Containers
AssigneeCapsa Solutions LLC
InventorsJames Hill, Mark Farrell
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Abstract
Disclosed is a lid (10) for closing a receptacle (20), the lid comprising: a static portion (18) arranged to substantially match an opening of the receptacle to be closed; a plurality of pivoting arms (11) coupled to the static portion; means (12) for moving the plurality of pivoting arms between a first position wherein the plurality of pivoting arms lie within a perimeter of the static portion and a second position wherein the plurality of pivoting arms lie outside a perimeter of the static portion and engage with a complementary feature of the receptacle.
Claims12
A container comprising a lid (10) and a receptacle (20), the lid being arranged to close the receptacle and comprising:
- a static portion (18) arranged to substantially match an opening of the receptacle to be closed;
- a plurality of pivoting arms (11) coupled to the static portion;
- means (12) for moving the plurality of pivoting arms between a first position wherein the plurality of pivoting arms lie within a perimeter of the static portion and a second position wherein the plurality of pivoting arms lie outside a perimeter of the static portion and engage with a complementary feature of the receptacle,
- wherein the receptacle is arranged to receive the lid, having an opening for receiving the static portion (18) of the lid, proximal to the opening there is provided a relatively inward-facing projection (25) to support the lid, and the relatively inward-facing projection (25) comprises a plurality of springs (23) arranged to provide, in use, a relatively upward force to the lid (10).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.