Patent ID: 8636142

Claim:
A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising: a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls connected to one another by a plurality of vertical base-connecting ribs; a pair of opposed side walls, the side walls each including an upper portion and a plurality of spaced-apart lower portions, each of the lower portions connected to the base; a plurality of columns, the plurality of columns including a plurality of interior columns between the side walls, and a plurality of side columns extending up from the side walls between the spaced-apart lower portions of the side walls; and a plurality of dividers connecting the columns to one another, wherein each of the dividers includes an upper vertical wall portion extending continuously from one of the columns to an adjacent column, and wherein each divider further includes a plurality of spaced-apart lower vertical wall portions extending downward from the upper vertical wall portion to connect to one of the plurality of vertical base-connecting ribs.