Patent ID: 6217835
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A61L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A sterilization container comprisinga receptacle having a front wall, a rear wall and an open top;a cover having a front wall and a rear wall hinged to the rear wall of the receptacle and swingable between a closed position wherein the cover closes the open top of the receptacle and an open position wherein the cover is positioned to allow access to the interior of the receptacle, andlatching means for releasably latching the cover in its closed position, said latching means including a pair of laterally spaced apart, collinear mirror image latches which releasably connect said front walls of the cover and receptacle, each said latch includinga detent on the front wall of one of said receptacle and cover, andan actuator slidably mounted to the front wall of the other of said receptacle and cover, said actuators being slidable away from one another to latching positions wherein the actuators are engaged to their respective detents and toward one another to unlatching positions wherein the actuators are disengaged from their respective detents.