Nesting basket

Claim 1

AN ALTERNATELY STACKABLE AND NESTABLE WIRE MESH BASKET COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CRISSCROSSED, INTERCONNECTED WIRE MEMBERS FORMING A BOTTOM AND FOUR INTEGRAL UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS TAPERED SLIGHTLY UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY; HORIZONTAL SUPPORT CONNECTION WIRE MEANS EXTENDING ALONG AND CONNECTED TO SAID WALLS, INCLUDING AT LEAST A PERIPHERAL TOP WIRE EXTENDING AROUND SAID WALLS ALONG THE UPPER EDGES THEREOF; STACKING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION EXTENDING ALONG AND CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID FOUR WALLS, AT A SPACING BELOW SAID TOP WIRE, AND A SECOND PORTION EXTENDING ALONG AND CONNECTED TO A SECOND OF SAID FOUR WALLS OPPOSITE SAID ONE WALL; EACH OF SAID PORTIONS INCLUDING GENERALLY U-SHAPED STACKING LUGS PROJECTING INWARDLY OF SAID BASKET AT A LEVEL BELOW SAID TOP WIRE; AND SAID WIRE MEMBERS INCLUDING WIRES ALONG THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID ONE WALL AND SAID OPPOSITE SECOND WALL TO ENABLE A LIKE BASKET TO BE STACKED ON SAID LUGS WHEN THE BASKETS ARE ORIENTED IN LIKE MANNER; THE OUTSIDE SURFACES OF SAID FOUR WALLS BEING FREE OF PROTRUSIONS, AND THE INSIDE SURFACES OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH WALLS BEING FREE OF PROTRUSIONS; AND SAID WIRE MEMBERS BEING POSITIONED TO FORM SPACED ALONG THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID THIRD AND FOURTH WALLS TO RECEIVE THE LUGS OF A LIKE BASKET ROTATED 90* WITH RESPECT THERETO, TO ENABLE NESTING THEREOF.