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A bottle carrier having in an array on its upper side a plurality of bottle seats for receiving the bottoms of upright bottles held in a similar carrier thereabove. A set of bottle grippers is supported and centered relative to each seat by bottle gripper supports beneath the seat. Each set of bottl

A bottle carrier having in an array on its upper side a plurality of bottle seats for receiving the bottoms of upright bottles held in a similar carrier thereabove. A set of bottle grippers is supported and centered relative to each seat by bottle gripper supports beneath the seat. Each set of bottle grippers releasably grips the neck of a bottle at the lower end of its finish, and is adapted for hanging the bottle by its finish with the upper end of the bottle below the seat and for supporting the carrier on the neck of the bottle. A set of bottles gripped by a carrier may be stacked on another set of bottles gripped by a carrier with the bottles of the upper set seated in the lower carrier\s seats. For compact stacking of empty carriers, the bottle gripper supports are tapered to be received within central openings in the bottle seats.

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A carrier for bottles, each of which has a neck and a finish at the bottle mouth, adapted for carrying a plurality of bottles grouped in a predetermined array by the bottle necks with the bottles hanging down from the carrier, and enabling relatively stable stacking of bottles, said carrier comprisi

A carrier for bottles, each of which has a neck and a finish at the bottle mouth, adapted for carrying a plurality of bottles grouped in a predetermined array by the bottle necks with the bottles hanging down from the carrier, and enabling relatively stable stacking of bottles, said carrier comprising: a plurality of bottle seats each adapted for the seating therein of the bottom of a bottle held by a carrier thereabove, each seat having a central opening; means for spacing the plurality of bottle seats in correspondence with said predetermined array; bottle gripper supporting means beneath each seat, each supporting means comprising a set of supporting members extending down from the respective seat spaced around the seat, being centered with respect to the seat, and inclined inwardly toward one another; and a plurality of bottle gripper means, one for each seat, each comprising a ring at the lower end of the respective set of supporting members and resilient means on the ring adapted to be spread apart by the upper end of a bottle entered upwardly through the ring and adapted releasably to grip the neck of the bottle at the lower end of the finish for hanging of the bottle by the finish; said supporting members and said resilient means being so dimensioned relative to the bottle finish that the mouth of a bottle carried by any of said resilient means will not project above the respective seat; whereby when a set of bottles gripped by a carrier is stacked upon another set of bottles gripped by a carrier, the bottles gripped by the upper carrier may be maintained substantially in vertical alignment with the bottles gripped by the lower carrier by seating of the bottles gripped by the upper carrier in the seats of the lower carrier, to provide stability for the stack of bottles.