Lidded containers

US4905861A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Reed Packaging Limited · GB

Inventors

• Charles W. Boxall · Colsterworth, GB
• John Richard Calvert · Blieskastel, DE
• Brian Edwards · Cordova, US
• Martyn Omar Rowlands · Blieskastel, DE
• Christopher H. Sworn · Oakham, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 1989
• Grant date: Mar 6, 1990
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00898
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lidded container made of plastics material comprises a body (10) with a top rim (11) and a lid (12) with a flange (18) for sealing engagement inside the rim (11). The lid (12) has a web (17) part carrying said flange (18), which depends therefrom, and also carrying a depending skirt (16) for surrounding the outside of the rim (11), said skirt (16) having a plurality of inwardly-directed projections (21) each engageable in latching relationship in a recess (31) on the outside of the rim (11), and said web part (17) having apertures (24) corresponding to said projections (21), whereby a tool can be inserted through each aperture (24) to disengage the corresponding projection (21) from said recess (31).