Patent ID: 7117991

Claim:
A portable carrier comprising: a rigid base housing defining an internal cavity with a bottom wall and an enclosing wall extending substantially upwardly from said bottom wall, said base housing having an open top defined by a top edge of said enclosing wall; and a cover member dimensioned to closely conform to an outer peripheral surface of said base housing, said portable carrier being reconfigurable between a first position preventing access to said internal cavity and a second position providing access to said internal cavity; wherein in said second position said cover member is nested under said base housing covering said outer peripheral surface thereof, and wherein said cover member is a reversible flexible cover attached to said base housing, said cover having at least one selectively openable closure member for permitting the selective reconfiguring of said portable carrier between said first position and said second position, and wherein in said second position said reversible flexible cover is reversed and folded over and around said outer peripheral surface of said rigid base housing for nesting under said base housing.