摘要 |
<p>A cross-stacking case (10) for retaining and transporting bottles including outer side walls (12,14,16,18) forming an outer shell, a case bottom (20) attached to said side walls, a plurality of means for supporting outer surfaces of bottles, generally disposed within said outer shell and each supporting means having at least one bottle supporting surface (34), said bottle supporting surfaces defining, in combination with said outer shell and said case bottom, a plurality of bottle retaining pockets (32) with at least one bottle supporting means associated with each pocket, the improvement comprising: receiving means, generally disposed within said outer shell, extending above the height of a top surface of a first of said side walls and having a recess for receiving a side wall of an upper identical case when said lower cross-stacking case is empty. <IMAGE></p> |