Patent ID: 8708186

Claim:
Box ( 10 ), for storing, transporting and protecting vertically-suspended containers, comprising a top opening ( 11 ), a rectangular bottom ( 12 ), lower side walls ( 13 ) connecting to said bottom ( 12 ), a step ( 14 ) connecting to said lower side walls ( 13 ) and forming a bearing supporting a plate, upper side walls ( 16 ) connecting by their bottom end to said step ( 14 ) and by their top end to a top flange ( 22 ) extending toward the outside of the box ( 10 ), wherein a rim ( 20 ) is positioned on the top corners ( 21 ) of said box ( 10 ) and in that said upper side walls ( 16 ) of said box ( 10 ) include at least one portion ( 17 ; 43 ) extending toward the outside of the box ( 10 ), so that said box ( 10 ), when it is positioned side-by-side with a second box ( 10 ), is in contact with said second box via said at least one portion ( 17 , 43 ) thus preventing the overlapping of said box with said second box, and wherein said at least one portion ( 17 : 43 ) extends vertically, obliquely or in an inverted oblique manner.