Storage Box with Venting Option

Abstract

A storage box has a container with circumferential sidewall and upper rim. A cover is removably connected to the container. The cover, when placed in a closure position on the container, is resting on the rim. In the closure position, the cover is positioned on the container in a sealing position or in a closing position. The sidewall has a sidewall section with venting openings. The cover has a cover wall extending downward into the container interior. The cover wall is positioned where the sidewall section is located in the closure position. The cover wall is resting seal-tightly on an inner wall of the sidewall in the sealing position of the cover. The cover has venting passages. In the closing position of the cover, the venting passages extend from the container interior to the sidewall and open into the venting openings without the cover wall covering the venting openings.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A storage box comprising:
 a container having a circumferentially extending sidewall with an upper circumferentially extending rim;   a cover adapted to be removably connected to the container;   wherein the cover, when placed in a closure position on the container, is resting on the upper circumferentially extending rim;   wherein, in the closure position, the cover is adapted to be positioned on the container in a sealing position or in a closing position;   wherein the circumferentially extending sidewall has a sidewall section with one or more venting openings;   wherein the cover has a downwardly extending cover wall that extends downwardly into an interior of the container, wherein the cover wall is positioned where the sidewall section is located in the closure position;   wherein the cover wall is resting seal-tightly on an inner wall surface of the sidewall section in the sealing position of the cover;   wherein the cover has one or more venting passages;   wherein, in the closing position of the cover, the one or more venting passages extend from the interior of the container to the circumferentially extending sidewall of the container and open into the one or more venting openings without the cover wall of the cover covering the one or more venting openings.   
     
     
         2 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more venting openings are arranged in the upper area of the container. 
     
     
         3 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more venting openings have a non-round shape. 
     
     
         4 . The storage box according to  claim 3 , wherein a longitudinal axis of the one or more venting openings extends in a horizontal direction. 
     
     
         5 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the circumferentially extending upper rim has a non-round shape so that the cover can be positioned only in positive-lockingly predetermined positions on the container. 
     
     
         6 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , comprising locking connections that are adapted to lock the cover on the container. 
     
     
         7 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , comprising locking elements that are adapted to lock the cover on the container. 
     
     
         8 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein on one side of the circumferentially extending sidewall several of the venting openings are arranged spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction, wherein the venting openings have a width that is smaller than a width of portions of the sidewall section that are intermediately positioned between the venting openings. 
     
     
         9 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the container has a symmetric basic shape, wherein the venting openings are positioned on opposite sides of the circumferentially extending sidewall and are arranged non-symmetrically relative to a line that connects the opposite sides at a center of a width of the opposite sides. 
     
     
         10 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the container is made of transparent or translucent plastic material. 
     
     
         11 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the cover is made of transparent or translucent plastic material. 
     
     
         12 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the cover has two of said cover walls on opposite ends of the cover, wherein the cover walls are arranged on the cover such that, in the sealing position of the cover, the cover walls cover seal-tightly the one or more venting openings and, upon rotation of the cover about 180 degrees about a vertical axis, the cover walls do not cover the one or more venting openings. 
     
     
         13 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein the cover wall has cover wall sections extending between the venting passages, wherein the cover wall sections each have a width in the circumferential direction that is greater than a width of each one of the one or more venting openings in the circumferential direction, and wherein the cover wall sections each have a vertical height that is greater than a vertical height of each one of the one or more venting openings.