Transparent hat box

Abstract

The Transparent Hot Box presented herein and illustrated by FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 is comprised as follows. Case 2 is molded from a transparent plastic material with side walls extending upwardly from an octagon-shaped floor section, whereby said side walls form an octagonal-shaped box. Base 6 extends from the outer face of the case's floor section and features an octagon shape with outer dimensions which are slightly less that those of case 2. Lid 4 is also formed from an octagonal-shaped transparent plastic material with dimensions which approximates those of case 2. Lid 4 has an outer face that features a recessed center section corresponding to the size and shape of base 6, and inner face that corresponds closely to the anterior edge of said case's side walls. Handle 8 is composed of a flexible length of cord or plastic mounted onto the side of case 2 via removable retaining posts 12; said posts install into apertures 10 in the case's side walls.

1 . A storage system for headwear and the like comprising: 
 a) a box formed from a rigid, transparent or semi-transparent material, having side walls disposed in a fashion that creates an octagonal-shaped inner cavity and outer appearance;    b) said box featuring an open anterior end, a posterior end that is closed by a base, and a plurality of apertures within the side walls at its anterior end;    c) a base that completely encloses the posterior of said box, featuring an octagonal shaped central section that projects downwardly beyond the posterior edge of the box's side walls, while having a smaller circumference than said box.    
   
   
       2 . A storage system as described in  claim 1  that includes: 
 a) a octagonal shaped lid formed from a rigid, transparent or semi-transparent material, featuring an reverse face that can tightly engage the anterior edge of the box's side walls;    b) said lid featuring an obverse face with an octagonal shaped recess on its center, which can receive and engage the aforementioned base of another box as described in  claim 1;     c) a removable handle means, formed from a length of material that is attached to the sides of the aforementioned box via removable retaining posts which fit into the aforementioned apertures in said box's walls.