Partitioned containers

Claim 1

A portable container, comprising: a hollow lid member of parallelepiped construction, said lid member having an imperforate bottom wall of rectangular configuration, first imperforate side walls mounted about the periphery thereof and projecting upwardly therefrom, and a top wall of rectangular configuration, said walls collectively defining a first cavity therebetween; said lid member further including second imperforate sidewalls mounted about the periphery of said bottom wall and depending downwardly therefrom; a hollow base member having a bottom wall of rectangular configuration and third imperforate side walls mounted about the periphery thereof and projecting upwardly therefrom, said third side walls defining an upwardly opening second cavity therebetween; a hinge for hingedly interconnecting said lid member and said base member; an imperforate, transversely disposed upstanding partition wall that divides said first cavity into a first and a second subcompartment, said partition wall extending between said lid member bottom wall and said lid member top wall and said partition wall being coincident with a transverse axis of symmetry of said container; said container having a longitudinal axis of symmetry; a first and second aperture means formed in said top wall, on opposite sides of and in equidistantly spaced relation to said partition wall and on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis of symmetry; a first and a second spout means mounted about the periphery of each of said first and second aperture means, respectively, and projecting upwardly therefrom; a first and second closure means associated with said first and second spout means, respectively, for selectively closing said first and second spout means; a first hinge for hingedly interconnecting said first closure means and said first spout means; a second hinge for hingedly interconnecting said second closure means and said second spout means; said first and second hinges being parallel to and in closely spaced relation to said longitudinal axis of symmetry so that said first and second closure means open in opposite directions relative to said longitudinal axis of symmetry; a parting line substantially circumscribing said container where said second and third side walls abut one another when said lid member is in its closed position relative to said base member; and said hinge interconnecting said lid member and base member being disposed coincident with said parting line.