A container unit includes a container body having a ledge unit on the bottom thereof. A lid is slidably stored on the ledge unit and is thus stored with the container body and is readily available for use when needed. The container body also has air vent slits defined therein near the top rim thereo
A container unit includes a container body having a ledge unit on the bottom thereof. A lid is slidably stored on the ledge unit and is thus stored with the container body and is readily available for use when needed. The container body also has air vent slits defined therein near the top rim thereof and the lid covers these vents when in place.
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What is claimed is: 1. A container unit comprising: (a) a body which includes (1) a planar element which is a bottom when said body is in use, the planar element including a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis which extends between the first end and the second end, a first side, a second s
What is claimed is: 1. A container unit comprising: (a) a body which includes (1) a planar element which is a bottom when said body is in use, the planar element including a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis which extends between the first end and the second end, a first side, a second side, a transverse axis which extends between the first side and the second side, a first surface which is a top surface when said body is in use, and a second surface which is a bottom surface when said body is in use, (2) a first end wall on the first end of the planar element of said body, (3) a second end wall which is on the second end of the planar element of said body, (4) a first side wall which is on the first side of the planar element of said body, (5) a second side wall which is on the second side of the planar element of said body, (6) the walls extending in a plane that is perpendicular to a plane containing the planar element and defining with the planar element a storage volume, (7) each wall having a rim that is spaced apart from the planar element and which is a top rim when said body is in use, the top rims of the walls all being co-planar with each other, (8) each side wall having an air vent defined therein adjacent to the top rim thereof, (9) each side wall having a shoulder element thereon adjacent to the air vent defined therein, (10) each wall having a base portion located between the shoulder element thereon and the planar element, and (11) each wall having a locking portion located between the shoulder element thereon and the rim thereof, each locking portion being planar and oriented at an oblique angle to the base portion thereof, the locking portion of each wall extending outwardly with respect to the storage volume, the air vents being located in the locking portion of each side wall; (b) a lid storage section on said body and which includes (1) a first L-shaped bracket having (A) a first leg which includes a proximal end that is fixedly secured to the second surface of the planar element of said body adjacent to the first side of the planar element, and a distal end that is spaced apart from the second surface of the planar element of said body, (B) a second leg which includes a proximal end that is unitary with the distal end of the first leg and which extends from the first leg toward the second side of the planar element of said body, the second leg of the first L-shaped bracket being oriented in a plane that is parallel with the planar element of said body and having a distal end that is spaced apart from the proximal end of the second leg of the first L-shaped bracket and which is located between the first side of the planar element and the second side of the planar element, and (C) the first L-shaped bracket extending from the first end of the planar element to the second end of the planar element in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the planar element, (2) a second L-shaped bracket having (A) a first leg which includes a proximal end that is fixedly secured to the second surface of the planar element of said body adjacent to the second side of the planar element, and a distal end that is spaced apart from the second surface of the planar element of said body, (B) a second leg which includes a proximal end that is unitary with the distal end of the first leg of the second L-shaped bracket and which extends from the first leg of the second L-shaped bracket toward the first side of the planar element of said body, the second leg of the second L-shaped bracket being oriented in a plane that is parallel with the planar element of said body and having a distal end that is spaced apart from the proximal end of the second leg of the second L-shaped bracket and which is located between the second side of the planar element and the first side of the planar element, (C) the second leg of the second L-shaped bracket being co-planar with the second leg of the first L-shaped bracket, (D) the distal end of the second leg of the second L-shaped bracket being spaced apart from the distal end of the second leg of the first L-shaped bracket and defining a gap therebetween, (E) the second L-shaped bracket extending from the first end of the planar element to the second end of the planar element in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the planar element, and (3) a third L-shaped bracket having (A) a first leg which includes a proximal end that is fixedly secured to the second surface of the planar element of said body adjacent to the second end of the planar element, and a distal end that is spaced apart from the second surface of the planar element of said body, (B) a second leg which includes a proximal end that is unitary with the distal end of the first leg of the third L-shaped bracket and which extends from the first leg of the third L-shaped bracket toward the first end of the planar element of said body, the second leg of the third L-shaped bracket being oriented in a plane that is parallel with the planar element of said body and having a distal end that is spaced apart from the proximal end of the second leg of the third L-shaped bracket and which is located between the second end of the planar element and the first end of the planar element, (C) the second leg of the third L-shaped bracket being co-planar with the second legs of the first and second L-shaped brackets, and (D) the distal end of the second leg of the third L-shaped bracket being spaced apart from the distal ends of the second legs of the first and second L-shaped brackets and defining a gap with the distal ends of the second legs of the first and second L-shaped brackets, and (4) the second legs of the first, second and third L-shaped brackets defining a lid supporting ledge adjacent to the second surface of the planar element of said body; (c) a lid which includes (1) a planar portion which includes a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis which extends between the first end of the planar portion of said lid and the second end of the planar portion of said lid, a first side, a second side, a transverse axis which extends between the first side of the planar portion of said lid and the second side of the planar portion of said lid, a first surface which is a top surface when said lid is in use, a second surface which is a bottom surface when said lid is in use, a first end groove defined in the planar portion of said lid adjacent to the first end of the planar portion of said lid, a second end groove defined in the planar portion of said lid adjacent to the second end of the planar portion of said lid, a first side groove defined in the planar portion of said lid adjacent to the first side of the planar portion of said lid, a second side groove defined in the planar portion of said lid adjacent to the second side of the planar portion of said lid, the grooves of said lid being sized and adapted to frictionally accommodate the locking portions of the walls of said body when said lid is in place on said body, said lid further including portions which are located to cover the air vents defined in the side walls of said body when said lid is in place on said body, and (2) a projection on the first end of said lid; and (d) said lid being sized and adapted to be slidably accommodated in the lid supporting ledge of said lid storage section between the lid supporting ledge and the second surface of the planar element of said body with the projection extending beyond the first end of the planar portion of said body during storage of said lid.
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