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A lunch box including a tray and a removable lid with a rear, separable hinge assembly and a forward manually releasable latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a front panel on the tray with longitudinally spaced pressure pads and forwardly projecting detents which engage with corresponding det

A lunch box including a tray and a removable lid with a rear, separable hinge assembly and a forward manually releasable latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a front panel on the tray with longitudinally spaced pressure pads and forwardly projecting detents which engage with corresponding detents on the depending front wall of the lid. Simultaneous rearward pressure on the two pressure pads rearwardly release the tray detents from the lid detents and free the lid for removal.

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A lunch box comprising a tray and a lid, said tray including opposed front and rear tray walls, said lid including opposed front and rear lid walls, said lid being removably received in a closed position over said tray with said lid front and rear walls generally paralleling said tray front and rear

A lunch box comprising a tray and a lid, said tray including opposed front and rear tray walls, said lid including opposed front and rear lid walls, said lid being removably received in a closed position over said tray with said lid front and rear walls generally paralleling said tray front and rear walls outwardly thereof respectively, hinge means on said tray and lid rear walls for engaging and defining a hinge between said tray and lid rear walls, and latch means for releasably engaging said tray and lid, said latch means including a tray latch component and a lid latch component, said lid latch component comprising a pair of lid detents on said lid front wall, said tray latch component comprising a panel joined to said tray front wall in spaced relation thereto between said tray and lid front walls, and a pair of tray detents on said panel engaged with said lid detents for retaining said lid on said tray, said panel being selectively manually flexible away from said lid front wall for disengagement of said tray detents from said lid detents for release of said lid, said panel including a pair of spaced panel portions flexibly movable inward relative to said lid front wall, said pair of tray detents comprising a detent on each panel portion extending forwardly toward said lid front wall, said pair of lid detents comprising spaced detents one aligned and engageable with each tray detent, each tray detent disengaging from the corresponding lid detent upon rearward flexing of the corresponding panel portion for release of said latch means, said hinge means comprising at least one elongate slot defined through said lid rear wall, and an elongate tab integrally projecting from said tray rear wall and slidably received within and through said slot for selective disengagement therefrom upon rearward movement of said lid relative to said tray, an upwardly opening pocket defined on said tray forward of said tray front wall and longitudinally therealong, said panel being in forwardly spaced relation to said pocket, said pocket being defined by a pocket wall generally parallel to said tray front wall and said panel, and a bottom wall between said pocket wall and said tray front wall, said panel and said pocket wall including integrally joined upper edge portions, said panel portions depending freely from said joined upper edge portions for selective manual inward movement thereabout relative to said lid front wall, said panel and pocket wall, centrally therealong, each include an upwardly opening recess therein allowing direct access therethrough to said pocket and the pocket contents for removal.