Test kit

Claim 1

A DIAGNOSTIC KIT CONTAINER COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER AND COVER MEMBER FORMED OF A MOISTURE, ACID AND BASE RESISTANT, RIGID MATERIAL, SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING VERTICAL FRONT AND REAR WALL SURFACES, A PAIR OF VERTICAL OPPOSITE SIDE WALL SURFACES AND A TOP WALL SURFACE, SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING MEANS DEFINING SOCKETS AND COMPARTMENTS CONTAINING THEREIN REAGENT BOTTLES AND IMPLEMENTS, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID SOCKETS CONTAINING TEST TUBES, SAID TEST TUBE SOCKETS EACH PARTIALLY OPENING THROUGH ONE OF SAID VERTICAL WALL SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID SOCKETS TO ALLOW VISUAL ACCESS TO THE TEST TUBES POSITIONED THEREIN, SAID COVER MEMBER BEING HINGED TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING FRONT AND REAR WALLS, A PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS AND A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT TOP WALL, SAID COVER MEMBER BEING OF SUCH DIMENSIONS THAT WHEN IT IS IN FULLY OPEN POSITION THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TOP WALL THEREOF IS SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH THE LOWER EDGES OF THE FRONT, REAR AND SIDE WALL SURFACES OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND SAID COVER AFFORDS AN OPEN-TOPPED CONTAINER IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION WITH SAID BASE MEMBER, THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID COVER MEMBER BEING OF SUCH DIMENSIONS AND SHAPE AS TO SUBSTANTIALLY COVER AND CLOSELY OVERLIE THE VERTICAL SURFACES OF SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING SAID OPENINGS THEREIN WHEN SAID COVER IS IN CLOSED POSITION, SAID COVER BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF INTERNAL FINS OVERLYING SAID SOCKETS AND COMPARTMENTS IN THE BASE MEMBER AND ENGAGING THE REAGENT BOTTLES AND IMPLEMENTS DISPOSED IN THE RESPECTIVE SOCKETS AND COMPARTMENTS WHEN SAID COVER IS IN CLOSED POSITION, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID COVER MEMBER TO SAID BASE MEMBER.