Patent ID: 8528801

Claim:
A film storage box comprising: a storage chamber which has an opening at an upper portion, and which comprises a front plate, a bottom plate, a rear plate, and side plates; and a lid body which comprises a lid plate connected to the storage chamber at an upper end edge of the rear plate of the storage chamber and configured to cover the storage chamber in an openable and closable manner, a cover strip extending in a direction to cover the front plate from a front end edge of the lid plate, and being configured to cover the front plate a tear strip extending from a perforated line at a top end of the cover strip, a cutting blade provided at the top end of the cover strip to cut a film, the cutting blade being exposed by removal of the tear strip, and cover side plates, wherein an edge fold strip is connected to an upper end edge of the front plate to cover a rear surface of the front plate via a fold line, a cut line is provided in the front plate within an area overlapping the cover strip when the lid body is closed, the cut line being positioned between the fold line of the upper end edge of the front plate and a fold line at a lower end edge of the front plate and extending over an entire width of the front plate in a longitudinal direction so as not to contact the upper end edge fold line, a grip member being that is configured by a portion between upper end edge the fold line and the cut line and is connected to the edge fold strip through the upper end edge fold line and extends towards a front side of the film storage box, the grip member including ends portions, the end portions of the grip member each being fixed to an auxiliary side plate by a side fold line at a front side of the film storage box, each auxiliary side plate being positioned at a longitudinal end of the front plate, and a holder that temporarily holds the film is provided on a surface of the grip member, the grip member extending outwardly with respect to the front plate and being configured such that a lift angle of the grip member with respect to the front of the front plate is largest at a longitudinal center portion of the grip member and is less at each end portion of the grip member.