A nestable mid-depth beverage case has a bottom wall with upstanding side and end walls around its periphery and a plurality of container seating areas on its top surface. A continuous peripheral band forms a vertical upper wall section, and a plurality of spaced apart V-shaped columns connected bet
A nestable mid-depth beverage case has a bottom wall with upstanding side and end walls around its periphery and a plurality of container seating areas on its top surface. A continuous peripheral band forms a vertical upper wall section, and a plurality of spaced apart V-shaped columns connected between the bottom wall and the band form a lower wall section inset relative to the upper section to enable nesting of the container. Buttresses extend upwardly from the columns and across the band. The columns have flat, angled vertical surfaces facing toward adjacent seating areas to contact containers over a substantial part of their height and provide support in lateral and longitudinal directions. Each end wall has two columns and associated buttresses, and a handle with a large access opening is formed in each end wall by cutting away adjacent side edges of adjacent columns and buttresses and the bottom edge of the band.
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What is claimed is: 1. A nestable mid-depth beverage case for holding containers of beverage, said case having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, and comprising: a bottom wall with an outer periphery, an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of spaced apart container seating areas o
What is claimed is: 1. A nestable mid-depth beverage case for holding containers of beverage, said case having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, and comprising: a bottom wall with an outer periphery, an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of spaced apart container seating areas on said upper surface and a plurality of beverage container closure receiving recesses are formed in the bottom surface of the bottom wall of the case beneath respective seating areas for receiving the closures of beverage containers in a subjacent case when cases are stacked on top of one another, wherein: said closure receiving recesses are each greater in diameter than the diameter of a closure, whereby each recess is incapable by itself of aligning a closure, and said recesses are offset progressively greater distances from a centerline of the associated seating area as the distance of each recess from the lateral and longitudinal axes of the case increases, and a side edge of each recess is adapted to engage a side of a closure when a case is rested on top of another case loaded with beverage containers, whereby all the recesses acting together function to align the closures of containers in a subjacent case with respect to the seating areas of an upper case; upstanding vertically oriented sidewalls and end walls around the periphery of the bottom wall, said sidewalls and end walls each comprising an upper wall section and a lower wall section, each said wall section extending about one-half the height of the case, and said lower wall section being inset relative to said upper wall section so that one case can rest into another case up to about one-half its height, wherein: said upper wall section comprises a continuous band extending around the periphery of the case in upwardly spaced relation to the bottom wall and having vertical inner and outer surfaces; said lower wall section comprises a plurality of spaced apart columns connected between said band and the periphery of said bottom wall, said columns having a V-shape in transverse cross-section, with a pair of angularly divergent flat vertical surfaces facing inwardly toward respective adjacent seating areas, and an open concave outer surface; hollow buttresses extend upwardly from upper ends of the columns in outwardly offset relationship thereto and across the inner surface of the band, said buttresses having a shape complemental to the shape of the columns and dimensioned to nest within the open concave outer surface of the columns when two cases are nested together; and a narrow, flat, generally vertical, slightly outwardly inclined ramp formed at each side of each buttress extending from the upper ends of the columns along each side of each buttress, defining a rest or guide for opposite side edges of the V-shaped columns when two cases are nested together. 2. A beverage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein: an upper inner edge of the band is recessed outwardly, defining a space for receiving a bottom of a box-style case stacked on top of the beverage case. 3. A beverage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a shoulder extends outwardly from an upper end of each column to a lower end of each associated buttress, defining a nesting stop to limit nesting engagement of the cases. 4. A beverage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein: some of said recesses are located adjacent side and end edges of the case, and an open channel extends through said side and end edges from each of said some recesses to enable free sliding movement of closures through said channels when one case loaded with containers of beverage is slid off another case loaded with containers of beverage. 5. A beverage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the band is of single wall thickness and comprises a plurality of generally parallel, vertically oriented, alternately inwardly and outwardly offset panels. 6. A beverage case as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the inwardly offset panels are located adjacent respective seating areas and have a concave curved inner surface. 7. A beverage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein: two columns and associated buttresses are in each end wall, spaced equidistantly from opposite sides of the case; upper inner side edges of said two columns and confronting side edges of said associated buttresses are cut away; and a bottom portion of the band extending between said two columns is cut away to form a handle bar extending across an upper midportion of each end wall between said two columns, said cut away portion of the band and the cut away side edges of said columns and associated buttresses forming an enlarged opening beneath the bar for easy hand access. 8. A beverage case as claimed in claim 1, wherein: an upper inner edge of the band is recessed outwardly, defining a space for receiving a bottom of a box-style case stacked on top of the beverage case. 9. A beverage case as claimed in claim 8, wherein: a shoulder extends outwardly from an upper end of each column to a lower end of each associated buttress, defining a nesting stop to limit nesting engagement of the cases. 10. A beverage case as claimed in claim 9, wherein: a narrow, flat, generally vertical, slightly outwardly inclined ramp is formed at each side of each buttress, defining a rest or guide for opposite side edges of the V-shaped columns when two cases are nested together. 11. A beverage case as claimed in claim 10, wherein: some of said recesses are located adjacent side and end edges of the case, and an open channel extends through said side and end edges from each of said some recesses to enable free sliding movement of closures through said channels when one case loaded with containers of beverage is slid off another case loaded with containers of beverage. 12. A beverage case as claimed in claim 11, wherein: the band is of single wall thickness and comprises a plurality of generally parallel, vertically oriented, alternately inwardly and outwardly offset panels. 13. A beverage case as claimed in claim 12, wherein: the outwardly offset panels are planar and are located outwardly of respective buttresses. 14. A beverage case as claimed in claim 13, wherein: the inwardly offset panels are located adjacent respective seating areas and have a concave curved inner surface. 15. A beverage case as claimed in claim 14, wherein: an upper inner edge of the band is recessed outwardly, defining a space for receiving a bottom of a box-style case stacked on top of the beverage case. 16. A beverage case as claimed in claim 14, wherein: a shoulder extends outwardly from an upper end of each buttress to a lower end of each associated column, defining a nesting stop to limit nesting engagement of the cases; and a narrow, flat, generally vertical, slightly outwardly inclined ramp is formed at each side of each buttress, defining a rest or guide for opposite side edges of the V-shaped columns when two cases are nested together.
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Apps William P. (Anaheim CA) Koefelda Gerald R. (Seal Beach CA) Shermer Larry E. (Atlanta GA), Bottle case and divider assembly.
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