Stackable low depth tray

A low depth tray for storing and transporting bottles, comprising:

• a base;
• a unitary wall structure extending upwardly from the base, the wall structure having an upper wall portion including a plurality of windows formed therein and a plurality of upwardly projecting pylons disposed between the windows;
• and
• an interior support structure disposed within the wall structure and connected thereto, the interior support structure including a plurality of divider walls extending upwardly from the base and a plurality of spaced interior columns projecting upwardly from the base and interconnected by the divider walls, the interior columns having a height less than the height of the pylons and less than the height of bottles loaded in the tray;
• wherein the interior support structure, the wall structure, and the base together define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets, and the pylons and the interior columns each include at least one curved surface adapted to contact bottles received in the bottle retaining pockets.

A plastic low depth tray for bottles, comprising:

• a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a plurality of spaced, generally circular bottle support areas;
• a pair of opposed end walls extending upwardly from the base, each end wall including a handle structure formed therein;
• a pair of opposed side walls extending upwardly from the base and integrally joined with the pair of opposed end walls, wherein the side and end walls are of double-walled construction and include a lower wall portion and an upper wall portion, the lower wall portion having a substantially flat outer wall and a generally curved inner wall, and the upper wall portion having a plurality of windows formed therein and a plurality of spaced pylons projecting upwardly from the lower wall portion between the windows;
• a plurality of spaced upwardly projecting interior columns disposed along a longitudinal axis of the tray and having a height less than the height of the pylons and less than the height of bottles loaded in the tray;
• and
• a plurality of divider walls extending upwardly from the base and interconnecting the pylons and interior columns,
• wherein the base, side walls, end walls, interior columns, and divider walls together define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets, each pocket including one bottle support area for supporting a base of each bottle and at least one pylon, column, and divider wall for providing lateral support for each bottle.

A stackable low depth tray for storing and transporting bottles, comprising:

• a base;
• a pair of opposed end walls extending upwardly from the base;
• a pair of opposed side walls extending upwardly from the base and integrally joined with the pair of opposed end walls to form a wall structure, the side walls including a plurality of spaced, upwardly extending hollow wall pylons, each of the wall pylons having a downwardly extending recess formed therein which is associated with a corresponding pylon support rib;
• a plurality of spaced, upwardly extending hollow interior columns disposed within the wall structure, the columns including downwardly extending transverse recesses substantially aligned with the recesses of adjacent wall pylons and downwardly extending longitudinal recesses extending along a longitudinal axis of the tray, each transverse recess and each longitudinal recess associated with a column support rib, wherein the interior columns have a height less than the height of the pylons and less than the height of bottles loaded in the tray;
• and
• a plurality of interior divider walls which join adjacent pylons and columns to form, in combination with the base and the wall structure, a plurality of bottle retaining pockets,
• wherein when the tray is empty and is disposed in a stacked configuration with a like upper tray, the pylon recesses of the tray are adapted to receive the corresponding pylon ribs of the like upper tray and the column recesses of the tray are adapted to receive the corresponding column ribs of the like upper tray, such that at least a portion of the pylons and columns of the tray are received in the pylons and columns, respectively, of the like upper tray.

A low depth tray for bottles, comprising:

• a base;
• a first pair of opposed walls;
• a second pair of opposed walls each having a handle, the second pair of opposed walls attached to the first pair of opposed walls to form a wall structure;
• a plurality of interior divider walls extending upwardly from the base within the wall structure;
• and
• at least one interior member projecting upwardly within the wall structure and connected to at least one divider wall, the at least one interior member having a height greater than the height of the divider walls but less than a greatest height of the first pair of opposed walls and less than the height of bottles loaded in the tray, wherein the at least one interior member, the base, the divider walls, and the wall structure together define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets.