NESTABLE CARGO BOX FOR A VEHICLE

摘要

Vehicle rack system with a nestable cargo box, including a kit for constructing the cargo box, and methods of making, packaging, shipping, supplying, and assembling the cargo box. The cargo box may include a base portion and a lid portion that can be arranged in (1 ) a shipping configuration where the base and lid portions are not operatively connected to each other and one of the portions is inverted and nested in the other portion and (2) an operative configuration in which the base and the lid portions are operatively connected to each other to form a box that can be pivoted open and fastened shut. The base and lid portions may be connected to each other in the operative configuration by snap-fit connections that mount at least part of a hinge assembly, a latch assembly, a strut assembly, or a combination thereof, to the base portion and/or the lid portion of the cargo box.