Compact tackle and utility box

Claim 1

In a compact tackle and utility box assembly, the combination of a box member and a holder member, said box member being receivable within said holder member, and said holder member having self-contained means for being removably secured over a person''s belt, said box member comprising a generally rectangular element having a parallel front and rear wall, opposite end walls, a bottom wall, a pivotable cover secured by hinges to an upper edge of said rear wall, and said box member having the interior thereof divided into two compartments by means of a central, upstanding partition, said holder member comprising a generally cup-like member having a bottom wall, opposite side walls, a pair of spaced apart front walls, a rear wall and a rearwardly extending tab that is downwardly bent to form a clip for being received over said person''s belt, said bottom wall having a notch which communicates with a slot between said front walls so to provide means for a person''s finger moving uPwardly for lifting said box member from said holder member, an insert made of cork supporting artificial flies, hooks or tackle, said insert being receivable within said compartment of said box member, a tongue formed in said rear wall of said holder normally flexing toward said tab, a lower terminal end of said tongue being receivable into a slot on said rear wall of said box member, said box member being disengageable from said terminal end of said tongue by having a lower portion forwardly pivotable in an enlarged area in the lower portion of said holder so to permit said box member to be upwardly slideable therefrom.