Patent ID: 8474617

Claim:
A bottle case ( 10 , 10 ′) comprising: a base, four side elements ( 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ) essentially extending from the base in vertical direction and a framework ( 16 ) with compartments for receiving bottles ( 100 ), wherein the bottle case ( 10 , 10 ′) furthermore includes a mechanism ( 20 ) at least at two opposite side elements ( 12 , 13 ) and/or ( 14 , 15 ) and at the case base ( 11 , 11 ′) for stacking plural bottle cases ( 10 , 10 ′) in a rotated arrangement, wherein the mechanism is configured so that an upper bottle case ( 10 ′) is applicable to a lower bottle case ( 10 ) in a placement position; and is insertable into the lower bottle case ( 10 ) in a nesting position ( 40 ) in an orientation that is rotated about a vertical axis (A) preferably by 180° with respect to the placement position ( 30 ), wherein the mechanism includes at least one column element ( 50 , 50 ′ 60 , 60 ′) protruding into an interior of the case respectively at least at two side elements arranged opposite to one another, and at least one edge recess ( 55 , 65 ) at the case base ( 11 , 11 ′) respectively arranged at the two side elements arranged opposite to one another, wherein the edge recess is adapted to the column element, wherein the column element and the recess of each side element are arranged so that in the placement position ( 30 ) the column elements ( 50 ′, 60 ′) of the upper bottle case ( 10 ′) are alignable with the column elements ( 50 , 60 ) of the lower bottle case ( 10 ) so that the column elements ( 50 ′, 60 ′) of the upper bottle case ( 10 ′) are applicable to the column elements ( 50 , 60 ) of the lower bottle case ( 10 ) and in the nesting position ( 40 ) the column elements ( 50 , 60 ) of the lower bottle case ( 10 ) are alignable with the respective recesses of the upper bottle case ( 10 ′) and are thus receivable in the respective recess of the upper bottle case ( 10 ′), wherein the column elements ( 50 , 50 ′ 60 , 60 ′) essentially form the side elements ( 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ) of the bottle case ( 10 , 10 ′), wherein the column elements are connected with one another through a circumferential frame element ( 90 ) at an upper end of the bottle case, wherein the side elements ( 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ) are configured open.