Tamper evident lid welded to a container

A tamper-evident lid for being welded to a rim wall on a rim of a container, the lid comprising:

• a lid body made of plastic;
• a central panel on the lid body to cover the contents of the container;
• a skirt on the lid body joined to the central panel and for attachment to the rim of the container;
• a substantially horizontally and radially extending skirt wall on the skirt for extending over the top of the container's rim wall;
• a frangible portion on the skirt wall for fracturing to form a replaceable and detachable lid portion that includes the central panel to cover the container contents when the lid is replaced;
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• a weldable portion on the skirt wall located radially outwardly of the frangible portion to be welded to the container rim wall and to remain welded thereto when the frangible portion is fractured and the replaceable lid portion is detached and removed from the container.

A container and tamper-evident lid comprising:

• a plastic container having an outer and encircling rim portion surrounding an upper opening at the top of the container;
• a lid body having a skirt for welding to the rim of the plastic container;
• an encircling horizontal wall on the lid shirt overlying the container rim portion;
• a welded portion connecting the horizontal wall to the container rim;
• a frangible portion on the lid body for fracturing to provide a central replaceable lid portion with a portion of the skirt remaining welded to the container rim;
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• portions interconnecting on the replaceable lid portion and the container to retain the lid portion on the container upon replacement of the lid on the container.

A container and tamper-evident lid comprising:

• a plastic container having an outer and encircling rim portion surrounding an upper opening at the top of the container;
• a lid body having a skirt for welding to the rim of the plastic container;
• a frangible portion on the lid body for fracturing to provide a central replaceable lid portion with a portion of the skirt remaining welded to the container rim;
• a horizontally and radially extending rim wall on the container for being welded to the lid skirt;
• a horizontally and radially extending skirt wall disposed above the container rim wall;
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• a welded portion joining the respective horizontally and radially extending rim wall and skirt wall at a location radially outwardly of the frangible portion.