping carton (40) in which the packing tray and glass bottles in the array of cell pockets are disposed for shipping.