Picnic cooler with lid having integrally molded hinge

A container comprising an open-topped generally rectangular container body having a bottom wall, a pair of generally parallel side walls, and a pair of generally parallel end walls extending between the side walls, and a removable lid for closing the top of the container body, the lid being integrally blow molded from plastic and being generally rectangular and having a pair of elongated generally parallel side walls and a pair of generally parallel end walls extending between the side walls and a hinge portion which extends across the lid between the side walls and divides the lid into first and second lid portions which are hingedly attached, each of said first and second lid portions having spaced-apart top and bottom walls and a side wall which connects the top and bottom walls, said hinge portion comprising a web of integrally molded plastic extending between the first and second lid portions, and attaching means on the container body and on the first lid portion for removably attaching the first lid portion to the container body whereby the second lid portion can be pivoted about the hinge portion to provide access to the container body without removing the first lid portion from the container body, and latch means on the container body and on the second portion for releasably latching the second lid portion to the container body.