Nestable display crate for bottles with handle feature

In a crate for containers, the crate having a floor and a wall structure integral with the floor, the floor having a floor top surface and floor bottom surface, the floor top surface having thereon a plurality of support areas for supporting an array of containers, the wall structure integral with the floor and extending around the periphery thereof and comprising opposing sidewalls and endwalls, the improvement comprising:

• a plurality of tapered pylons extending up from the floor, such pylons comprising side pylons spaced along the sidewalls of said crate and positioned between adjacent support areas, said side pylons defining spaces therebetween through which containers loaded in said crate are visible, said pylons further comprising corner pylons disposed at the corners of said crates, and end pylons disposed along the endwall of said crates;
• a lower wall portion adjacent to an integral with the floor, wherein said lower wall portion is of double-walled construction and includes an interior lower wall portion and an exterior lower wall portion connected by a top surface, said lower wall portion extending between side pylons along the side walls of said crate;
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• a handle structure integrally formed on each of the end wall of said crate, said handle structure extending across at least one support area and integrally molded with two adjacent end pylons of said crate, said handle structure having interior and exterior surfaces suspended between an upper portion of said two adjacent end pylons, a generally open area being defined below said interior and exterior surfaces of said handle structure and wherein the top surface of said handle structure is flush with the top surfaces of said two adjacent end pylons to provide sufficient clearance for a user's hands to comfortably and freely grasp said handle structure about the entire periphery thereof.