Stackable low depth bottle case

A stackable low depth case for retaining and supporting bottles comprising:

• opposing side walls and opposing end walls forming an outer shell, and a case bottom disposed substantially within said outer shell, said outer shell including four corner members a vertical rib structure generally disposed within the outer shell defining, in combination with the case bottom, the side walls and the end walls, a plurality of bottle retaining pockets corresponding with said plurality of bottle supporting areas, said plurality of bottle retaining pockets comprise two sets of four pockets configured to support two sets of four equally spaced bottles such that the two sets of four equally spaced bottles are separated by a separation distance (S), such that each of said bottles is spaced from a peripheral edge of the case by a distance (D) which is one-half of the separation distance (S), and such that adjacent pair of the equally spaced bottles are separated by a distance less than the separation distance (S), thereby providing bottle alignment in cross-stacked cases;
• and defining four corners of the case, said case bottom including a plurality of bottle supporting areas;
• said end walls each comprising an integrally molded handle structure having interior and exterior surfaces suspended between and connecting upper portions of adjacent said corner members, a generally open area being defined below said interior and exterior surfaces of said handle structure and between said interior surface of said handle structure and at least one of said bottle supporting areas such that said handle structure may be freely grasped about substantially the entire periphery thereof;
• and said end walls each further comprising an integrally molded structural reinforcement member extending between said adjacent corner members below the respective handle structure and sufficiently spaced from the respective handle structure to prevent interference with said grasping of the handle structure.

A stackable low depth case for retaining and transporting bottles comprising:

• opposing side walls and opposing end walls forming an outer shell, and a case bottom disposed substantially within said outer shell, the side walls including a lower wall portion and a plurality of spaced upwardly projecting pylons, including four corner pylons defining four corners of the case;
• a plurality of spaced upwardly projecting columns generally disposed within said outer shell defining, in combination with the case bottom, the side walls and the end walls, a plurality of bottle retaining pockets, said plurality of bottle retaining pockets comprise two sets of four pockets configured to support two sets of four equally spaced bottles such that the two sets of four equally spaced bottles are separated by a separation distance (S), such that each of said bottles is spaced from a peripheral edge of the case by a distance (D) which is one-half of the separation distance (S), and such that adjacent pair of the equally spaced bottles are separated by a distance less than the separation distance (S), thereby providing bottle alignment in cross-stacked cases, said columns and said pylons extending above said lower wall portions and below a top surface of the retained bottles;
• said end walls each comprising an integrally molded handle structure having interior and exterior surfaces suspended between an upper portion of adjacent said corner pylons, a generally open area defined below said interior and exterior surfaces of said handle structure and between said interior surface of said handle structure and a first one of said columns such that said handle structure may be freely grasped about substantially the entire periphery thereof;
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• said end walls each further comprising an integrally molded structural reinforcement member extending between said adjacent corner pylons below the respective handle structure and sufficiently spaced from the respective handle structure to prevent interference with said grasping of the handle structure.

A stackable low depth case far retaining and transporting bottles comprising:

• opposing side walls and opposing end walls forming an outer shell, and a case bottom disposed substantially within said outer shell, the side walls including a lower wall portion and a plurality of spaced pylons projecting upwardly from the lower wall portion, the plurality of spaced pylons including four corner pylons defining four corners of the case;
• a vertical rib structure generally disposed within the outer shell defining, in combination with the case bottom, the side walls and the end walls, a plurality of battle retaining pockets;
• said end walls each comprising an integrally molded handle structure having interior and exterior surfaces suspended between an upper portion of one of said corner pylons to an upper portion of an adjacent one of said corner pylons, said plurality of bottle retaining pockets comprising two sets of multiple pockets configured to support two sets of multiple equally spaced bottles such that the two sets of bottles are separated by a separation distance (S), such that each of said bottles is spaced from a peripheral edge of the case by a distance (D) which is one-half of the separation distance (S), and such that each adjacent pair of the equally spaced bottles are separated by a distance less than the separation distance (S), thereby providing bottle alignment in cross-stacked cases.