Nestable pails with nesting alignment means

A pail comprising a container and a handle pivotally attached to said container at two points, each container comprising a side wall, at least one peripheral flange projecting outwardly from its side wall, a radially-extending slot in said peripheral flange spaced circumferentially from said two points, and a depending tab attached to and spaced from said side wall, said tab being spaced circumferentially from said two points and aligned with but spaced vertically from said radial slot so that when a plurality of said pails are stacked with their containers nested inside one another, said depending tab on one container will be received by the radial slot in the next lower container in the stack, whereby the handles of the stacked pails will be aligned with one another.

A plurality of pails each comprising a nestable container, each container comprising a side wall, first and second mutually spaced handle pivot anchors formed integrally with and projecting outwardly of said side wall, said first and second handle pivot anchors being adapted to pivotally receive and hold the opposite ends of a handle, at least one peripheral flange projecting outwardly from said side wall, a slot in said peripheral flange spaced circumferentially from said handle pivot anchors, and a depending tab attached to and spaced outwardly from said side wall, said tab being spaced circumferentially from said first and second handle pivot anchors and aligned with but spaced vertically from said slot so that when said pails are stacked with their containers nested inside one another, said depending tab on one container will be received by the slot in the next lower container in the stack, whereby the handle pivot anchors of the stacked pails will be aligned in a common vertically-extending plane.