Bottled beverage case

Claim 1

A BOTTLE CASE OF THE MOLDED PLASTIC TYPE COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR BODY HAVING AN OPEN UPPER FACE AND AN INTEGRAL BASE WALL, SIDE WALLS AND END WALLS, A PLURALITY OF BOSSES EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE INNER FACE OF SAID BASE WALL FOR SUPPORTING BOTTLES PLACED IN THE CASE, SAID BASE WALL HAVING DRAINAGE APERTURES THEREIN SPACED OVER THE SURFACE OF BASE WALL, A TOP PLATE REMOVABLY POSITIONED ON SAID CASE BODY SO AS TO CLOSE THE OPEN UPPER FACE OF THE BODY, SAID TOP PLATE HAVING A SERIES OF APERTURES THEREIN THROUGH WHICH BOTTLES PLACED IN THE CASE BODY CAN EXTEND WITH THE APERTURES ORIENTED SO AS TO SPACE BOTTLES UNIFORMLY WITHIN THE CASE BODY, THE OUTER FACE OF SAID BASE WALL HAVING A SERIES OF CONCAVITIES THEREIN WHICH ARE GENERALLY ELLIPTICAL IN CONFIGURATION, EACH CONCAVITY HAVING ITS MAJOR AXIS INCLINED WITH RELATION TO BOTH SAID END AND SIDE WALLS, WHEREBY SAID CASE MAY BE STACKED IN OVERLYING RELATION TO ANOTHER CASE CONTAINING BOTTLES IN EITHER UNIFORM OR GROUPED ARRAY AND THE BOTTLES IN THE UNDERLYING CASE WILL EXTEND INTO SAID BASE WALL CONCAVITIES TO PROVIDE STABILITY FOR THE STACK.