Anchor for securing an elastic cord

A container provided with a latching arrangement, the latching arrangement including an elastic cord secured to the container by an anchor comprising:

• first and second spaced walls which define between them an anchoring passage within which the cord is situated;
• an anchoring cavity provided at one end of the anchoring passage;
• at least one retaining tooth projecting into the anchoring cavity, the retaining tooth being in locking engagement with a section of the cord situated within the anchoring cavity;
• a non-linear path provided by the anchoring passage and extending from the anchoring cavity to the exterior of the anchor, the non-linear path undergoing at least two changes of direction between the anchoring cavity and the exterior of the anchor, wherein the non-linear path is defined by:
• a pillar extending from the first wall into a recess in the second wall, the cord being deflected around the pillar;
• a bridge section of the second wall, the bridge section having opposite ends which are connected by respective webs to the first wall to provide a bridge passage through which the cord extends,
• the anchoring passage extending from the anchoring cavity around the pillar to provide a first one of the changes of direction and through the bridge passage to provide a second one of the changes of direction.