Patent ID: 8813960

Claim:
A latch system for stacked containers comprising: a plurality of bosses coupled to each of an upper container and a lower container, the upper container stackable on top of the lower container, the plurality of bosses including a pivot boss and a storage boss affixed to a side of each of the upper and lower containers each offset from a lower surface of each of the upper and lower containers by a same first distance and separated from one another by a second distance, the plurality of bosses further including a latch boss coupled to the side of each of the upper and lower containers and vertically aligned with the pivot boss of each of the upper and lower containers; and a latch mechanism having a pivot end portion and a latch end portion, the pivot end portion having an opening sized to receive and pivotally affixed to the pivot boss of the upper container and rotate relative thereto, the latch end portion configured to biasly engage the latch boss of the lower container and the storage boss of the upper container, wherein the upper container is stacked on the lower container such that the pivot boss of the upper container and the latch boss of the lower container are separated by the second distance.