Patent ID: 8720688

Claim:
A crate for containers comprising: a floor; a lower wall portion extending upward from the floor; a plurality of tapered pylons about a periphery of the floor and extending upward from the floor beyond an upper surface of the lower wall portion, each pylon defining a cavity between an inner wall and an outer wall, each pylon including a rib transverse to the inner wall and the outer wall in the cavity, a lowermost edge of the rib spaced above a plane defined by the upper surface of the lower wall portion, each pylon further including a slot in an upper surface of the pylon through the inner wall and the outer wall, the slot defined by a bottom surface and opposed side walls connecting the inner wall to the outer wall, the slot substantially aligned with the rib; and at least one handle extending generally parallel to the floor, each of the at least one handle including an upper surface generally the same height as the bottom surface of each slot.