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A stackable rectangular crate (1), especially for bottles (6), comprising a box-type part with a bottom (3) and sidewalls (4,5), two opposite sidewalls (4) of which are higher than the two other sidewalls (5). Two supporting elements (7), forming extensions of the higher sidewalls (4), extend downwa

A stackable rectangular crate (1), especially for bottles (6), comprising a box-type part with a bottom (3) and sidewalls (4,5), two opposite sidewalls (4) of which are higher than the two other sidewalls (5). Two supporting elements (7), forming extensions of the higher sidewalls (4), extend downwardly from the bottom (3) and terminate in straight horizontal edges (8). The crate thus has an H-shaped profile. At the upper parts of the higher sidewalls (4) stacking elements are provided which comprise on the one hand shoulders (9) adapted to support the supporting elements (7) of another crate (2) stacked from above, and on the other hand projections (10) which extend upwardly from the higher sidewalls (4) and along the whole length thereof, and extend at the corners of the crate (1) by means of short sections (11) a short way along the lower sidewalls (5). In accordance with the invention the projections (10) are adapted to surround outwardly the supporting elements (7) of another crate (2) stacked from above. Moreover, the projections (10) and the shoulders (9) are dimensioned so as to admit such obliquity of the upper crate (2) that it can be shifted on the shoulders (9) of the lower crate (1) parallel with the higher sidewalls (4).

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In a stackable rectangular crate for bottles, of the type having the shape of a box with an open top, a bottom, first and second pairs of opposing side walls meeting at corners, said first pair of opposing side walls being higher than the side walls of said second pair of sidewalls, said crate being

In a stackable rectangular crate for bottles, of the type having the shape of a box with an open top, a bottom, first and second pairs of opposing side walls meeting at corners, said first pair of opposing side walls being higher than the side walls of said second pair of sidewalls, said crate being adapted to hold bottles taller than said first pair of opposing side walls, two supporting elements in the form of extensions of said first pair of opposing side walls which extend downwardly from said bottom and terminate in substantially straight horizontally edges extending along the side walls of said first pair of opposing side walls, and stacking elements at upper parts of said first pair of opposing side walls, said stacking elements having shoulders adapted to support supporting elements of another crate stacked from above, and projections extending upwardly from said first pair of opposing side walls and extending along substantially the entire length of the side walls of said first pair of opposing side walls, said projections having sections extending a short distance along the side walls of said second pair of opposing side walls at said corners, the crate thus presenting an H-shaped profile with recesses above and below said bottom which are intended for the display of bottles placed on said bottom and dimensioned to allow the picking out of bottles from any of a plurality of stacked crates, the improvement comprising: reinforcement pillars being provided at the corners formed between said first and second pairs of side walls and further reinforcement pillars are provided intermediate said corners along each of the side walls of said first pair of side walls; said shoulders extending horizontally and linearly along substantially the entire length of the side walls of said first pair of opposing side walls, said projections being adapted to outwardly surround the supporting elements of another crate stacked from above, said shoulders and said projections being dimensioned to permit such obliquity of another crate stacked from above that its supporting elements nearest to one of the side walls of said second pair of opposing side walls are situated higher than said sections of said projections of the lower crate, while the supporting elements nearest to the other side wall of said second pair of opposing side walls continue to rest upon said shoulders of the lower crate, a subsequent shifting of the crate stacked from above in a direction parallel to the upper edges of said first pair of side walls being possible through its supporting elements sliding on said shoulders of the lower crate on said sections of said projections, said shifting being capable of being carried out without disturbance of any bottles which may be contained within said lower crate due to the combined space created between the first pair of opposing side walls of the lower crate and the two supporting elements of the upper crate.