Patent ID: 6749065
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A case for carrying a plurality of bottles taller than the case comprising a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls connected to a case bottom having a plurality of bottle supporting platforms, said side walls and said end walls having a lower part including a plurality of flat panels separated by windows and an upper part including a substantially solid peripheral band extending about a periphery of the case and defining a continuous top edge of uniform height, said windows centered on said bottle receiving platforms and open between said case bottom and said solid peripheral band; and wherein said solid peripheral band is provided with handle-forming openings in said end walls; and further wherein a flat interior surface of each of said flat panels includes a pair of adjacent, relatively thick, vertically extending ribs, said ribs projecting inwardly from said flat interior surface and each rib having one concave corner edge facing radially towards a center of a respective adjacent bottle supporting platform.