Tackle box

Claim 1

A tackle box, comprising: a cover and support member having a front wall, opposite side walls and a back wall; means on the support member for securing the support member on the body of a user near the front of the user's waist; a first receptacle having front, back, side and bottom walls and pivotally mounted at the back wall to a bottom edge of the support member for movement between an upwardly pivoted closed position disposed against the support member and an open position pivoted downwardly to a generally horizontal orientation in front of the support member; a supplemental cover and shelf member having a first wall, opposite side walls and a back wall defining a shallow tray and wherein at least said opposite side walls have flat inner surfaces, said member pivotally mounted at a back edge thereof to the front wall of the receptacle and movable between a first position disposed in closed, overlying relationship to the receptacle and a second position disposed in open, generally horizontal position extending outwardly from the front wall of the receptacle; a second receptacle secured on the front wall of the first receptacle in a position to be accessible to the user when the first receptacle is in its closed position relative to the cover and support member; and a plurality of removable elongate rods frictionally held in the tray in spaced relationship to one another for releasably holding flies, hooks and other articles in the tray, said rods having opposite flat ends wedged between the flat inner surfaces of the opposite side walls of said tray thereby being held in position solely by tight frictional engagement between said ends of the rods and said opposite sides of the tray.