Or relating to lid arrangements

A lid arrangement comprising:

• first and second lids for use in a container comprising a wall arrangement, each lid being movable between open and closed positions;
• wherein each lid comprises a hinged edge to attach the lid to the wall arrangement, a free edge opposite the hinged edge, and a plurality of rib formations extending transverse to the hinged and free edges;
• wherein adjacent rib formations of the first lid define therebetween a first recess extending from the free edge of the first lid, and adjacent rib formations of the second lid define therebetween a second recess extending from the free edge of the second lid;
• wherein adjacent rib formations of the first lid provide a first projecting portion at the free edge of the first lid, and adjacent rib formations of the second lid provide a second projecting portion at the free edge of the second lid;
• wherein the rib formations extend obliquely from the hinged edge, and the rib formations extend across respective lids to the projecting portions substantially wholly across respective lids;
• and
• wherein the first projecting portion provided by the first lid is received in the second recess of the second lid when the lids are in their closed positions, and the second projecting portion provided by the second lid is received by the first recess of the first lid when the lids are in their closed positions.

A container arrangement comprising:

• first and second containers, each of the first and second containers having a lid and a wall arrangement, each lid being movable between open and closed positions;
• wherein the lids of the first and second containers have a hinged edge to attach the lids to respective wall arrangement, and a free edge opposite the hinged edge;
• wherein adjacent rib formations define a recess therebetween extending from the hinged edge;
• wherein adjacent rib formations of the each lid provide a projecting portion at the free edge of respective lid;
• and
• wherein when the lids are in the open position, and the second container is nested within the first container, the projecting portion of the lid of the second projection is received in the recess defined between the rib formations of the lid of the first container.

A lid arrangement comprising:

• first and second lids for use in a container comprising a wall arrangement, each lid being movable between open and closed positions;
• each lid comprises opposite free and hinged edges, and a plurality of rib formations extending transverse to the aforesaid edges;
• wherein when the first and second lids are in the closed positions, the rib formations of the first lid overlap the rib formations of the second lid at respective free edges;
• the free edge of each of the first and second lids overlap each other when the lids are in the closed positions, and adjacent rib formations of the first lid provide a first projecting portion at the free edge of the first lid, and adjacent rib formations of the second lid provide a second projecting portion at the free edge of the second lid;
• wherein the rib formations extend obliquely from the hinged edge, and the rib formations extend substantially wholly across the first and second lids to respective first and second projecting portions, and when the first and second lids are in the closed positions, each rib formation of the first lid extending parallel to, and alongside, a corresponding rib formation of the second lid to provide a line of support that extends across the lid arrangement from the hinged edge of the first lid to the hinged edge of the second lid;
• each lid having opposite side edges and a hinge portion arranged between the edges;
• and each lid further including a hinge pin;
• the hinge portion comprising a hinge member through which the hinge pin extends;
• the hinge pin comprising an elongate member having opposite ends, and an end stop portion extending radially outwardly from one of said ends;
• wherein the end stop portion is disposed in the hinge portion and the elongate member extends from the end portion through the hinge member towards one of the side edges of the lid.