A tray for storing and transporting bottles includes a plurality of spaced apart base walls each for supporting a bottle thereon. A plurality of interior columns extend upwardly between the base walls. Longitudinal dividers connect the interior columns. Lateral dividers connect the interior columns
A tray for storing and transporting bottles includes a plurality of spaced apart base walls each for supporting a bottle thereon. A plurality of interior columns extend upwardly between the base walls. Longitudinal dividers connect the interior columns. Lateral dividers connect the interior columns to side columns along side edges of the tray. The side columns have tapered mid-portions, such that upwardly-opening windows between side columns are contoured convexly.
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1. A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising: a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting the bottles thereon;a plurality of interior columns;a plurality of longitudinal dividers connecting the interior columns to one another, each longitudinal divider having
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A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising: a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting the bottles thereon;a plurality of interior columns;a plurality of longitudinal dividers connecting the interior columns to one another, each longitudinal divider having a lower portion including spaced apart pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls, wherein the longitudinal dividers are dimensioned and oriented to be received between the spaced apart pocket walls of an identical tray nested thereon;a plurality of lateral dividers, each extending laterally from one of the interior columns, at least one of the longitudinal dividers or one of the lateral dividers or one of the interior columns connected to each of the base walls, a bottle-receiving pocket defined on each of the base walls, the bottle receiving pockets separated from one another by the longitudinal dividers and the lateral dividers; anda plurality of side columns, each connected to one of the interior columns by one of the lateral dividers, the side columns spaced apart to define upwardly-open windows aligned with each of the bottle-receiving pockets. 2. The tray of claim 1 wherein the pocket walls are spaced apart curved walls defining the bottle-receiving pockets. 3. The tray of claim 1 further including a lower wall portion extending between adjacent side columns, one of the plurality of windows defined above the lower wall portion. 4. The tray of claim 3 wherein an upper edge of the lower wall portion is shorter than the pocket walls. 5. The tray of claim 3 wherein the longitudinal dividers extend upward above the base walls of the identical tray more than the lower wall portion of the identical tray when the identical tray is nested on the tray. 6. The tray of claim 1 wherein the windows have a narrower portion above a wider portion. 7. The tray of claim 6 wherein the side columns have tapered mid-portions. 8. The tray of claim 1 wherein at least one of the side columns is a corner column. 9. The tray of claim 1 wherein two of the side columns are corner columns, a handle portion extending between the corner columns. 10. The tray of claim 1 wherein the lateral dividers are received between the spaced apart base walls of the identical tray when the identical tray is nested thereon. 11. The tray of claim 1 further including a logo molded on an outer surface of at least a first side column of the plurality of side columns. 12. The tray of claim 11 wherein the first side column includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion of the first side column received in the lower portion of the identical tray when the identical tray is nested on the tray, and wherein the logo includes an upper logo portion molded onto the upper portion of the first side column and a lower logo portion molded onto the lower portion of the first side column. 13. The tray of claim 11 wherein the logo is in the shape of a bottle. 14. A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising: a base including a plurality of spaced-apart base walls for supporting the bottles thereon;a plurality of interior columns;a plurality of longitudinal dividers connecting the interior columns to one another;a plurality of lateral dividers, each extending laterally from one of the interior columns, at least one of the longitudinal dividers or one of the lateral dividers or one of the interior columns connected to each of the base walls, a bottle-receiving pocket defined on each of the base walls, the bottle receiving pockets separated from one another by the longitudinal dividers and the lateral dividers; anda plurality of side columns, each connected to one of the interior columns by one of the lateral dividers, at least a first side column of the side columns having a tapered mid-portion below a wider portion of the first side column, the side columns spaced apart to define upwardly-open windows aligned with each of the bottle-receiving pockets, a lower wall portion extending between adjacent side columns. 15. The tray of claim 14 wherein at least one of the longitudinal dividers or the lateral dividers has a lower end including spaced apart pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls. 16. The tray of claim 15 wherein an upper edge of the lower wall portion is shorter than the pocket walls. 17. The tray of claim 16 wherein at least one of the plurality of windows has a narrower portion above a wider portion, wherein the at least one of the plurality of windows is adjacent the at least one of the side columns. 18. The tray of claim 17 wherein the first side column has a lateral edge that is contoured to define the wider portion and the narrower portion of the adjacent window. 19. The tray of claim 18 further including a rib protruding outward from the first side column in a direction away from an interior of the tray, the rib adjacent the lateral edge of the first side column. 20. The tray of claim 14 further including a plurality of ribs extending from each of the base walls respectively to adjacent ones of the lower wall portions. 21. A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising: a base including a plurality of spaced apart base walls for supporting the bottles thereon;a plurality of interior columns;a plurality of longitudinal dividers connecting the interior columns to one another, each longitudinal divider having an upper portion having a single-wall thickness header portion, each longitudinal divider further including a lower portion including spaced apart pocket walls each connected to a different one of the plurality of spaced-apart base walls wherein the longitudinal dividers are dimensioned and oriented to be received between the spaced apart pocket walls of an identical tray nested thereon;a plurality of lateral dividers, each extending laterally from one of the interior columns, a bottle-receiving pocket defined on each of the base walls, the bottle receiving pockets separated from one another by the longitudinal dividers and the lateral dividers, wherein the longitudinal dividers, the lateral dividers and columns define eight bottle receiving pockets which are equally-spaced longitudinally and laterally; anda plurality of side columns, each connected to one of the interior columns by one of the lateral dividers, the side columns including an upper portion having a smaller dimension than a lower portion of the side columns, the upper portions of the side columns received in the lower portions of the side columns of the identical tray when the identical tray is nested on the tray, the lower portions defining upwardly open windows between adjacent lower portions. 22. The tray of claim 21 wherein the pocket walls are spaced apart curved walls defining the bottle-receiving pockets, wherein the pocket walls are curved opening away from one another. 23. The tray of claim 21 further including a lower wall portion extending between adjacent side columns, one of the plurality of windows defined above the lower wall portion. 24. The tray of claim 21 wherein the longitudinal dividers and the lateral dividers are received between the spaced apart base walls of the identical tray when the identical tray is nested thereon. 25. A tray for storing and transporting bottles comprising: a base;a plurality of interior columns extending upward from the base;a plurality of longitudinal dividers connecting the interior columns to one another;a plurality of lateral dividers, each extending laterally from one of the interior columns, a plurality of bottle receiving pockets defined by the longitudinal dividers and the lateral dividers; anda plurality of side columns, each connected to one of the interior columns by one of the lateral dividers, at least one of the side columns including a logo molded into an exterior surface, wherein the at least one side column includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion of the side column received in the lower portion of an identical tray when the identical tray is nested on the tray, and wherein the logo includes an upper logo portion molded onto the upper portion of the side column and a lower logo portion molded onto the lower portion of the side column, such that the upper logo portion is received inside the lower portion of the side column of the identical tray nested on the tray. 26. The tray of claim 25 wherein the logo is in the shape of a bottle. 27. The tray of claim 14 wherein at least one of the plurality of windows is adjacent the first side column and has a narrower portion above a wider portion.
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