Container, in particular container for vegetables, made from plastic material and having foldable side walls

A one-piece container having an interior volume for carrying items, such as vegetables, said one-piece container comprising:

• a bottom member having four edges;
• four intermediate side walls, each intermediate side wall of said four intermediate side walls having a respective top edge and bottom edge, each respective bottom edge of said four intermediate side walls being connected to a respective edge of said four edges of said bottom member;
• four side walls, each side wall of said four side walls having a bottom edge connected to a respective top edge of a respective intermediate side wall of said four intermediate side walls and being foldable in a direction toward said interior volume of said container, and in a direction away from said interior volume of said container;
• a first hinge means integrally connecting said respective bottom edge of each said intermediate side wall of said four intermediate side walls with a respective edge of said four edges of said bottom member;
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• a second hinge means integrally connecting said top edge of a respective intermediate side wall of said four intermediate side walls with said respective bottom edge of said side wall of said four side walls;
• whereby each side wall of said four side walls, each intermediate side wall of said four intermediate side walls and said bottom member are all integrally connected such that each side wall of said four side walls will only fold inward independent of its respective intermediate side wall and each side wall of said four side walls will only fold outward in conjunction with its respective intermediate side wall.