| 摘要 |
<p>A nestable bottle crate (10) provides increased stability to the containers and improved nesting relative to prior art crates. The crate also nests and stacks with the prior art crates. The crate includes a lower wall portion and an upper band portion (14). The lower wall portion includes a plurality of columns (16) and four corner columns (18). The upper band portion (14) includes alternating first (34) and second (36) portions. The first portions (34) are each a single, solid wall having an interior concave bottle contact surface (35). The second portions (36) are aligned with the columns (16). The columns (16) project inwardly farther than the second portions (36) so that each column (16) forms a ledge (56) between the column (16) and the second portion (36) above it. The ledge (56) is at least substantially parallel to the floor (12) and at least substantially perpendicular to the inner wall of the second portion (36).</p> |
