Refuse container having stacking and nesting handles

A quadrilateral container comprising a bottom and four sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom and terminating at an upper rim;

• and first and second oppositely facing sidewalls having a handle extending outwardly therefrom, each said handle comprising two spaced apart sideplates, each said sideplate having a first end affixed to a respective sidewall and a remote end extending perpendicularly outward therefrom, said handle further comprising a crossbar having ends affixed to said sideplate remote ends;
• said container further having in third and fourth opposite sidewalls a handle-receiving recess formed therein, said handle-receiving recess being dimensioned and located to receive a handle of a second like-configured container whereby positioning said container and said second container in a side-by-side abutting relationship.

A quadrilateral first container for refuse, comprising a bottom and four sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom and terminating at an upper rim, said container having a handle extending outward from at least one said sidewall and having profiled recess means in at least two other sidewalls, each adapted to receive a handle of a like-configured second container, whereby three of said like-configured containers being simultaneously positionable in a side by side interlocking relationship;

• said recess means having a width dimension substantially equivalent to the width of said container handle, and said recess means extending from said upper rim toward said bottom.

A quadrilateral container comprising a bottom, four sidewalls extending upwardly from said bottom and terminating at an upper rim, a peripheral upper portion extending from said upper rim downward along each of said sidewalls, a recess within said upper portion of first and second oppositely facing sidewalls, a handle extending outwardly from third and fourth oppositely facing sidewalls at a location corresponding to the location of said recess in said upper portions of said first and second sidewalls and wherein each recess within said upper portion of the other two oppositely facing sidewalls have a position and configuration for receiving a handle of a like-configured container, whereby sides of the container and the like-configured container can be in close opposing abutment.