Container
AssigneeRPC Bramlage GmbH
InventorsSabine Goettke, Heinrich Deters
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Abstract
A container with a lower part and a covering part has a latch portion which protrudes downwards formed on the covering part in order to interact with a latch engagement part of the lower part, a latching tongue which extends along the lower part being formed on the latch portion. The latching tongue extends below the latch engagement part of the container in the closed state so as to leave a direct open space between the inner face of the latching tongue and an opposing outer face of the container.
Claims3
1-5. (canceled)
A container (1) having a lower part (2) and a cover part (3), a downwardly projecting latching portion being formed on the cover part (3) for cooperating with a latching engagement part (4) of the lower part (2), a latching tongue (5) which extends along the lower part being formed on the latching portion, the latching tongue (5) extending below the latching engagement part (4) of the container (1) when said container is closed with a direct clearance (a) between the inner face thereof and an outer face of the container facing said tongue, wherein the container (1) has an oval cross section and wherein a latching tongue (5) is positioned on a narrow side of the oval, the latching tongue (5) being formed so as to extend in a curved manner transverse to the vertical longitudinal extension thereof and the clearance (a) being provided over the entire width of the latching tongue (5) and also in the region of the lower end face (7) of the latching tongue (5), it simultaneously being possible to release the lower part from the latching engagement part by freely moving the latching tongue (5) towards the outer wall of the lower part, and wherein the latching engagement part (4) is strip-like and has a narrow side pointing vertically upwards and vertically downwards in cross section, the latching engagement part (4) also continuing in a horizontal orientation in the peripheral direction of the container (1) so as to surround the lower part, the latching engagement part (4) extending over part of the periphery with a clearance (c) in the horizontal plane, two opposing latching tongues also being formed on the container (1), which tongues can be acted upon simultaneously for lifting the cover part (3) in a movement towards the outer face (1) of the container and the clearance (c), starting from the region of cooperation between the latching engagement part and each of the two latching tongues, continuing in both horizontal directions of the latching engagement part whilst decreasing, up to a dimension (e) based on a cross section which corresponds to from one tenth to one third of the free cross-sectional dimension (d), which is the largest cross-sectional dimension based on an oval cross section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.