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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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1. In a plastic tote box of the type 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 close

1. In a plastic tote box of the type 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 which is closed for 360.degree. in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the channel and formed in at least one of said lid sections to increase the strength of each lid section, said channel overlapping the other lid section when said lid is closed.