Patent ID: 7997435

Claim:
Container for a plurality of test strips the form of strip-shaped indicator sticks, the housing having a housing lower part ( 2 ) and a housing upper part ( 3 ), which housing upper part ( 3 ) can be brought into engagement with the housing lower part ( 2 ) in a positive manner, the housing upper part ( 3 ) having an opening ( 20 ) with a sealing flap ( 14 ) mounted in a pivotable manner, the housing lower part ( 2 ) having a plurality of projecting snap-in elements ( 7 ), which can be brought into engagement with matched recesses ( 10 ) of the housing upper part ( 3 ), and the sealing flap ( 14 ) being connected along its periphery to the housing upper part ( 3 ) by at least one connecting strip ( 25 ) which can be torn off, the opening ( 20 ) which is sealed by the sealing flap ( 14 ) encompasses both a region of a housing lid ( 15 ) and a region of a side wall ( 24 ) of the housing upper part ( 3 ), the sealing flap ( 14 ) being mounted in a pivotable manner on the housing lid ( 15 ) of the housing upper part ( 3 ) and forming a corner ( 13 ) of the housing upper part ( 3 ) with the length of the sealing flap ( 14 ) along the housing lid ( 15 ) being less than the length of the sealing flap ( 14 ) along the side wall ( 24 ) of the housing upper part ( 3 ).