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A nestable, open-top container has a cover formed of two separate, co-planar pieces, each covering one-half of the open top. Each cover piece is hingedly connected to one side of the upper edge of the container and extends toward and overlaps the opposite side, that is, the side to which the other c

A nestable, open-top container has a cover formed of two separate, co-planar pieces, each covering one-half of the open top. Each cover piece is hingedly connected to one side of the upper edge of the container and extends toward and overlaps the opposite side, that is, the side to which the other cover piece is hinged. The cover pieces\adjacent edges engage each other and their remote edges overlap and are supported upon their adjacent container upper edge portions. Each cover piece may be slid sidewise upon its hinge so that it can be spaced from the container upper edge portion which it otherwise overlaps wherein it can be swung either inside or outside of the container. When the cover pieces are arranged in co-planar covering positions, a number of boxes can be stacked, and when they are swung outwardly or inwardly of the container, the boxes may be nested.

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A nestable, stackable tote box comprising: an open top container shaped to nest within a similar container, and having an upper edge with a pair of opposed, horizontal side edge portions; a pair of generally flat cover pieces, each formed of an inner part and an outer part which are hingedly connect

A nestable, stackable tote box comprising: an open top container shaped to nest within a similar container, and having an upper edge with a pair of opposed, horizontal side edge portions; a pair of generally flat cover pieces, each formed of an inner part and an outer part which are hingedly connected together end-to-end, and with each cover piece spanning the container open top between the pair of opposed side edge portions; hinge means connecting one of the outer cover parts to one of the container side edges and the other cover outer part to the opposed cover side edge, with the cover outer parts each being narrower than the lengths of their respective side edges and said hinge means permitting sidewise movement of each of the cover outer parts relative to its respective container side edge, as well as axial pivoting movement of the cover outer part into and out of the container; each of said cover pieces being sidewise movable into a covering position wherein the pieces are substantially co-planar and wherein its outer and inner parts are supported upon the container transverse edge portions, that is, the portions that are located between the container side edge portion to which it is hinged and the opposed container side edge portion to which the other cover piece is hinged, and with the adjacent edges of the cover pieces engaging each other to completely close the container open tops; and each of the cover pieces being pivotable and endwise movable into a non-covering position wherein it is out of contact with the container edge portion upon which it may be supported and instead, it extends downwardly along the outside or the inside of the container, with the inner cover part pivotallly folded generally parallel to the outer cover part for nesting one container within another.