Stackable shipping case having gravity feed tracks

A combination comprising a shipping case and a plurality of upright articles accommodated in said shipping case, said shipping case, comprising:

• a plurality of case walls molded together to form a unitary crate structure having an open top and an open front for providing access to said upright, said case walls including a base wall, a pair of opposed side walls, and a back wall, said base wall having an upper surface for providing a floor inclined downwardly to said open front so that said upright articles slide thereon, each of said side walls being of a vertical size substantially greater than the vertical size of said upright articles;
• at least one partition upstanding from said base wall and defining, in cooperation with said side walls, a plurality of parallel tracks for receiving said upright articles in rows, said tracks extending forward from said back wall so that said upright articles in each of said tracks are carried by said floor and allowed to gravity feed toward said open front along said each track;
• a front stopper provided at said open front for engagement with a leading article in said each track to prevent said leading article from falling out of said crate structure until removal thereof is desired;
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• means for permitting stacking of said case on a lower adjacent like shipping case, said stacking means comprising lower edges of said side walls arranged to cooperate with said lower adjacent like case.

A modular merchandising device comprising a plurality of shipping cases stacked one on another to form a display rack, each of said shipping cases, comprising:

• a plurality of case walls molded together to form a unitary crate structure having an open top and an open front for providing access to articles within said crate structure, said case walls including a base wall, a pair of opposed side walls, and a back wall, said base wall having an upper surface for providing a floor inclined downwardly to said open front so that articles slide thereon;
• at least one partition upstanding from said base wall and defining, in cooperation with said side walls, a plurality of parallel tracks for receiving articles in rows, said tracks extending forward from said back wall so that articles in each of said tracks are carried by said floor and allowed to gravity feed toward said open front along said each track;
• a front stopper provided at said open front for engagement with a leading article in said each track to prevent said leading article from falling out of said crate structure until removal thereof is desired;
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• means for permitting stacking of said each shipping case on a lower adjacent shipping case, said stacking means comprising lower edges of said side walls of said each shipping case arranged to cooperate with said side walls of said lower adjacent shipping case.