Containers with tapered sidewalls and stacking tabs

A container comprising a base panel, a pair of opposing sidewalls, a pair of opposing end walls, and an open top, said container having an interior space and formed from a single unitary blank, wherein:

• the sidewalls and end walls each have an upper edge;
• a relatively narrow reinforcing flap is foldably joined to the upper edge of at least one of said pair of opposing sidewalls and said pair of opposing end walls, said reinforcing flap having a width from a top edge to a bottom edge thereof that extends over only a minor portion of the height of the associated side wall, said reinforcing flap is joined to the upper edge of one of said sidewalls;
• a central portion of the upper edge of the opposite sidewall is recessed over a major portion of the length thereof, leaving relatively short upper edge portions at opposite ends of said opposite sidewall;
• short reinforcement pieces are foldably attached to said short upper edge portions, said short reinforcement pieces having a width from an upper edge to a lower edge thereof that is greater than the width of said reinforcing flap from an upper edge to a lower edge thereof;
• a small corner post flap is foldably joined to each of opposite ends of said reinforcing flap, said corner post flap being substantially rectangular and having a width from a top edge to a bottom edge thereof that is substantially the same as the width of the associated reinforcing flap and extending diagonally across interior corners of the container at the upper edges of the sidewalls and end walls, in spaced relation to the base panel;
• and
• said container is reinforced by said narrow reinforcing flap and said small corner post flaps, leaving the interior space below said narrow reinforcing flap and small corner post flaps free of additional reinforcing structure, thereby resulting in greater interior space and requiring use of less material in the construction of the container.