Patent ID: 7850032

Claim:
A storage box device, consisting of: a pair of substantially rigid bottom and top covers forming an interior cavity therebetween, the bottom and top covers mating along respective peripheral lip portions formed around respective openings thereinto and being mutually hinged; a window aperture formed in the top cover and being arranged for viewing the interior cavity therethrough, the window aperture being formed with a rigid and substantially continuous inner peripheral window frame and further consisting of inner and outer contact surfaces formed adjacent thereto; a continuous window mechanism consisting of a continuous one-piece sheet of a substantially water-resistant and resiliently pliable material and consisting of: a substantially optically transparent flexible membrane window panel arranged for viewing the interior cavity through the window aperture, a compressive window seal formed continuously with the window panel and forming a continuous circumferential seal with the window frame, the window seal further consisting exclusively of a circumferential slot fitted over the inner and outer contact surfaces of the window frame in a continuous compressive sealing relationship therewith, and a door seal formed continuously with the compressive window seal and positioned between the peripheral lip portions of the bottom and top covers; and a latch coupled for compressing the door seal mechanism between the peripheral lip portions of the bottom and top covers.