Stacking case

A carton of generally rectangular shape in plan view for carrying a plurality of bottles comprising:

• means for defining side and end walls;
• a single wall constituting a vertically and longitudinally extending central dividing member having oppositely diposed surfaces extending between said end walls, said single wall having a recess extending upwardly from the bottom thereof to form an opening through said oppositely disposed surfaces of said single wall, said single wall further having an integral upper portion extending above said side and end walls, said upper portion having an opening therein adjacent the top thereof to form a manual grasping aperture;
• said recess of said single wall being proportioned to receive the upper extending portion of said single wall of a similar empty carton when in stacked relationship;
• partition walls cooperating with said single wall to divide the carton into a plurality of cells adapted to contain bottles, each of said partition walls having a slot defined by interior edges of said partition walls, each of said slots extending upwardly from the bottom of said partition walls in cooperation with said recess of said single wall;
• bottom support means coupled to said partition, side and end walls for defining for each of said cells a bottom support for a bottle placed in said cell, said bottom support means having an opening cooperatively disposed with respect to said single wall and said partition walls to extend said slots in said partition walls and said recess in said single wall through said bottom support means;
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• cleat means adjacent said recess of said single wall for preventing movement of bottles placed therein through said recess and into contact with one another.