Medical device sterilization case

Abstract

A sterilization case comprises a top wall member having a pair of depending side walls, a bottom wall member having a pair of upstanding front and rear walls, upstanding post members disposed at each side edge of the front and rear walls and attached to the front and rear walls and a handle member pivotally attached to each side wall with its axis of rotation and its longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of its associated side wall and with a portion of it pivotally disposable between adjacent associated posts affixed to the front and rear walls. Each post comprises a neck extending above the upper edge of the front and rear walls and a head surmounting the neck whose minimum transverse dimension is greater than the maximum transverse dimension of the neck, and the top wall has a pair of recesses extending rearwardly from its front edge and a pair of apertures disposed adjacent its rear edge. Each recess and aperture is provided with a concave extension at its rear edge configured to underly the head and restrain upward movement of the top wall. The longitudinal dimension of the handle is approximately equal to the distance between associated posts affixed to the front and walls so that the handle can prevent rearward sliding movement of the top wall and its associated side walls.