Container with cover-carrying applicator

Claim 1

A container comprising a case having a bottom wall, continuous upstanding side and end walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and having upstanding edges and a top wall joined to said upstanding edges of said side walls, said top wall being of smaller longitudinal dimension than said bottom wall but of substantial extent and overlying only a portion of said bottom wall whereby to define a closed first case portion and an upwardly open second case portion, said top wall being of a preselected thickness; a lid removably overlying said second case portion in contact with exposed upstanding edges of said side walls, said lid being dimensioned to completely cover said second case portion, said lid including a downwardly extending portion received between portions of said exposed upstanding edges of said side walls and at least partly in frictional engagement with said side walls, and an applicator integrally formed with and extending from said lid in a direction to orient said applicator to a position entirely within said closed first case portion, all parts of said applicator extending below said lid by a dimension at least equal to the pre-selected thickness of said top wall, the top surface of said lid and the top surface of said top wall being substantially flush when said lid is in closed position; and receptacle defining means cooperating with said bottom wall and said side walls for receiving a composition to be applied by said applicator, said receptacle defining means being so located as to define a receptacle located wholly within said second case portion which is exposed when said lid is removed from said case.