Container for use with medical instruments

A container for use with medical instruments comprising:

• a body having longitudinal walls and lateral walls, a top panel and a bottom panel defining with said longitudinal and lateral walls an interior space for receipt of medical instruments;
• said top panel including first and second flaps, and an entrance to said interior space defined between said flaps and through which the medical instruments are introduced to said interior space;
• said flaps when in a closed position having said first flap overlying a longitudinal portion of said second flap thus normally closing said entrance;
• said first and second flaps of said top panel each having a pair of longitudinal edges and a pair of lateral edges;
• said first and second flaps of said top panel each being integrally connected by a living hinge along one longitudinal edge thereof to one of the longitudinal walls of said body;
• the other longitudinal edge on said first flap overlying said second flap when said entrance is closed;
• the end edges of said first flap each being provided with a closure tab, said closure tab having opposed planar faces and opposed side edges and an arrow head with one abutment on the side edges for engagement with a corresponding closure element mounted on each lateral wall, each closure element having structure cooperable to engage the abutment for closing the entrance and maintaining said flap in a closed position.