Plastic bottle case and bottle packaging with such case

A bottle packaging comprising bottles in bottle carriers and a rectangular plastic bottle case containing a plurality of said carriers with bottles therein, said bottle carriers being formed of a rectangular sheet of material bent to provide only a bottom and sides, the ends of said carrier being open, and said bottle casing comprising end walls, a bottom and means for positioning bottles in the case with the bottles closely spaced in straight lines parallel to the end walls, said bottle positioning means comprising columns projecting up from the bottom of the case, said columns comprising straight rows of pairs of columns parallel to said end walls, the two columns of each pair being spaced from one another to provide between them aligned spaces to receive sides of bottle carriers, and straight rows of single columns inside said end walls, said single columns being spaced from the respective end walls to provide between said single columns and the respective end walls spaces to receive sides of bottle carriers, each of said columns having three corners of which two are adjacent said respective spaces and the third is on a line bisecting and perpendicular to a line connecting said two corners, and enlarged rounded beads on said corners adapted to engage and position bottles in said case, said columns being spaced from one another to position bottles in said case with a space of 0.5 to 1.5 mm between bottles, the bottoms of said bottle carriers having openings to receive said columns of the case.