Patent ID: 8777043

Claim:
A storage container system comprising: a plurality of container bases each having a bottom, a continuous side wall extending up from the bottom and terminating at a top edge, an interior storage space within the side wall above the bottom, and an open top bounded by the top edge; a plurality of lids each having a main panel section, a perimeter skirt assembly around the main panel section, a top side, a bottom side, a recessed region centrally located on the main panel section, and a surrounding wall circumventing the recessed region, the recessed region being recessed relative to a top side of the perimeter skirt assembly, each of the plurality of lids configured to close off the open top of any one of the plurality of container bases by connecting a part of the perimeter skirt assembly to the side wall near the open top; a first snap structure on each of the plurality of lids, each first snap structure having one component configured to connect to a mating lid component of the first snap structure on any other one of the plurality of lids to connect any two of the plurality of lids together; and a second snap structure different from the first snap structure on each of the plurality of lids, the second snap structure having one or more recesses in the surrounding wall each configured to snap to a mating base component on the base to connect any one of the plurality of lids to any one of the plurality of container bases.