Patent ID: 8875939

Claim:
A storage device including: a plurality of wall members associated with one another to form sidewalls of a storage device with an interior adapted for storing items, at least some of said wall members defining a top opening, one of said wall members being a first wall member and having a recessed track in an interior surface, said track forming a travel path, said track including a seat along said path, said travel path opening into the interior and being in the form of a loop, said seat having a surface portion facing generally upwardly, said track having a pair of travel path legs connecting at and diverging from a lower portion of the track and forming an apex at the lower track portion, one said leg being a forward positioned leg and the other being a rear positioned leg, said track having a connecting leg extending between upper portions of the forward and rear positioned legs, said seat being in the connecting leg; a lid hingedly associated with at least one of said wall members adjacent an edge portion of said wall member and movable between a closed position closing said top opening and an open position at least partially exposing the top opening allowing access to the interior, said lid having opposite edge portions extending from the hinged edge portion; and a prop having a first end portion pivotally mounted to the lid adjacent a respective said edge portion and a second end portion received within said track and having its movement relative to said first wall member guided by said track and operable to selectively engage said seat to hold said lid in said open position and move into engagement with the seat under downwardly directed force on said second end portion.