Coin tube

Claim 1

A COIN TUBE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY HAVING A TOP, A GENERALLY FLAT BOTTOM END FACE DISPOSED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY A RIGHT ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE BODY, AND FOUR GENERALLY FLAT, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SIDE FACES DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY SQUARE EXTERNAL CROSS-SECTIONAL SH APE OF THE BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A COIN-RECEIVING BORE THEREIN OF RIGHT CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL SHAPE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM AN OPEN UPPER END TO A CLOSED LOWER END, A CAP HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT TOP FACE AND FOUR GENERALLY FLAT SIDE FACES DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID TOP FACE, SAID SIDE FACES OF THE CAP DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY SQUARE EXTERNAL CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF THE CAP WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SIZE AS THAT OF THE BODY, AND COUPLING MEANS ON THE BODY AND CAP FOR REMOVABLY COUPLING THE CAP TO THE TOP OF THE BODY IN SUBSTANTIALLY AIR-TIGHT COVERING RELATIONSHIP OVER THE UPPER END OF THE BORE, SAID COUPLING MEANS BEING SO ARRANGED THAT IN THE FULLY COUPLED POSITION OF THE CAP ON THE BODY SAID SIDE FACES OF THE CAP ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH THE RESPECTIVE SIDE FACES OF THE BODY AND SAID TOP FACE OF THE CAP IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID BOTTOM END FACE OF THE BODY, THE BODY AND CAP BEING COMPOSED OF GENERALLY TRANSPARENT PLASTIC MATERIAL THAT IS IMPERVIOUS TO AIR AND MOISTURE AND IS CHEMICALLY SUBSTANTIALLY NEUTRAL AND NON-CORROSIVE TO COIN METALS, THE BODY AND CAP WHEN COUPLED HAVING FOUR GENERALLY TRANSPARENT WALL PORTIONS COEXTENSIVE WITH THE CYLINDRICAL BORE AND DEFINED BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF THE BORE AND THE FLAT SIDE FACES OF THE BODY AND CAP WHERE THE SIDE FACES APPROACH A TANGENTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SURFACES OF THE BORE, THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF ALL OF THE COINS WITHIN THE TUBE BEING CLEARLY VISIBLE FOR COUNTING THROUGH SUCH WALL PORTIONS.