Container for storing small items and related methods
OwnerStephen Elstoninventor
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Abstract
A container has a container base, a container lid and a closure. The container base includes a back member and a base sidewall extending upwardly therefrom. The container lid is hingedly-connected to the base and movable relative thereto between closed and open positions, the container lid including a front member and a lid sidewall extending downwardly therefrom. The closure extending from the container lid and engaging the container base to maintain the container lid in the closed position. A resilient insert with a plurality of storage receptacles for small items is accommodatable in the container base.
Claims19
A container comprising:
- a container base including a back member and a base sidewall extending upwardly therefrom;
- a container lid hingedly-connected to the container base and movable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, the container lid including a front member and a lid sidewall extending downwardly therefrom;
- a closure extending from the container lid and engaging the container base to maintain the container lid in the closed position;
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- a hanger having a head defining a central opening and at least one leg received in a hanger mounting hole of the container base.
A container comprising:
- a container base including a back member and a base sidewall extending upwardly thereform;
- a container lid hingedly-connected to the container base and movable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, the container lid including a front member and a lid sidewall extending downwardly thereform;
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- a closure extending from the container lid and engaging the container base to maintain the container lid in the closed position;
- wherein the closure includes hingedly-connected first and second closure members, the first closure member being located on the lid and the second closure member releasably engaging the container base;
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- wherein the second closure member traverses a 90 degree angle so as to extend across portions of both the base sidewall and the back member.
A container comprising:
- a container base formed as a single piece including a back member and a base sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, at least one hanger opening being defined in the base sidewall;
- a container lid hingedly-connected to the container base and movable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, the container lid being formed as another single piece including a front member and a sidewall extending downwardly therefrom and at least partially overlying the base sidewall in the closed position;
- a closure extending from the container lid and engaging the container base to maintain the container lid in the closed position, the closure including hingedly-connected first and second closure members, the first closure member being formed integrally with the container lid and extending from a lower edge of the lid sidewall, the second closure member traversing a 90 degree angle so as to extend across portions of both the base sidewall and the back member;
- a resilient insert accommodated in the container base and defining a plurality of storage receptacles;
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- a hanger having a heed portion defining a central opening and at least one leg received in the at least one hanger opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.