Plastic container

In an integrally formed, one-piece plastic container having a bottom section and an overlying top section hinged to said bottom section wherein:

• said bottom section is characterized in that it has a planar bottom wall, two opposed, upturned sidewalls, an upturned back wall, and an upturned front wall, all of which are integrally formed and connected to each other;
• and
• said top section is characterized in that it has a planar top wall, two opposed, downturned sidewalls, a downturned front wall, all of which are integrally formed and connected to each other and a downturned back wall integrally formed and connected to said top wall;
• the improvement which comprises:
• said upturned front wall having an outwardly and upwardly projecting latching lug, said latching lug having an upper and lower surface which diverge one from the other;
• and said downturned front wall having on its inside surface an inwardly projecting lower latching protuberance and said top wall having on its inside surface a downwardly projecting upper latching protuberance, at least a part of said lower latching protuberance and said upper latching protuberance being in close proximity to said lower surface and said upper surface respectively, so that the distance between said parts is less than the distance between said surfaces at their distal ends.