Container with Press-to-Release Cover

摘要

A novel container is disclosed, comprising a housing and a lid or cover that extends over the top central opening into the housing. The cover rests on a ledge at the top of the housing walls. The ledge has a depression at one or more of the corners of the housing, which permits the cover over the depression to be pressed downward into the depression, causing the opposite side of the cover to project upward from the housing.

主权项

1. A container having a top central opening with a perimeter extending around the opening, the container comprising:
(c) a housing with walls and a bottom panel that form the primary storage portion of the container, the walls having a top portion, the top portion including a narrow ledge that extends around the perimeter of the central opening, with at least a portion of the ledge dipping down into a depression that extends below the usual plane of the narrow ledge thereby forming a cantilever for levering the cover against the cantilever; and (d) a substantially flat, thin and relatively rigid top cover for covering the top central opening; whereby the cover is released from the container by pressing downward on the cover over the depression, which causes the opposite end of the cover to be levered up against the cantilever, causing the opposite end of the cover to rise up from the narrow ledge.