Patent ID: 8146773

Claim:
A storage device comprising: (A) a collapsible container, wherein the collapsible container includes a plurality of wall panels hingedly connected to articulate between a collapsed position and an expanded position that defines an upper lip, and wherein the upper lip further defines a square opening; and (B) a lid for the collapsible container, the lid comprising: (i) a body that is adapted to cover the square opening in the collapsible container; (ii) a peripheral groove disposed in a side of the body, wherein the groove extends along a square path configured to receive the upper lip of the collapsible container in the expanded position; and (iii) a plurality of wall sections projecting from the same side of the body, the wall sections disposed radially inwardly from the peripheral groove and defining a recess having four sides formed to receive therein an outer periphery of the collapsible container in a substantially parallel orientation with the body when the collapsible container is in the collapsed position, wherein at least one of the wall sections forms a tapered corner adapted to retain a tapered corner of the collapsible container in the collapsed position within the recess, and a second one of the wall sections comprises a post between the peripheral groove and the recess, wherein the post being arranged to press outwardly against a wall panel of the collapsible container in the expanded position when the upper lip is disposed in the groove.