Hybrid container
AssigneeDs Smith PLC
InventorRussell TURNER
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Abstract
A container that has a paper, paperboard, or cardboard base receptacle and a plastic lid joined to the base receptacle by selectively releasable connection elements is provided. The base receptacle has a bottom wall and a lateral wall having an upper edge. The plastic lid has a lower frame resting on the upper edge and delimiting an opening for accessing an inside of the container, and an upper element configured to selectively close/open the opening. The selectively releasable connection elements are accessible only from the inside of the container.
Claims11
A container comprising a paper, paperboard, or cardboard base receptacle and a plastic lid, which is joined to the base receptacle by selectively releasable connection means,
- wherein said base receptacle has a bottom wall and a lateral wall comprising an upper edge,
- wherein said plastic lid includes a lower frame resting on said upper edge and delimiting an opening for access to an inside of the container, and an upper element configured to selectively close/open said opening, and
- wherein said selectively releasable connection means are accessible only from the inside of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.