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A molded plastic tackle box is adapted for use by fishermen to store and transport items of tackle, bait, fishing accessories and other equipment. The box has a selectively movable storage deck adapted to temporarily and safely hold a limited number of such items. The storage deck may be mounted in

A molded plastic tackle box is adapted for use by fishermen to store and transport items of tackle, bait, fishing accessories and other equipment. The box has a selectively movable storage deck adapted to temporarily and safely hold a limited number of such items. The storage deck may be mounted in the box during normal usage and transportation of the box. However while fishing, the storage deck may be mounted outside of the box on the side wall of the box. When the deck is so mounted, the lid of the box may be closed so as to prevent rain water and other casual water from getting into the box and to preclude the spillage of the contents of the box if it would happened to be bumped or tipped over.

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An improved fishing tackle box having: a molded plastic bottom part having integral facing side walls, facing end walls, a bottom wall and an open, upper end that permits access to the interior of the bottom part, with the upper edge of one of the side walls being cut away so as to define at least o

An improved fishing tackle box having: a molded plastic bottom part having integral facing side walls, facing end walls, a bottom wall and an open, upper end that permits access to the interior of the bottom part, with the upper edge of one of the side walls being cut away so as to define at least one upstanding projection; a molded plastic lid; means for permitting the lid to be hinged to the other of the side walls of the bottom part and to be selectively moved between a box-closed position wherein the lid overlies and closes the upper end of the bottom part and together with the bottom part defines an interior storage space within the box and a box-opened position wherein the lid is disposed so that access may be had to the interior space of the bottom part; a first tray mounted on the bottom part and having side walls, end walls, a bottom wall, and an open upper end, with the walls defining at least one storage compartment accessible through its open upper end and a deck receiving portion; a second tray also mounted on the bottom part and having side walls, end walls, a bottom wall, and an open upper end, with the walls defining at least one storage compartment accessible through its open upper end; means for linking the first and second trays together and to the bottom part; means for permitting the first and second trays to be selectively moved, relative to the bottom part, between a first position where the trays are disposed within the interior storage space of the box and where the bottom of the first tray overlies and is closely adjacent to the open upper end of the second tray and a second position where the first and second trays are spaced laterally from each other so that ready access may be had to the storage compartments of both trays; a latch selectively movable between a latched position wherein the lid is latched to the bottom part and an unlatched position; and a molded plastic, portable storage deck having a bottom wall, facing side walls, facing end walls and an open, upper end, with these walls defining at least one storage compartment accessible through the open upper end of the storage deck; the storage deck being of a size so as to fit within the interior storage space of the box and being selectively movable between a first position wherein it is removably mounted on the deck receiving portion of the first tray so that storage deck is within the interior storage space of the box when the lid is in its box-closed position and so that the storage compartment of the storage deck is accessible when the lid is in its box-open position and a second position wherein the storage deck is removably mounted on the exterior of the other side wall of the bottom part and without the interior of the box so that the storage compartment of the storage deck is accessible when the lid is in both its box-closed position and its box-open position, the storage deck also having at least one hook that extends outwardly and downwardly from one of its side walls, with the hook fitting over the upper edge of the one side wall of the bottom part so that the distal end of the hook extends down, adjacent to the inside surface of the one side wall of the bottom part and so that the distal end of the hook fits into a upwardly facing recess on the inner face of the side wall of the bottom part when the storage deck is in its second position, and with an aperture being formed in the hook for receiving the projection on the one side wall of the bottom part when the storage deck is in its second position.