Partitioned hat box

Claim 1

A HAT BOX COMPRISING A CIRCULAR BOTTOM WALL AND A CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BOTTOM WALL TO DEFINE A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER OPEN AT ONE END, SAID CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL MEANS HAVING A FREE CIRCULAR UPPER EDGE; A CIRCULAR LID FOR SAID HAT BOX ADAPTED TO CLOSE SAID CONTAINER, SAID LID HAVING A DOWNWARDLY OPENING CIRCULAR CHANNEL EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY THEREABOUT AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, SAID CHANNEL BEING DIMENSIONED TO FRICTIONALLY RECEIVE SAID FREE UPPER EDGE AND THE ADJACENT UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL MEANS; DIVIDER MEANS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER COMPRISING UPSTANDING WALL MEANS AND A CIRCULAR PARTITION, SAID UPSTANDING WALL MEANS COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW SLEEVE HAVING UPPER AND LOWER CIRCULAR EDGES DISPOSED PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER AND PARALLEL TO SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID CIRCULAR PARTITION COMPRISING A PLATE SECURED WITHIN SAID SLEEVE INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES THEREOF AND PARALLEL TO SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID UPPER EDGE OF SAID SLEEVE TERMINATING IN DOWNWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID FREE UPPER EDGE OF SAID SIDE WALL MEANS, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID SLEEVE RESTING ON AND EXTENDING ENTIRELY ABOUT THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID BOTTOM WALL WHEREBY SAID SLEEVE AND SAID CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL MEANS ARE CONCENTRIC, SAID PARTITION HAVING A HANDLE LOOP FIXED THEREON CENTRALLY THEREOF AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM; A CIRCULAR SUPPORT PLATE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND HAVING ITS PERIPHERY RESTING ON THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID SLEEVE WHEREBY COMPARTMENTS ARE FORMED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN SAID PARTITION AND SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID PARTITION AND SAID SUPPORT PLATE, AND SAID SUPPORT PLATE AND SAID LID, SAID SUPPORT PLATE HAVING A HANDLE LOOP FIXED THEREON CENTRALLY THEREOF AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, A PAIR OF OPPOSED FASTENING EARS DISPOSED CENTRALLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SIDE WALL MEANS ADJACENT THE UPPER FREE EDGE THEREOF, SAID EARS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALL MEANS AND HAVING DOWNWARDLY OPENING SLOTS THEREIN AND A FLEXIBLE HANDLE, SAID FLEXIBLE HANDLE COMPRISING A BALL CHAIN, THE BALLS OF SAID CHAIN BEING DIMENSIONED TO RETAIN SAID CHAIN IN SAID SLOTS WHEN A BALL OF SAID CHAIN UNDERLIES THE SLOT IN ONE OF SAID EARS.