Storage and/or transport container of plastics material

In a storage and/or transport container of plastics material, the container having a rectangular bottom and two longitudinal side walls and two transverse side walls connected at corners of the container and extending upwardly from the rectangular bottom, the side walls having upper edges defining a rectangular opening having a size greater than the rectangular bottom, two support members being hinged to the container adjacent the upper edges of the transverse side walls, the support members being swingable from a first position in which they leave the rectangular opening clear up to the transverse side walls into a second position in which they are located in the rectangular opening adjacent the transverse side walls so as to partially bridge the opening, wherein, when the support members are in the second position, the distance between sides of the support members facing each other is smaller than the width of the container bottom between the two transverse side walls, each support member having a longitudinal direction and two ends, the improvement comprising the hinged support members having at the ends thereof support walls which extend transversely of the longitudinal direction of the support members, support blocks being arranged remote from the container corners on the upper edges of the longitudinal side walls, the support walls being pivotably mounted on the support blocks, a groove-like upwardly open rim portion being formed on the upper edge of each transverse side wall, the support member being received and supported in the upwardly open rim portion when the support member is in the first position, troughs which are open toward the top and toward the container interior being formed in the upper edges of the longitudinal side walls, the ends and the support walls of each support member being received and supported in the troughs when the support member is in the second position.