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A collapsible container has a bottom formed of a plastic preform with grooves along the peripheral edge wall of the plastic preform. The side walls of the container are inserted into the grooves. A supporting base is fastened as a folding part or as folding parts to one or more side walls. The numbe

A collapsible container has a bottom formed of a plastic preform with grooves along the peripheral edge wall of the plastic preform. The side walls of the container are inserted into the grooves. A supporting base is fastened as a folding part or as folding parts to one or more side walls. The number of parts to be manipulated is reduced by the fact that the supporting base is no longer provided as a separate part. The labor associated with the supporting base is limited to folding the folding part or parts against the side wall or walls when collapsing the container, and is limited to folding out the folding part or parts when assembling the container. In addition, the container is stabilized when filled. The items placed therein press against the folding part or parts such that the side walls are pressed into the grooves.

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1. A collapsible container, comprising:a plastic preform as a container bottom;said plastic preform having downwardly molded-out hollows formed therein as feet for said container bottom, said feet being spaced apart from one another and defining a lifting fork engagement space therebetween;said plas

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A collapsible container, comprising:a plastic preform as a container bottom;said plastic preform having downwardly molded-out hollows formed therein as feet for said container bottom, said feet being spaced apart from one another and defining a lifting fork engagement space therebetween;said plastic preform having an edge wall, said plastic preform being formed with grooves extending along said edge wall, said grooves starting at a respective one of said hollows and ending at a respective next one of said hollows; side walls configured to be inserted into said grooves and configured to be supported in said grooves, said side walls, when inserted in said grooves, defining vertical container edges, said side walls being connected to one another at said vertical container edges and being foldable at said vertical container edges, said grooves being configured to support said sidewalls when inserted in said grooves;a material strip fastened to one of said side walls, said material strip and said one of said side walls being separate from one another prior to said material strip being fastened to said one of said side walls, said material strip extending substantially on a same level as said grooves, when said side walls are inserted in said grooves; anda support bottom including a support bottom part fastened as a folding part to said material strip via a given folding line, said folding part resting on said plastic preform when said side walls are inserted in said grooves. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein said side walls, when inserted in said grooves, extend into said molded-out hollows and are supported in said molded-out hollows. 3. The container according to claim 1, wherein said support bottom includes a further support bottom part fastened as a folding part to another one of said side walls such that said support bottom part and said further support bottom part are fastened to respective opposite ones of said side walls for forming said support bottom. 4. The container according to claim 1, wherein said support bottom part is a foldable folding pare fastened to one of said side walls for forming said support bottom. 5. The container according to claim 1, wherein said support bottom part and said side walls are formed of a substantially identical material. 6. The container according to claim 1, wherein said material strip is glued to one of said side walls. 7. The container according to claim 1, wherein said material strip is welded to one of said side walls. 8. The container according to claim 1, wherein:said side walls are configured to be folded together by bending in two opposite ones of said side walls; andsaid support bottom part is fastened to one of said side walls other than said two opposite ones of said side walls. 9. The container according to claim 1, wherein:said side walls are configured to be folded up by bending in a first one and a second one of said side walls, said first one and said second one of said side walls are opposite one another;said support bottom includes a further support bottom part; andsaid support bottom part and said further support bottom part are respectively fastened as folding parts to a third one and a fourth one of said side walls. 10. The container according to claim 1, where in:said plastic preform has supports selected from the group consisting of protruding shoulders and brackets, said supports are formed on said edge wall of said plastic preform;said plastic preform has corner regions, given ones of said molded-out hollows are disposed at said corner regions;said supports protruding at least into said given ones of said molded-out hollows at said corner regions of said plastic preform; andsaid supports being configured to supports said side walls, when said side walls are inserted into said grooves. 11. The container according to claim 10, wherein:said grooves have respective groove floors;at least one of said side walls has a straight lower edge;given ones of said supports and at least a given one of said groove floors are configured to support said straight lower edge; andsaid given ones of said supports have support surfaces disposed at a same level as said given one of said groove floors. 12. The container according to claim 1, including;a lid configured to be placed Onto said side walls at a top region thereof such that said lid surrounds said side walls at said top region of said side walls, when said side walls are inserted in said grooves; andsaid plastic preform having an edge region peripheral to said grooves, said plastic preform having a seat: formed in said edge region, said seat being configured to accept said lid, when said side walls are in a collapsed state. 13. The container according to claim 12, wherein:said edge wall of said plastic preform has an inner side; andsaid seat is configured as a shoulder extending along said inner side of said edge wall of said plastic preform. 14. The container according to claim 13, wherein said shoulder is a continuous shoulder extending uninterrupted along said inner side of said edge wall of said plastic preform. 15. The container according to claim 1, wherein said side walls have downwardly extending portions extending into given ones of said molded-out hollows and are supported in said molded-out hollows.