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US 2025/0178796 A1Published application
Container Lid
OwnerRebecca Carnateinventor
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Abstract
A container lid for covering a container includes a hinge to permit partial opening of a section of the container lid. The container lid also includes locking tabs or projections that are designed to contact and engage with an inner surface of a container to produce a holding or gripping force to at least assist in holding the container lid on the container.
Claims18
A container lid comprising:
- a lip portion disposed about the perimeter edge of the container lid;
- said lip portion being configured to overlap and engage with a lip of a container in a releasable locking engagement;
- a first section comprising a top cover portion and a side wall portion extending transverse to said top cover portion to said lip portion;
- a second section comprising a top cover portion and a side wall portion extending transverse to said top cover portion to said lip portion;
- a hinge portion connecting said first section and said second section;
- said hinge portion being integral with said lip portion;
- and
- said hinge portion being flexible to permit relative pivoting of said first section and said second section with respect to one another and thereby permit partial opening of a container by disconnection and pivoting of either said first section or said second section.
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A method of opening and closing a container, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a container lid over a container;
- aligning a lip portion of said container lid disposed about the perimeter edge of said container lid with a lip portion disposed about the perimeter edge of said container;
- pressing said lip portion of said container lid into overlapping locking engagement with said lip of said container in a releasable locking engagement;
- and
- at least one of (A) and (B):
- (A) partially opening said container by manually disconnecting a first section of said container lid from said container and pivoting said first section at a hinge portion of said container lid connecting said first section with a second section of said container lid connected to said container;
- (B) completely opening said container by manually disconnecting a first section of said container lid from said container and pivoting said first section at a hinge portion of said container lid connecting said first section with a second section of said container lid connected to said container;
- and
- manually disconnecting said second section and removing said container lid from said container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.