Nestable and stackable container

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The container of this invention has a square bottom and side and end walls projecting upwardly from the bottom.
Each of the walls has a lower section and an upper section spaced outwardly from the lower section sufficiently to permit the container to nest with a second container of identical construction.
In accordance with the specific construction about to be described, each wall of the container has a plurality of feet spaced from one another along the outer side of the lower section thereof.
Each wall also has a plurality of saddles spaced from one another along the inner side of the upper section thereof.
The saddles are located directly above the feet so that the feet will engage the saddles of a similarly oriented lower container of identical construction and support the same in a stacked relationship.
Each wall of the container has clearances laterally offset from the saddles along the inner side of the upper section.
The clearances are arranged so that when a container is turned 90.
degree.
with respect to a lower container of identical construction, it may be lowered into a nested relationship therewith without interference because the feet will enter and pass through the clearance of the lower container.
The container may be slid across the top of a lower container of identical construction to a stacked position, or even to a nested position, although the slide-on feature is used primarily for stacking.
Certain of the feet and saddles are utilized for sliding on.
Other objects and features of this invention will become more apparent as this description proceeds, especially when considered with the accompanying drawings.