Receptacle for storing film and the like

Claim 1

A CONTAINER COMPRISING AN OUTER RECTANGULAR NORMALLY VERTICAL RECEPTACLE HAVING AN UPPER OPEN END, A REAR SIDE AND A FRONT SIDE, A SECOND RECTANGULAR RECEPTACLE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OUTER RECEPTACLE, SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE HAVING AN UPPER OPENING, BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER IN HEIGHT, THAN SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE AND BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION A PLURALITY OF SHEET LIKE MEMBERS WHICH PROJECT UPWARDLY FROM SAID UPPER OPENING, SAID SHORTER SECOND RECEPTACLE BEING ADAPTED TO SLIDE VERTICALLY WITHIN SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE, A COVER FOR SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE, HINGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID COVER TO A REAR SIDE OF SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE WHEREBY THE COVER MAY BE LIFTED BY AN OPERATOR FROM A CLOSED TO AN OPEN POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID OPEN END, A FLANGED MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID COVER ADJACENT SAID HINGE MEANS AND IN THE CLOSED POSITION PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE FIRST RECEPTACLE, AND IN THE OPEN POSITION FOR ENGAGING THE UPPER ENDS OF SHEET MEMBERS TO URGE THEM IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID FRONT SIDE, LIFTING ELEMENTS CONNECTED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID LIFTING ELEMENTS TO SAID COVER SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSE TO THE FRONT SIDE OF SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE, WHEREBY WHEN SAID COVER IS OPENED SAID LIFTING ELEMENTS LIFT SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE UPWARDLY TO A POSITION WHEREBY SAID SHEET LIKE MEMBERS PROJECT OUTWARDLY FROM THE UPPER OPEN END, MEANS ON SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE SECOND RECEPTACLE DURING THE OPEN POSITION OF SAID COVER AND ENGAGING SAID FLANGED MEMBER TO LIMIT THE OPEN POSITION OF SAID COVER WHEREBY SAID COVER IS HELD IN A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT POSITION URGED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE SECOND RECEPTACLE TOWARD THE UPPER OPEN END, WHEREBY WHEN AN OPERATOR RELEASES SAID COVER THE SAME IS CLOSED POSITIVELY AND TIGHTLY BY THE WEIGHT OF SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE.