Patent ID: 8528947

Claim:
A closed container comprising: a lid having a flat plate shape and having a plurality of engaged portions, respectively, disposed in said flat plate shape; a container body including an interior space in which an object can be stored, an opening in a surface of the container body, the opening allowing communication between said interior space and an external space, and the opening being closed by one side of said flat plate shape of said lid, a flange portion that extends from a periphery of said opening parallel to the surface in which the opening is formed and that defines a receiving recess in which said lid is received in a state in which said opening is closed by said lid, and a plurality of insertion holes, corresponding to the plurality of engaged portions, respectively, passing from an outer surface of said flange portion to said receiving recess, each of the plurality of insertion holes being located at a position through said flange portion that is aligned with the corresponding engaged portion in a state in which said lid is received in said receiving recess; and at least one latch mechanism including a latch main body mounted on the container body and movable along an axis parallel to said surface through which the opening is formed and that extends in a direction of said axis, a plurality of link portions, corresponding to the plurality of insertion holes, respectively, disposed at the outer surface of said flange portion, the plurality of link portions projecting from said latch main body in a direction different from the direction along said axis, and a plurality of engagement portions, each being disposed at an end of one of the plurality of link portions, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of engagement portions reaches said receiving recess through the corresponding insertion hole, wherein each of the plurality of engagement portions engages each of the corresponding engaged portions of said lid disposed in said receiving recess, and wherein an engagement of each of the plurality of engagement portions and each of the corresponding engaged portions and release of the engagement are achieved by movement of said latch main body along said axis.