Patent ID: 6851563

Claim:
A bottled water apparatus for storing and transporting water bottles on a hand truck having bottom rails on which the bottles are to be stored for transport, the bottles having a bottom wall, an annular side wall and a pouring spout on a neck attached to the side wall distal the bottom wall, the apparatus comprising: a first bottom rack for receiving and storing a staggered first array of bottles in a longitudinal direction upright with respect to the force of gravity, the first rack for storing the bottles in multiple columns in the longitudinal direction and rows transverse to the longitudinal direction in the array, the bottles in each column being aligned longitudinally, the bottles in adjacent columns being staggered with respect to each other so that the rows are aligned inclined to the longitudinal direction; and a second top rack arranged to receive the necks and spouts of the bottles in the staggered array.