Carpet tack strip container

Abstract

A carpet-tack-strip container has a rectangular container ( 1 ) that is suitably moisture proof, durable and adapted to contain approximately a conventional package of carpet-tack strips ( 12 ) either in the package or out of the package for access to the carpet-tack strips conveniently and safely as needed by one or more people to tack down-pointed tacks into a floor for holding the tack strips in place in order to hold carpet placed on the up-pointed tacks in place on the floor. The carpet-tack strip container has a lid ( 8 ) that preferably hinges open from near a top end ( 7 ) on a back edge ( 3 ) and closes further downward on a front edge for exposing ends of the carpet-tack strips. The lid opens without contacting the carpet-tack strips. A shoulder strap ( 11 ) and a handle ( 10 ) are positioned on a front edge ( 2 ).

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A carpet-tack-strip container comprising: 
 a rectangular container having a front edge, a back edge, a first side, a second side, a bottom end, a top end and a lid;    the lid having a back edge that is hinged to the back edge of the rectangular container predeterminedly near the top end of the back edge of the rectangular container;    the lid having a front edge that is predeterminedly longer than the back edge, a first side that is slanted intermediate a bottom of the front edge and a bottom of the back edge and a second side that is slanted intermediate a bottom of the front edge and a bottom of the back edge;    the rectangular container and the lid being predeterminedly moisture proof;    at least one conveyance grip positioned predeterminedly on the front edge;    the rectangular container being adapted to contain predetermined carpet-tack strips juxtaposed with the carpet-tack strips being generally about parallel to an axis of the rectangular container and having oppositely disposed ends intermediate an inside periphery of the bottom end of the rectangular container and an inside periphery of a top end of the lid in a lid-closed mode; and    the rectangular container and the lid positioned end-to-end with the lid in the lid-closed mode are adapted to contain a predetermined plurality of the carpet-tack strips juxtaposed within a container area which is defined by inside peripheries of the front edge, the first side, the back edge and the second side of the rectangular container.    
     
     
         2 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the back edge of the rectangular container has a container-back length that is predeterminedly shorter than intended carpet-tack strips for which the rectangular container is adapted to contain;  
 the back edge of the lid has a lid-back length which is predeterminedly shorter than the container-back length;  
 the lid-back length and the container-back length added together linearly end-to-end is a total-back length;  
 the total-back length is predeterminedly longer than the intended carpet-tack strips;  
 the front edge of the rectangular container has a container-front length that is predeterminedly shorter than the intended carpet-tack strips;  
 the front edge of the lid has a lid-front length which is predeterminedly shorter than the container-front length;  
 the lid-front length and the container-front length added together linearly end-to-end is a total-front length;  
 the total-front length is predeterminedly longer than the intended carpet-tack strips;  
 the total-front length is sufficiently longer than the container-front length for causing a bottom end of the front edge of the lid in hinged transit to circumvent and thereby to avoid contact with one or more of the carpet-tack strips which may be positioned with bottom ends proximate an inside periphery of the bottom end of the rectangular container and with top ends in close proximity to an inside periphery of the front edge of the rectangular container.  
 
     
     
         3 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the container area includes a package area for receiving a predetermined package of the carpet-tack strips.  
 
     
     
         4 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the container area includes a full-pack area for receiving a plurality of the carpet-tack strips that has been contained in the package and removed for placement in the rectangular container.  
 
     
     
         5 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the container area includes a part-pack area for receiving a predetermined portion of the plurality of the carpet-tack strips that has been contained in the package and removed for placement of a part-pack plurality of the carpet-tack strips in the rectangular container.  
 
     
     
         6 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the container area includes a jumbo-pack area for receiving a predetermined plurality of the carpet-tack strips that has been contained in a plurality of the packages and removed for placement of a jumbo-pack plurality of the carpet-tack strips in the rectangular container.  
 
     
     
         7 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 1  wherein: 
 at least one conveyance grip positioned predeterminedly on the front edge of the rectangular container includes a handle.  
 
     
     
         8 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 7  wherein: 
 the handle is positioned proximate a center of gravity intermediate the bottom end of the rectangular container, the top end of the lid, the first side of the rectangular container and the second side of the rectangular container.  
 
     
     
         9 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 1  wherein: 
 at least one conveyance grip positioned predeterminedly on the front edge of the rectangular container includes a shoulder strap.  
 
     
     
         10 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 9  wherein: 
 the shoulder strap has strap ends which are positioned proximate the center of gravity intermediate the bottom end of the rectangular container, the top end of the lid, the first side of the rectangular container and the second side of the rectangular container.  
 
     
     
         11 . The carpet-tack-strip container of  claim 10  wherein: 
 the handle is positioned intermediate the strap ends and proximate the center of gravity intermediate the bottom end of the rectangular container, the top end of the lid, the first side of the rectangular container and the second side of the rectangular container.