lip 64 the lip 64 is positioned to surround the front edge 32 of the sidewall 24 to provide a better seal against the elements although not shown herein a compressible weatherproofing strip or seal member could be applied inside the lip 64 to improve the seal of the compartment still further with continuing reference to fig2 at least one latch depends from the cover 54 in the embodiment herein comprising an elongate cover 54 with two ends 68 and 70 two latches 72 and 74 are provided one at each end corresponding to the slots 48 and 50 the preferred latch is illustrated in fig3 and 4 to which attention now is directed as the latches 72 and 74 are similarly formed only one will be described in detail the latch 72 comprises a stem 78 preferably threaded with a first end 80 and a second end 82 the latch 72 depends from the cover 54 fig4 a head 84 is provided on the first end 80 the head 84 preferably is rotatably mounted in the body portion 56 of the cover 54 the head 84 preferably is provided with a recess not shown in fig3 for receiving an allen wrench for operating the latch 72 in a manner yet to be described of course if a flat head screw driver is to be used a slot or groove would be provided in the head of the latch similarly a cross groove would be used to accommodate a phillips head screwdriver still further a protrusion on the head could be provided in lieu of the recess or slot for use with a crescent wrench yet another alternative would be a handle of some sort permanently affixed.