Bread carrier

A carrier for bread and the like comprising:

• a plastic rectangular tray having floor means, spaced upstanding side walls and spaced upstanding end walls;
• a pair of metal carrying bails pivotally connected to the side walls and extending along the oppositely disposed end walls, each of the bails being moveable between an upright position and a folded position;
• each of the bails comprising a pair of spaced generally L-shaped leg members having upper and lower legs, the lower leg of each leg member being pivotally connected to the tray at a point spaced inwardly from the end wall such that the heel of the leg member, when the bail is in the upright position, is nested in a corner of the tray and, when the bail is in the folded position, protrudes above the upper edges of the side and end walls, said bail further comprising a horizontal handle member interconnecting the upper legs of the pair of leg members;
• slot means in the floor means of the tray for receiving the upwardly protruding heels of the leg members of a second carrier stacked therebelow in a folded position wherby the peripheral walls of one carrier rest on the peripheral walls of the other;
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• locking means on the tray for releasably locking the bails in the upright position.