Container and lid assembly

Claim 1

A CONTAINER AND LID ASSEMBLY WHICH CAN SUPPORT AND BE STACKED UPON SIMILAR UNITS TO GIVE A STACK OF CONTAINERS WHICH ARE HELD TOGETHER IN A FIRM MODULAR ARRANGEMENT, COMPRISING A ONE PIECE CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM PANEL AND FOUR SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT WALL PANELS OF EQUAL HEIGHT WHICH SLOPE OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM PANEL TO FORM AN OPEN CONTAINER; A CONTINUOUS FOUR CORNERED LIP INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING AROUND THE TOP OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID LIP EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE TOP EDGES OF SAID WALL PANELS AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT HORIZONTAL PORTION AND A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING END FLANGE, A ONE PIECE SNAP-ON RESILIENT PLYABLE LID FOR SAID CONTAINER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT UPPER SURFACE, SAID LID HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING LIP FOR COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LIP OF SAID CONTAINER, THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID LIP FORMING A C SHAPED BEAD HAVING THE CONVEX PORTION OF SAID C PROJECTING INWARDLY OF SAID LID LIP, SAID BEAD ENGAGING AND EXTENDING BENEATH THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING END OF SAID CONTAINER LIP WHEN SAID LID IS SNAPPED ON SAID CONTAINER, SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LID HAVING TWO PAIRS OF VERTICAL DISCONNECTED RIBS OF EQUAL HEIGHT EXTENDING PARALLEL WITH THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID LID, SAID RIBS BEING SPACED FROM THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID LID EQUAL DISTANCES AND ONE PAIR OF SAID RIBS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE APPROXIMATING THE WIDTH OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND THE OTHER PAIR OF RIBS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE APPROXIMATING THE LENGTH OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID RIBS STOPPING SHORT OF SAID CORNERS AND THE AREA OF SAID LID BETWEEN THE EDGES OF SAID LID AND SAID RIBS BEING COPLANAR WITH SAID FLAT UPPER SURFACE, AND THE AREA BETWEEN THE ENDS OF ADJACENT RIBS BEING FLAT AND LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS SAID FLAT UPPER SURFACE FOR PERMITTING SAID LID TO BE PEELED BACK READILY AT SAID CORNERS.