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A plastic tote box of the type having a lid. The lid is a two-piece hinged lid, with each piece of the lid being hinged along the top of opposite sides of the box. Each of the lid pieces has at least one hollow channel formed therein. The hollow channels improve the structural integrity of the lid p

A plastic tote box of the type having a lid. The lid is a two-piece hinged lid, with each piece of the lid being hinged along the top of opposite sides of the box. Each of the lid pieces has at least one hollow channel formed therein. The hollow channels improve the structural integrity of the lid pieces without adding additional lid material. In a box top lid having a substantially planar central area surrounded by a raised peripheral edge, a cut out is formed in the peripheral edge providing a drainage path for fluid which has collected in the central area to flow off the lid without entering the box. A mail slot is formed in a box side for insertion of a packing slip or the like into the box without opening the box lid.

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[ I claim:] [1.]1. In a plastic tote box having opposite hinged lid sections that meet along a top line of closure, each lid section having at a free edge a shelf area and a flap area that overlaps the shelf area of the other lid section defining said top line of closure when the lid sections are cl

[ I claim:] [1.]1. In a plastic tote box having opposite hinged lid sections that meet along a top line of closure, each lid section having at a free edge a shelf area and a flap area that overlaps the shelf area of the other lid section defining said top line of closure when the lid sections are closed, the improvement comprising a channel formed in each of said lid sections, and said top line of closure is defined by a flap edge and shelf base joined by a diagonal crossing a bottom line of closure extending longitudinally along a substantially lateral center, wherein said channel includes a first channel spaced from and extending substantially parallel to said flap edge, and a second channel spaced from and extending substantially parallel to said shelf base, said first and second channels being joined by a diagonal channel.