Container for liquid substances and lid therefor
OwnerFrits Nossbauminventor
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Abstract
A container for liquid substances comprises a pouring opening in a top wall. The pouring opening is teardrop shaped with its wider part closest to the circumference of the top wall and with its narrower part closest to the center of the top wall, wherein two side edges of the pouring opening connecting the wider part with the narrower part meet each other at the narrower part while enclosing an acute angle.
Claims7
Removable lid intended to be used with a container of the paint can type having an upper opening surrounded by an upwardly opening channel delimited by an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall, said lid comprising a substantially flat disc-shaped main body and an annular skirt extending substantially perpendicularly to the disc-shaped body and intended to be housed between the peripheral walls of the channel of the container, wherein the disc-shaped body further is provided with a pouring opening and a closure cap therefor,
- characterized in that
- the annular skirt has an outer diameter closely matching the inner diameter of the outer peripheral wall of the channel of the container for a clamping engagement therewith, and wherein the shape of the annular skirt further allows it to clampingly engage a downwardly extending ridge surrounding the bottom of the container.
Removable lid according to any of the previous claims, wherein the diameter of the disc-shaped body at most equals the outer diameter of the container.
Removable lid according to any of the previous claims, wherein the disc-shaped body on its face opposite to the annular skirt is provided with elevations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.