Patent ID: 7198169

Claim:
A storage container convertible to a permanently closed object, the container comprising: A) a receptacle having an outside surface corresponding to the partial exterior of a closed object; and having an interior surface defining a storage chamber with an entry opening thereto; B) a lid for covering the entry opening and thereby closing the storage chamber, the lid having an outside surface corresponding to the remaining exterior of the closed object; C) the receptacle and lid together defining: 1) releasable engagement means for removably securing the lid on the receptacle, wherein the lid may be removed to place and remove items from the storage chamber, the releasable engagement means inter-engaging as the lid is placed on the receptacle; and 2) snap-fit securing means incrementally spacing the outside surfaces corresponding to the partial and remaining exterior of the closed object when the lid is removably secured on the receptacle and permanently securing the lid on the receptacle with the outside surfaces corresponding to the partial and remaining exteriors of the closed object co-joined when the lid is displaced toward the receptacle to place the snap fit securing means in snap fit engagement.