Patent ID: 7108135

Claim:
A container assembly for housing at least one workpiece, said assembly comprising: a container configured to accommodate at least one workpiece therein, said container having an opening at one side thereof, and said container including a frame delimiting at least a portion of the opening, said frame defining at least one insertion hole therein; and a cover covering the opening of the container, said cover including a cover body that spans said opening, and at least one locking section by which the cover is secured to the container, said cover body having an inner wall that faces said container, an outer wall opposite said inner wall, and at least one opening in said outer wall, and said locking section including a bar extending longitudinally towards the outside of the body of the cover and into the insertion hole in the frame of said container, a resilient member connected to the bar such that the bar is biased in a longitudinal direction thereof by said resilient member, a jaw extending from said bar into said opening in the outer wall of the body of the cover, and a protrusion extending from said bar into said opening in the outer wall of the body of the cover, the jaw and the protrusion being attached to and extending from the bar independently of each other the protrusion being spaced from the jaw along the bar in the longitudinal direction in which the bar is biased by the resilient member, and the protrusion abutting an edge of the body of the cover that defines an end of the hole in the longitudinal direction, whereby the protrusion serves as a stop that positions the jaw.