6 CLAIMS
1. Bottle tray (1) having a number of cavities (7, 35) on a top side thereof and a depression on an underside thereof opposite each cavity (7, 35), each cavity being suitable for accommodating therein in a substantially fitting manner a base of a bottle (9) above, and each depression comprising a flange space (5) and a cap space (6) above, the cap space (6) being suitable for accommodating therein in a substantially fitting manner a cap (10) of a bottle (9) below, the cap (10) having on the underside an at least partially tear-off sealing strip (17) ,- and the flange space (5) being suitable for accommodating therein a horizontal flange (11) formed on the bottle (9) below, which flange has a greater diameter than the cap (10) , characterized in that the flange space (5) has a side wall (16) which centres the flange (11) , an upper wall (14) of the flange space (5) resting on the flange (11) of the bottle (9) below, and the side wall (15) of the flange space (5) having on the underside along its periphery recesses (20) with radial dimensions that are greater than a thickness of the sealing strip (17) .
2. Bottle tray (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the recesses (20) are evenly distributed along the periphery of the flange space (5) , and each recess (20) covers an arc of less than 120°.
3. Bottle tray (1) according to claim 1, characteriz d in that the recesses (20) are evenly distributed along the periphery of the flange space (S) , and each recess (20) covers an arc of between 90" and 110°,
. Bottle tray (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the recesses (20) are evenly distributed along the periphery of the flange space (5) , and each recess (20) covers an arc of 100°.
5. Bottle tray (1) according to a preceding claim, characterized in that bevelled struts (26) are formed in the recesses (20) , each being at a decreasing distance from the
S underside to the centre (23) of the flange space (5) .
6. Bottle tray (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the recesses (20) are evenly distributed along the periphery of the flange space (5), each recess (20) covers an arc of between 0 90* and 110°, and in each recess (20) two bevelled struts (26) , evenly distributed along the periphery of the recess and with a distance decreasing from the underside to the centre (23) of the flange space (5) , are formed.
5 7. Bottle tray (l) according to a preceding claim, characterized in that the cap space (6) is bounded radially by a bottom closed wall (28) and a ring of vertical ribs (27) higher up, the diameter of the closed wall (28) being equal to or greater than the diameter of the cap (10) plus the thickness of 0 the sealing strip (17) .
8. Bottle tray (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the closed wall (28) of the cap space (6) defines a wall of a channel (31) situated further outwards, and in that passages 5 (32) opening into the flange space (5) are formed in the bottom of the channel (31) .
9. Bottle tray (l) according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the closed wall (28) of the cap space (6) has a height of 0 between 30% and 60% of the distance between the flange (il) and the top side of the cap (10) .
10. Bottle tray (l) according to a preceding claim, characterized in that in depressions below cavities (35) along 5 an edge of the tray (1) a transition (40) between the upper wall 8
(14) of e recesses (20) and a wall (27, 28) of the cap space (6) is rounded over a greater height than outside the recesses (20) and than that of depressions below other cavities (7) .
11. Bottle tray (l) according to claim 10, characterized in that the edge is a short edge of the tray (l) .