Receptacle

Claim 1

A RECEPTACLE FORMED OF PLASTIC AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A BASE HAVING A BOTTOM AND UPSTANDING FRONT BACK AND SIDE WALLS INTEGRALLY JOINED, EACH SAID SIDE WALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY BEYOND SAID FRONT AND REAR WALLS AND HAVING AN UPSTANDING EAR AT THE REAR THEREOF PROVIDED WITH A TRANSVERSE HOLE ON THE INSIDE AND A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING AND CONVERGING SLOT EXTENDING INTO SAID HOLE; AND A LID HAVING A TOP OVERLYING SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID BASE, EXCEPT AT SAID EARS, A PAIR OF PARALLEL RIBS DEPENDING FROM AND SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID TOP A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE WALL OF SAID BASE SO AS TO FIT TIGHTLY INSIDE SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID BASE, A FRONT FLANGE DEPENDING FROM SAID TOP AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID BASE, A PAIR OF FRONT TABS DEPENDING FROM THE INSIDE OF SAID FRONT FLANGE AND ADAPTED TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE THE INSIDE OF SAID FRONT WALL OF SAID BASE, A REAR FLANGE DEPENDING FROM SAID TOP ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR WALL OF SAID BASE, SAID REAR DEPENDING FLANGE OF SAID LID AND SAID REAR WALL OF SAID BASE HAVING INTERFITTING GROOVES PROVIDING FLANGES DISPOSED IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP WHEN SAID LID IS CLOSED, AND A PROJECTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH SAID RIB AT THE REAR THEREOF ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID TRANSVERSE HOLE IN THE CORRESPONDING EAR OF SAID BASE, SAID PROJECTIONS BEING SPACED FROM SAID FRONT TABS A DISTANCE SUCH THAT SAID FRONT TABS ARE URGED AGAINST THE INSIDE OF SAID FRONT WALL WHEN SAID LID IS CLOSED.