Crate for carrying bottles, cans or the like articles

Crate for carrying bottles, cans and the like articles, said crate comprising a substantially rectangular top frame having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, a pair of parallely spaced transverse top partitions extending between the opposed side walls of the top frame, a longitudinal top partition extending between one of the transverse top partitions and the adjacent one of the end walls of the top frame, a second longitudinal top partition extending between the other of the transverse top partitions and the other of the end walls of the top frame, each intersection between the associated transverse and longitudinal top partitions being in the form of a V-shaped cross-section which opens toward the other transverse top partition, a handle including a pair of substantially upright portions each extending upwardly from each of said intersections between the associated transverse and longitudinal top partitions, and a horizontal portion extending between the pair of upright portions, each of said upright portions including a pair of side walls connected along a ridge to form a V-shaped cross-section which is continuous with and merges into the V-shaped configuration at the associated intersection between the transverse and the longitudinal top partitions, the depth of the V-shape in each upright portion of the handle being gradually decreased upwardly with the ridge inclined inwardly, end compartment defining side wall means extending downwardly from an opening defined by each interconnected side and end walls of the top frame and the transverse and longitudinal top partitions, said wall means being slightly converged toward lower end where it is connected with a bottom wall, two separated intermediate compartment defining side wall means each extending downwardly from the portion of each side wall of the top frame which is located between the pair of transverse partitions, and the portions of the transverse partitions which are located between the handle upright portions and the side wall of the top frame, each of said intermediate compartment defining side wall means being slightly converged toward lower end where it is connected with a bottom wall.