Foldable transport and storage container

A foldable storage and transport container of plastic, comprising:

• a container base comprised of a base frame and a base plate;
• at least two sidewalls foldable on top of one another, each sidewall having a defined thickness;
• at least two hinge connections for articulating each sidewall to the base frame, each said hinge connection comprising a hinge bolt or a hinge pin for pivot engagement in a receiving gap of the base frame, said receiving gap having an elongate opening extending substantially perpendicular to a plane of the base plate to allow the hinge bolt or the hinge pin to move in the receiving gap from a lower end position to an upper end position, said opening having a length sized to at least correspond to the thickness of the sidewall so that the sidewall is liftable in a vertical direction by at least the thickness thereof;
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• at least two guide elements formed at the foldable sidewall which are received in corresponding recesses in the base frame, said recesses having a nose defined by an upper edge spaced from an upper edge of the base frame by a distance which corresponds to the length of the guide element from the lower edge of the sidewall to the lower edge of the guide element.