Plastic vegetable container

Claim 1

A BASKET FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING SMALL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS COMPRISING A BODY HAVING SIDE WALLS, AN OPEN UPPER END AND A BOTTOM WALL FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID SIDE WALLS FOR CLOSING THE LOWER END OF SAID BODY, SAID SIDE WALLS BEING OF THIN MESH-LIKE CONSTRUCTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES OF REGULAR CONFIGURATION THEREIN, REINFORCING CORNER MEMBERS JOINING SAID SIDE WALLS AND BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY HEAVIER CONSTRUCTION THAN SAID SIDE WALLS WITH A GENERALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR CROSSSECTION, GENERALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE STIFFENING RIBS OF U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION SPACED ALONG SAID SIDE WALLS AND INTEGRAL THEREWITH FOR INCREASING THE COMPRESSIVE RESISTANCE OF SAID BODY BEING FORMED THE UPPER PERIPHERY EDGE OF SAID BODY BEING FORMED INTO AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING CHANNEL OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, SAID ENTIRE BODY BEING FORMED OF ORGANIC THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN AN INTEGRAL CONSTRUCTION, A TOP OF INTEGRAL CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING A REINFORCING FRAME OF CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF THE OPEN UPPER END OF SAID BODY, A RIGID CENTRAL HANDLE CONSTRUCTION INTERCONNECTING TWO OPPOSING SIDES OF SAID REINFORCING FRAME AND MESH-LIKE WEB MEANS FILLING IN THE SPACE FORMED BY SAID REINFORCING FRAME AND SAID HANDLE CONSTRUCTION, SAID TOP FURTHER INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND LOCKING MEMBERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO SAID REINFORCING FRAME AND SAID HANDLE AND EACH LOCKING MEMBER BEING SECURED TO A RESPECTIVE END OF SAID HANDLE, EACH LOCKING MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF WEDGE-SHAPED TEETH, AND LOCKING APERTURE MEANS IN THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID BODY FOR RECEIVING SAID LOCKING MEMBERS AND ENGAGING THEREWITH.