Tackle box with improved tray structures

Claim 1

A tackle box with improved component structures comprising a series of open boxes in relatively back-to-back relation to each other defining recesses therein and having hinged connecting means joining adjacent open edges of the boxes together throughout a connecting common plane said adjacent open edges being intermediate of an open face of said boxes; means securing adjacent bottom surfaces of said boxes together; a plurality of variously arranged and shaped compartments being positioned within and throughout said recesses in said series of open boxes; said compartments being constructed and arranged as tray elements for each of said recesses in said series of open boxes; a plastic cover being translucent and hingedly connected at one edge to each of said recesses of said series of open boxes to cover and be coterminous with the open recess thereof to retain items in place within such compartment; clip means being provided for securing closed the adjacent open and free edges of the open boxes and forming said series of open boxes in an arrangement that each is immediately accessible apart from another of said series; a handle being disposed and mounted along one of the free edges of the open boxes for carrying the assembled tackle box when the series of open boxes is closed; said series of open boxes being constructed of material selected from a group consisting essentially of wood, metal, cellulose, plastic, cardboard, paper or the like; selected ones of said series of open boxes may be added to or deleted from by interarranged means of added, deleted or interarranged disposition of said hinged connecting means; and said hinged connecting means including hinges, hinge posts and securing screws therefor.