Storage system
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1. A storage box comprising:
- a generally rectangular body, one side of which comprises an opening for access to an interior of said body, said body being so shaped that when a side comprising said opening is uppermost, said side is sloped with a single pitch, relative to a base of said body;
a lid operatively secured to said body and closing said body side comprising said opening, wherein said body side comprising said opening has three edges which comprise inward flanges;
wherein said lid is smaller in size than said body side comprising said opening, said lid comprising dependent side walls so shaped that when said lid is closed its top surface is parallel to said base; and
,wherein free edges of said lid side walls are inset relative to said inward flanges of said opening so that when a plurality of storage boxes are stacked together on their sides an access opening is defined between adjacent boxes to allow a user to grasp a side wall or a top wall of a lid of each box and open such box without contacting adjacent boxes.
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Abstract
A storage box for documents, files or the like, and having a generally rectangular body (2) with one open side for access which is sloped or angled, relative to the opposite side. Three of the side edges of the opening are also inwardly flanged, and a slightly smaller lid (4) of co-operating shape is hinged to the fourth edge (6) or to the edge of an insert (30) which divides the interior into sections. The insert may divide the interior into two or more such sections depending on the application.
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10 Claims
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1. A storage box comprising:
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a generally rectangular body, one side of which comprises an opening for access to an interior of said body, said body being so shaped that when a side comprising said opening is uppermost, said side is sloped with a single pitch, relative to a base of said body; a lid operatively secured to said body and closing said body side comprising said opening, wherein said body side comprising said opening has three edges which comprise inward flanges; wherein said lid is smaller in size than said body side comprising said opening, said lid comprising dependent side walls so shaped that when said lid is closed its top surface is parallel to said base; and
,wherein free edges of said lid side walls are inset relative to said inward flanges of said opening so that when a plurality of storage boxes are stacked together on their sides an access opening is defined between adjacent boxes to allow a user to grasp a side wall or a top wall of a lid of each box and open such box without contacting adjacent boxes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A storage construction comprising:
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a pair of side walls, a front wall, a back wall and a bottom wall, said walls cooperating to form a generally rectangular box having a generally rectangular opening for access to a hollow interior of the box; and
,a slidable insert which is selectively insertable through said box opening into said hollow interior, said insert comprising; a pair of side walls, a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, wherein said side walls, front wall, back wall and bottom wall cooperate to form a generally rectangular body, and a lid hinged to said slidable insert back wall; and
,wherein said lid is smaller in size than said bottom wall of said box so that when a plurality of said boxes are stacked together on their sides, a lid of each insert can be opened without contacting adjacent boxes.
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