Storage container

A container comprising a base portion having a bottom surface, opposed front and rear walls extending upwardly from said bottom surface, and opposed side walls extending upwardly from said bottom surface and with said front and rear walls forming an open top;

• a cover closing said open top;
• and a latch assembly selectively connecting an edge of said cover to said front wall, said latch assembly including a latch block, a pocket formed near the top of said front wall to receive said latch block, a flexible tongue extending upwardly from said latch block, a tab formed on said edge of said cover, and an aperture in said tab, said tongue being received through said aperture to engage said tab.

A container according to claim 11 wherein said barb includes an inclined cam surface so that as said cover is being closed on the open top, said cover engages said cam surface to flex said flexible tongue until said flexible tongue is received through said aperture in said tab.

A container comprising a base portion having a bottom surface and first and second sets of opposed walls extending upwardly therefrom, a recess formed in each of one said set of opposed walls, and a handle assembly positioned in each said recess, each said handle assembly including a handle member positionable in said recess, and a lug on a wall of said recess, said handle member being pivotally mounted in said recess thereby being pivotal from a first position in said recess to a second position partially outside said recess, said handle member moving over said lug when being pivoted from said first to said second position so that said lug engages said handle member to maintain said handle member in said second position.

A container comprising a base portion having a bottom surface and walls extending upwardly from said bottom surface to form an open top, a cover for closing the open top, said cover having an upper surface and a lower surface, a track formed on said upper surface of said cover and a platform formed on said lower surface of said cover, said track being receivable within said platform of the cover of a like container so that the covers may be stacked, and chamfer means formed at the periphery of said bottom surface, said chamfer means being receivable within said track of the cover of a like container so that the containers may be stacked.

A container comprising a base portion having a bottom surface and first and second sets of opposed walls extending upwardly therefrom to form an open top;

• a cover for closing the open top;
• a latch assembly selectively connecting a first edge of said cover to one wall in one set of said opposed walls, said latch assembly including a tongue extending upwardly from said one wall, a tab formed near said first edge of said cover, and an aperture in said tab to receive said tongue therethrough;
• and a hinge assembly selectively connecting the other wall in said one set of opposed walls to a second edge of said cover opposed to said first edge, said hinge assembly including a socket formed in said second edge of said cover and means formed in said other wall to at least temporarily receive and engage said socket.