Container for object slides

Claim 1

A container for supporting and confining a planar rectangular object slide having a peripherAl edge and opposite sides comprising, in combination, first and second interconnectible body members each having a peripheral edge and inner side surface, said first body member having a first peripheral edge flange extending transversely away from the associated side surface adjacent the associated peripheral edge, said second body member having a second peripheral edge flange extending transversely away from the associated side surface adjacent the associated peripheral edge and closely telescopically received within said first flange, a plurality of support projections defined on each of said body members within the said peripheral flanges thereof extending from the associated inner side surface having slide supporting surfaces spaced from the associated inner side surface, a plurality of stop projections defined on at least one of said members within the peripheral flange thereof and extending from the associated inner surface a distance greater than that of said support projections defined in the associated body member, said stop projections each including an edge surface transversely disposed to the associated inner surface, said stop projections being located on the associated inner surface such that at least two pairs of edge surfaces are in opposed relation, each pair of opposed edge surfaces lying in a plane and the plane of said two pairs being perpendicularly disposed to each other and each said surface is engagable with a different edge of a slide placed intermediate said stop projection edge surfaces, said edge surfaces and said support projections of the associated member defining a slide receiving recess, said support projections'' slide supporting surfaces of said first and second body members being sufficiently spaced from each other to receive an object slide therebetween.