Patent ID: 6902080

Claim:
A container comprising an open-topped body defined by an arrangement of upright walls, and a lid sized to close the top of the body, a rear portion of the lid being pivotally attached to a rear portion of the body; a transverse apron attached to an upper edge of a front wall portion of the body and spaced forwardly therefrom, said apron extending downwardly to a lower edge and having an aperture defined therein close to the lower edge; a slot formed in said upper edge of the front wall portion; an elongate locking tongue mounted on a front portion of said lid at a location corresponding to said slot, said tongue extending downwardly from the lid such that when the lid is moved to a closed position the tongue can be passed through said slot to lie behind said apron, said tongue having a length corresponding to the height of said apron and containing an aperture near its lower end positioned to be in alignment with the aperture in said apron when the lid is closed, such that the lid can be secured in the closed position by a retainer passed through the aligned apertures.