Container with attached lid

Abstract

A container includes a base and a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base. The pair of opposed side walls include a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall includes a lip at an upper portion thereof. A first lid is pivotably connected to the first side wall. The first lid can be selectively snap-fit connected to the lip of the first side wall to retain the first lid in an open position.

1 . A container comprising:
 a base;   a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base, the pair of opposed side walls including a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall including a lip at an upper portion thereof;   a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the base; and   a first lid pivotably connected to the first side wall, wherein the first lid can be selectively snap-fit connected to the lip of the first side wall to retain the first lid in an open position.   
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the first lid includes an interlocking feature that selectively snap-fits behind the lip of the first side wall. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 2  wherein the lip protrudes outward and then downward from an upper edge of the first side wall. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the first lid includes a projection upward from an upper surface of the first lid, the projection capably of being selectively snap-fit connected to the lip of the first side wall. 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 1  further including a second lid pivotably connected to the second side wall, wherein the second lid can be selectively snap-fit connected to a lip of the second side wall to retain the second lid in an open position. 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the first lid is pivotably connected to the first side wall by a hinge projecting upward relative to an upper surface of the first lid. 
     
     
         7 . A container comprising:
 a base;   a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base, the pair of opposed side walls including a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall including a lip at an upper portion thereof;   a pair of opposed end walls extending upward from the base; and   a first lid pivotably connected to an upper edge of the first side wall and a second lid pivotably connected to an upper edge of the second side wall, the first lid and the second lid each including a projection upward from an upper surface thereof, each projection including interlocking feature that selectively snap-fits behind the lip of the first side wall.   
     
     
         8 . The container of  claim 7  wherein the first lid is pivotably connected to the first side wall by a hinge projecting upward relative to an upper surface of the first lid. 
     
     
         9 . The container of  claim 7  wherein the first lid includes a plurality of leaves interlocking with a plurality of leaves on the second lid when the first lid and the second lid are in a closed position over an opening to the container. 
     
     
         10 . The container of  claim 7  wherein the lip protrudes outward and then downward from the upper portion. 
     
     
         11 . The container of  claim 7  wherein the side walls and the end walls are tapered down to the base, such that an identical container could be nested therein.