Patent ID: 8353402
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising: a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting the bottles thereon; a plurality of interior columns; a plurality of longitudinal dividers connecting the interior columns to one another, each longitudinal divider having a lower portion including spaced apart pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls, wherein the longitudinal dividers are dimensioned and oriented to be received between the spaced apart pocket walls of an identical tray nested thereon; a plurality of lateral dividers, each extending laterally from one of the interior columns, at least one of the longitudinal dividers or one of the lateral dividers or one of the interior columns connected to each of the base walls, a bottle-receiving pocket defined on each of the base walls, the bottle receiving pockets separated from one another by the longitudinal dividers and the lateral dividers; and a plurality of side columns, each connected to one of the interior columns by one of the lateral dividers, the side columns spaced apart to define upwardly-open windows aligned with each of the bottle-receiving pockets.