Stackable low depth bottle case with integral sidewall logo

A stackable low depth case for retaining and transporting bottles comprising:

• a plurality of outer side walls forming an outer shell having a low depth, said outer shell being rectangular and having a longer length than width and having the ratio of the length to the width of said outer shell being substantially equal to the ratio of the number of bottles said case holds in a length-wise direction to the number of bottles the case holds in a widthwise direction, at least two of said outer side walls including a lower side wall portion and a plurality of spaced side members extending above an upper surface of said lower side wall portion;
• a bottom portion attached to said side walls;
• a plurality of spaced central members generally disposed within said side walls defining, in combination with said bottom portion and said outer side walls, a plurality of bottle retaining pockets with at least one central member per pocket, at least some of said central members having a portion thereof which extends above a top surface of said lower side wall portions and below a top surface of the retained bottles;
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• said bottom portion includes:
• an upper surface which is substantially flat across the bottle retaining pockets;
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• resting and guiding means for resting said bottom portion on closures of bottles on which said case is stacked and for guiding the closures coaxially with a centerline of said bottle retaining pockets;
• wherein when said case is empty, said spaced members of said case interlock with an upper case when said cases are stacked, and when a subjacent case is loaded, the closures of bottles disposed in the subjacent case abut said bottom portion resting and guiding means when said cases are stacked bottom to top;
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• wherein at least one of said lower side wall portions incudes integrally molded logo means for identifying a source of origin.