Abstract: For cylindrical fluid containers, a nestable tray including a support floor having a top surface which is generally open across the entire length and width thereof. The top surface has a plurality of support areas for supporting thereon an array of upright cylindrical fluid containers such that the containers are directly adjacent to one another. A wall assembly is secured to and extends generally up from the floor and is dimensioned so that the containers when supported on the floor extend above the top of the wall assembly in a low-depth arrangement. The wall assembly has a substantial lower wall part adjacent the floor and a substantial upper wall part generally above the lower wall part and having an inward surface. The upper wall part is substantially vertical at least along the inward surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a plastic container having a reinforcing ring disposed around its upper edges to provide additional strength. The reinforcing ring is preferably formed of a cross-sectionally round wire which is obtained from a coil, straightened, cut, and bent to suitable dimensions. If desired, the reinforcing ring may have its ends welded together and the ring may extend around the entire top opening. The reinforcing ring is disposed within a peripheral outwardly facing channel of the shopping cart basket, crate, or other container. The channel includes top and bottom walls and an inner side wall. The reinforcing ring is free of projections that engage the walls of the channel. The channel has retaining ridges and/or a plurality of resilient discrete projections which retain the reinforcing ring and enable the reinforcing ring to be snap-actingly receivable within the channel.