Patent ID: 6336552
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B65D,F42B,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for storing articles in an organized manner that includes a family of rectangular-shaped open top boxes each having the same inside base dimension of length and width and boxes in the family having a height that is some multiple of a given height dimension,a plurality of rectangular-shaped open top inserts stackable within each of the boxes, each insert further including four side walls, a flat bottom wall and a lid, hinge means for securing said lid to one side wall of said insert so that the lid can move between a first open position and a second closed position, said lid further including a raised frame surrounding the outer periphery of the lid, said frame having a flat top surface and a flexible skirt depending from said frame that encircles the side walls of the insert when the lid is in a closed position, a pair of spaced apart lugs, each lug extending outwardly from an upper edge of a second side wall opposite the first side wall so that the lugs pass in contact beneath said skirt to deform said skirt as the lid is moved into said closed position, a pair of spaced apart cutouts in said skirt that are aligned with said lugs so that said lugs snap into said cutouts when the lid is in a closed position, and at least two finger holes formed in said lid whereby each insert can be grasped to raise and lower the inserts into one of said boxes when said lid is in a closed position.