Arrangement pertaining to a case for bottles, boxes or other standardized articles

Claim 2

A case arrangement for the transport and storage of bottles, boxes and other like articles, having a bottom wall, an open top, spaced upstanding corner posts on said bottom wall, side walls extending between adjacent pairs of said posts along all but one side of said bottom wall, a unit located within the case for vertical sliding movement between said posts, said unit including intersecting connected bars forming cells for maintaining the articles stored in the case out of contact with one another, said unit further including a .[.narrow vertical.]. .Iadd.horizontal .Iaddend.bar member secured to one end of said intersecting bars in spaced relationship therewith, said bar member lying outwardly of the remaining side of said bottom wall and slightly overlapping said adjacent pair of said posts at said remaining side thereby forming grooves therewith, inner portions of each of said posts at said remaining side lying within said respective grooves for guiding the vertical movement of said unit, shoulders formed on said portions near said bottom wall, the lower edge of said bar member resting on said shoulders thereby maintaining said intersecting bars spaced from said bottom wall.

Claim 3

The case arrangement according to claim 1 wherein said bars comprise narrow vertical walls intersecting at right angles.

Claim 4

The case arrangement according to claim 1 wherein further intersecting connected bars forming cells are provided on said bottom wall for further maintaining the articles stored in the case out of contact with one another, and an opening being provided in each of the cells of said further intersecting bars. .Iadd. 4. A case arrangement for the transport and display of bottles, boxes and other like articles, comprising a bottom wall, upstanding side walls and an open top, an opening provided in at least one side wall along said bottom wall and dimensioned so as to permit said articles to be removed therethrough, a unit located within the case and adapted for vertical sliding movement between said side walls, said unit including intersecting connected bars forming cells for maintaining the articles stored in the case out of contact with one another, said unit further including a narrow horizontal bar member provided at an end of said intersecting bars adjacent said opening, said bar member extending across said opening and facilitating the vertical movement of said unit, means on said side walls cooperating with said unit for guiding the vertical lifting of said unit, shoulders formed adjacent said opening for supporting said bar member and for maintaining said intersecting bars spaced from said bottom wall. .Iaddend..Iadd. 5. The case arrangement of claim 4, comprising upstanding ribs provided on said bottom wall and aligned with the intersecting bars of said unit. .Iaddend..Iadd. 6. The case arrangement according to claim 4, wherein said guide means is provided along the lateral edges of said opening and said bar member slightly overlaps said lateral edges. .Iaddend..Iadd. 7. An open-top case for shipping and displaying articles such as bottles and adapted for stacking with like cases, comprising a bottom, upstanding side walls, an opening provided in at least one side wall along said bottom and dimensioned so as to permit said articles to be removed therethrough, a unit located within the case and adapted for vertical sliding movement from a lower shipping position to a raised display position, said unit including intersecting connected bars forming cells for maintaining the articles stored in the case out of contact with one another, said unit further including a narrow horizontal bar member provided at an end of said intersecting bars adjacent said opening, said bar member extending across said opening and slightly overlapping the lateral edges thereof for guiding the vertical movement of said unit, and means for maintaining said unit in said lower shipping position. .Iaddend..Iadd. 8. The open-top case according to claim 7, comprising upstanding ribs provided on said bottom wall and aligned with the intersecting bars of said unit.