Truck box

A container comprising a base portion having a bottom surface, opposed front and rear walls extending upwardly from said bottom surface, and opposed end walls joined to said front and rear walls to form an open top;

• a cover for closing the open top;
• and at least one hinge mechanism pivotally connecting said cover to said rear wall;
• each said hinge mechanism including a hinge pin assembly carrying said cover, and a retainer assembly;
• said hinge pin assembly having a hinge pin;
• said retainer assembly having clip members receiving said hinge pin, and means to hold said hinge pin within said clip members so that said hinge pin may rotate within said clip members;
• said hinge pin assembly including means rotatable with said hinge pin to engage said cover;
• said rear wall having a pocket formed near the top thereof to receive and engage said retainer assembly so that said cover can pivot with respect to said base portion.

A container comprising a base portion having a bottom surface, opposed front and rear walls extending upwardly from said bottom surface, and opposed end walls joined to said front and rear walls and with said front and rear walls forming an open top, and a generally horizontal ledge formed inside of said base portion around the periphery of and near the open top, said front and rear walls having aligned ribs formed on the inside thereof with aligned recesses formed between adjacent of said ribs;

• a cover for closing said open top;
• at least one hinge mechanism pivotally connecting said cover to said rear wall, each said hinge mechanism including a hinge pin assembly carrying said cover and having a hinge pin, and a retainer assembly having clip members receiving said hinge pin, said rear wall having a pocket formed near the top thereof to receive and engage said retainer assembly;
• a latch mechanism for selectively latching said cover to said base portion, said latch mechanism including first and second hooks pivotal from a position engaging said cover to a position releasing said cover, first and second latch handles pivotally received in said end walls, and means connecting said handles to said hooks so that upon pivoting either said handle, both said hooks will pivot without moving the other said handle;
• a tray positionable in said base portion, said tray having a bottom surface, opposed side walls and opposed end walls, a plurality of ribs downwardly depending from said tray bottom surface and extending generally parallel to one set of said opposed tray walls and terminating at ends short of the other set of opposed tray walls so that the periphery of said tray bottom surface at said other set of opposed tray walls can rest on said ledge, said ends of said ribs being positioned below said ledge to prevent significant movement of said tray in a direction parallel to said one set of opposed tray walls, and means carried by said tray bottom surface received in selected of said recesses to locate said tray in said base portion to prevent said tray from moving in a direction between said end walls;
• and plate-like means to divide said base portion into separate compartments, said means to divide being positionable in selected of said recesses and having a first pattern of intersecting ribs on one side thereof and a second, different pattern of intersecting ribs on the other side thereof.