Box and lid therefor

Claim 1

A package comprising; a molded box and lid of substantially rigid synthetic plastic material, said box and lid having opposing draft angles, said molded box being nestable with like boxes and including an upwardly extending outwardly inclined box peripheral wall having an upper box peripheral edge substantially coplanar with said box peripheral wall, said molded lid being nestable with like lids and having a downwardly and outwardly extending lid peripheral wall, said lid being positionable on said box with said lid peripheral wall overlapping said upper box peripheral edge outwardly thereof so that the inner surface of said lid peripheral wall and the outer upper surface of said box peripheral wall adjacent said upper box peripheral edge directly face one another in nonparallel relationship at opposed draft angles to define a gap therebetween which increases in width in a direction from said upper box peripheral edge toward the bottom of said box, at least portions of said lid peripheral wall being hinged to define flaps for inward bending movement into close hugging relationship with only the outer upper surface of said box peripheral wall to substantially close said gap when said lid and box are strapped together, said flaps being hinged along molded hinges defined by reduced thickness portions of said lid, said flaps having outer edges of a length slightly less than the length of said flaps along said hinges, and said hinges being molded to normally bias said flaps outwardly of said lid at small angles to the vertical.