A container for small articles of daily use, comprising
- (I) a first container half comprising:
- (a) a rectangular bottom wall having four edges, an upper face and an underside,
- (b) foot means on the underside of said bottom wall and adapted for being placed on a horizontal base surface,
- (c) a rectangular vertical rear end wall having a lower edge, an upper edge and two side edges, and having said lower edge rigidly connected to a first one of the edges of said bottom wall,
- (d) an inner rectangular vertical wall having a lower edge, an upper edge and two side edges and being rigidly mounted with its lower edge on said upper face of said bottom wall in parallel with said rear end wall and in a position intermediate said first one of the edges of the bottom wall and the edge thereof opposite said first one edge,
- (e) a rectangular top wall of equal size with said bottom wall and having an upper face, an underside, and four edges, said top wall being rigidly attached with a first one of its edges to said upper edge of said rear end wall and resting with its underside on the upper edge of said inner vertical wall, so as to extend parallel with said bottom wall, the edges of said bottom wall and of said top wall being of substantially equal length;
- (f) said top wall, bottom wall, rear end wall and inner vertical wall enclosing on four sides a horizontally disposed first chamber of parallelepiped block shape, and
- (g) subdividing wall means mounted inside said first chamber for dividing said first chamber into a plurality of horizontal compartments each of which has at least one open end and extends therefrom parallel with said rear end wall;
- (II) a second container half comprising
- (a) first and second vertically disposed rectangular longitudinal sidewalls, each sidewall having two upright edges of the same height as said rear end wall, and two longitudinal edges the length of each of which is equal with a respective parallel edge of said bottom and top walls, said longitudinal sidewalls of said second container half extending normal with regard to said rear end wall of said first container half,
- (b) a vertical front end wall of equal size and configuration with said rear end wall of said first container half, having a lower edge, an upper edge and two side edges, one of said side edges being rigidly joined at right angle with a first upright edge of said first longitudinal sidewall, and the other side edge of said front end wall being ridgidly joined at right angle with a first upright edge of said second longitudinal sidewall,
- (c) a rectangular vertical intermediate wall, of equal size and configuration as said inner vertical wall of said first container half, and disposed parallel with said front end wall, said intermediate wall having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, said first side edge thereof being rigidly mounted on the inner surface of said first longitudinal sidewall, and said second side edge thereof being rigidly mounted on the inner surface of said second longitudinal sidewall,
- (d) said intermediate wall, front end wall and longitudinal sidewalls enclosing on four sides a vertically disposed second chamber of parallelepiped block shape,
- (e) subdividing wall means mounted inside said second chamber for dividing said second chamber into a plurality of vertical compartments having open top ends,
- (f) bottom wall means at the lower ends of said vertical compartments for closing the latter, said bottom wall means and lower ends of said vertical compartments being at a level, above the lower longitudinal edges of said longitudinal sidewalls, which level is above the level of the upper face of said bottom wall of said first container half when the underside of the said bottom wall is flush with said lower edges of said longitudinal sidewalls,
- (g) said longitudinal sidewalls protruding with free sidewall ends beyond said intermediate wall which free sidewall ends are of a size sufficient to cover entirely the open ends of all of said horizontal compartments in said first chamber, and
- (h) said top wall and bottom wall of said first container half protruding with free top and bottom wall ends, respectively, beyond said inner vertical wall, which free top and bottom wall ends are of sufficient size to cover entirely, respectively, the open top ends and the lower closed ends of said vertical compartments in said second chamber, when said two container halves are in closing engagement with each other;
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- (III) guide means associated with longitudinal edges of said longitudinal sidewalls and of said top wall and bottom wall, said guide means of said longitudinal sidewalls being adapted for engaging the guide means of said top wall and bottom wall, respectively, for sliding displacement of said first and second container halves relative to one another.