Stackable bin and method of stacking the same

A first storage bin, comprising:

• a main body with a base wall, a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a rear wall, a front wall and a rim, the main body having an open top and a partly open front, the rim being on the side walls and the rear wall, the rim having built-in handles, each of the first and second side walls having an inner surface and an outer surface, a first platform formed on the inner surface of the first side wall, a second platform formed on the inner surface of the second side wall, a first channel formed on the outer surface of the first side wall opposite the first platform, and a second channel formed on the outer surface of the second side wall opposite the second platform;
• a first movable handle attached to the main body adjacent the first side wall;
• a second movable handle attached to the main body adjacent the second side wall;
• wherein each of the first and second movable handles is connected to the main body and is movable between an opened position and a closed position, the movable handles in the opened position permitting a stacked arrangement of the first storage bin with a second storage bin identical to the first storage bin, the movable handles in the closed position permitting a nested arrangement of the first storage bin with the second storage bin, with both the stacked arrangement and the nested arrangement permitted without a lateral offset between the first storage bin and the second storage bin;
• wherein the first channel, the second channel, the first platform, and the second platform are pitched from the rim to the base wall, the first channel is configured to receive the first platform of the second storage bin in a nested position, and the second channel is configured to receive the second platform of the second storage bin in a nested position.

A first storage bin, comprising:

• a main body with a base wall, a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a rear wall, a front wall and a rim, the main body having an open top and a partly open front, the rim being on the side walls and the rear wall, the rim having built-in handles, each of the first and second side walls having an inner surface and an outer surface, a first platform formed on the inner surface of the first side wall, a second platform formed on the inner surface of the second side wall, a first channel formed on the outer surface of the first side wall opposite the first platform, and a second channel formed on the outer surface of the second side wall opposite the second platform;
• a first movable handle attached to the main body adjacent the first side wall;
• a second movable handle attached to the main body adjacent the second side wall;
• wherein each of the first and second movable handles is connected to the main body and is movable between an opened position and a closed position, the movable handles in the opened position permitting a stacked arrangement of the first storage bin with a second storage bin identical to the first storage bin, the movable handles in the closed position permitting a nested arrangement of the first storage bin with the second storage bin, with both the stacked arrangement and the nested arrangement permitted without a lateral offset between the first storage bin and the second storage bin;
• wherein the first platform has a first stacking surface adjacent the rim, the second platform has a second stacking surface adjacent the rim, the first stacking surface being configured to support the first movable handle in the opened position, and the second stacking surface being configured to support the second movable handle in the opened position, whereby the first and second stacking surfaces are configured to support the second storage bin in the stacked arrangement via the first and second movable handles in the opened positions.

A pair of storage bins, comprising:

• a first storage bin and a second storage bin, each of first storage bin and the second storage bin including
• a main body with a base wall, a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, a rear wall, a front wall and a rim being on the first and second side walls and rear wall, the main body having an open top, a partly open front, the rim having built-in handles, each of the first and second side walls having an inner surface and an outer surface, a platform formed on the inner surface of each of the first and second side walls, and a channel formed on the outer surface of each of the first and second side walls opposite the platform, the platform having a stacking surface disposed adjacent to the rim;
• a first movable handle attached to the rim adjacent the first side wall;
• and
• a second movable handle attached to the rim adjacent a second side wall;
• wherein each of the first and second movable handles are movably connected to the main body between an opened position and a closed position,
• wherein each of the first and second movable handles of the first storage bin is in the opened position and the second storage bin is stacked on the first storage bin without a lateral offset between the first storage bin and the second storage bin;
• wherein each of the first and second movable handles of the first storage bin is in the closed position and the second storage bin is nested in the first storage bin without a lateral offset between the first storage bin and the second storage bin.