Storage box

Abstract

The present invention provides a storage box that is easy to open and close and is easy to keep it open. The storage box includes a top panel, side walls, and a bottom. One of the side walls serves as a door and is adapted to swing about a first end connected with the bottom and serving as an axis into an opened position or a closed position. The side wall serving as the door is adapted to be fastened in a closed position by bringing a first fastening part and a second fastening part into contact with each other, the first fastening part being provided at a second end of the side wall serving as the door, the second end being located opposite the first end, the second fastening part being provided at a location other than the side wall serving as the door.

1 . A storage box comprising:
 a top panel;   side walls; and   a bottom,   wherein one of the side walls serves as a door and is adapted to swing about a first end of the side wall serving as the door into an opened position or a closed position while increasing or decreasing a distance between a second end of the side wall serving as the door and one end of the top panel, the first end being connected with the bottom and serving as an axis, the second end being located opposite the first end,   wherein the side wall serving as the door is adapted to be fastened in a closed position by bringing a first fastening part and a second fastening part into contact with each other, the first fastening part being provided at the second end of the side wall serving as the door, the second fastening part being provided at a location other than the side wall serving as the door.   
     
     
         2 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the top panel includes a front lug, provided at the one end of the top panel on a side of the side wall serving as the door, extending in a plane direction of the side wall serving as the door, and   the second fastening part is provided on the front lug.   
     
     
         3 . The storage box according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the top panel includes lateral lugs, provided at opposite ends of the top panel on sides of the two side walls adjacent to the side wall serving as the door, extending in plane directions of the two side walls, and   the lateral lugs are so provided as to be located on respective outer surfaces of the two side walls and are so provided as to be connected with the front lug.   
     
     
         4 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the top panel serves as a door and is adapted to swing about another end of the top panel into an opened position or a closed position while increasing and decreasing a distance between the one end of the top panel and the second end of the side wall serving as the door, the another end (i) being connected with the side wall provided oppositely to the side wall serving as the door, (ii) serving as an axis, and (iii) being located opposite the one end of the top panel.   
     
     
         5 . The storage box according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a support member being continuously provided along the one end of the top panel on a side of the side wall serving as the door and along respective ends of the two side walls adjacent to the side wall serving as the door on the side of the side wall serving as the door,   the second fastening part being provided on a portion of the support member which portion extends along the one end of the top panel.