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A collapsible container including a base having a first pair of opposed upstanding members and a second pair of opposed upstanding members, and also including a first pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base and orientable between an assembled position and a second position. Ea

A collapsible container including a base having a first pair of opposed upstanding members and a second pair of opposed upstanding members, and also including a first pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base and orientable between an assembled position and a second position. Each of the first pair of opposed side walls has a recess which mates with and receives a corresponding one of the first pair of opposed upstanding members when in the assembled position. The container further receive a second pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to a corresponding one of the second pair of opposed upstanding members and also orientable between an assembled position and a second position.

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What is claimed is: 1. A collapsible container, comprising: a base having a first pair of opposed upstanding members and a second pair of opposed upstanding members extending upwardly from a bottom panel, the first and second pairs of opposed upstanding members each having an uppermost surface, the

What is claimed is: 1. A collapsible container, comprising: a base having a first pair of opposed upstanding members and a second pair of opposed upstanding members extending upwardly from a bottom panel, the first and second pairs of opposed upstanding members each having an uppermost surface, the uppermost surfaces of the first and second pairs of opposed upstanding members generally disposed in a plane generally parallel to the bottom panel of the base; and a first pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base and orientable between an assembled position and a second position, each of the first pair of opposed side walls including a recess for mating with and receiving a corresponding one of the first pair of opposed upstanding members when in the assembled position; and a second pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to a corresponding one of the second pair of opposed upstanding members and orientable between an assembled position and a second position. 2. The container of claim 1, wherein the base includes at least one raised portion extending between the second pair of opposed side walls. 3. The container of claim 1, wherein the base further includes a plurality of upstanding corner members each having a recess formed therein, and wherein each of the first pair of opposed side walls has a lateral edge and a portion extending outwardly from the lateral edge and received within a corresponding recess of the upstanding corner members, for enhancing the strength of the container. 4. The container of claim 1, wherein one of the first and second pair of opposed side walls includes a plurality of recesses adapted to receive a palletizing strap therein. 5. The container of claim 1, wherein each of the first pair of opposed side walls includes a latch member disposed thereon for latching the first and second pairs of opposed side walls when oriented in the assembled position. 6. The container of claim 1, wherein each of the second pair of opposed side walls each includes a pair of opposed lateral flanges inwardly depending therefrom and integral therewith, each lateral flange having a latch receiver formed therein. 7. The container of claim 6, wherein in the assembled position and the second position, each lateral flange of the second pair of opposed side walls is substantially co-planar with the first pair of opposed upstanding members of the base. 8. The container of claim 6, wherein the latch receiver includes an aperture and a flexible latch spring member and having a latch release member actuable by a user. 9. The container of claim 8, wherein the first pair of opposed side walls includes a pair of opposed lateral edges, each lateral edge having a latching member attached thereto, wherein when the container is oriented in an assembled position, each lateral flange abuts an adjacent lateral edge so that each aperture receives a corresponding hitching member which is fastened into position by the latch spring member, thereby forming a secure attachment between the first and second pairs of opposed side walls, and wherein to return the container to a collapsed position from the assembled position, each latch release member is actuated by the user in order to release the latching member fastened therein. 10. The container of claim 1, wherein the base includes a first and second pair of opposed edges, the first pair of opposed side walls and the second pair of opposed side walls pivotably attached to a corresponding one of the first and second pair of opposed edges. 11. The container of claim 1, wherein the first and second pair of opposed side walls are oriented in the second position, they are oriented in one of an inwardly folded orientation and an outwardly folded orientation. 12. The collapsible container of claim 1, wherein the first pair of opposed upstanding members are centrally disposed along the length of the base. 13. The collapsible container of claim 1, wherein the first pair of opposed upstanding members have a trapezoidal shape. 14. The container of claim 1 wherein the first pair of opposed side walls are pivotably attached to the base by first hinges and wherein die second pair of opposed side walls are pivotably attached to the second pair of upstanding members by second hinges, wherein the second hinges are at a greater distance from the bottom panel of the base than the first hinges. 15. The container of claim 1 wherein the first pair of opposed side walls are pivotably attached to the base by first hinges and wherein the second pair of opposed side walls are pivotably attached to the second pair of upstanding members by second hinges, wherein the second pair of opposed side walls each include a pair of lateral flanges, the lateral flanges disposed on the first hinges when the first and second pairs of walls are in an inwardly-collapsed position. 16. The container of claim 1 wherein the plane generally containing the uppermost surfaces of the first and second pairs of opposed upstanding members is substantially co-planar with an uppermost surface of the second pair of opposed side walls when the second pair of opposed side walls are in an inwardly-collapsed position. 17. The container of claim 1 wherein the second pair of opposed side walls each include a pair of lateral flanges, each of the first upstanding members disposed between one of the Lateral flanges on each of the second pair of opposed side walls when the second pair of opposed side walls are in an inwardly-collapsed position. 18. A collapsible container orientable in an inwardly folded position and adapted to receive the base of a least one other container thereupon in a nesting orientation when the collapsible container is in the inwardly folded position, the collapsible container comprising: a base having an upper surface and a pair of opposed upstanding members; a first pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base by at least one hinge orientable in the inwardly folded position, the upstanding members extending upward from the base higher than the hinges; and a second pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base and orientable in the inwardly folded position for resting on the first pair of opposed side walls, the second pair of opposed side walls in the inwardly folded position being spaced apart with the pair of opposed upstanding members disposed therebetween, wherein the second pair of opposed side walls and an upper surface of the opposed upstanding members provide a stable surface for nesting the at least one other container thereupon. 19. The collapsible container of claim 18, wherein the pair of opposed upstanding members are centrally disposed along the length of the base. 20. The container of claim 18 having the at least one other container stacked thereon, the base of the at least one other container directly supported on the second pair of opposed side walls and the upper surface of the opposed upstanding members. 21. The container of claim 18 wherein the at least one hinge includes at least two hinges, each of the first pair of opposed side walls is pivotably attached to the base by the at least two hinges, and each upstanding member is between the at least two hinges. 22. The container of claim 21 wherein the first pair of side walls include openings adjacent the base into which the upstanding members are received upon pivoting the first pair of side walls to the upright position.