Recloseable container

A resealable container comprising container means and closure means sealingly cooperating with said container means;

• said container means and said closure means comprised of a semi-flexible, polyolefin material;
• said container means having a sidewall with at least one open end portion defining an opening, said open end portion having first sealable means for enabling the formation of two separate and positive seals substantially about the periphery of said open end portion, said first sealable means includes first ridge means adjacent the opening and substantially extending about the peripheral extent of said open end portion for enabling formation of the first of the two separate seals, and said first sealable means includes first shoulder means vertically disposed from said first ridge means and substantially extending about the peripheral extent of said open end portion for enabling formation of the second of the two seals;
• said closure means including, in integral combination, a generally peripheral shoulder portion seated on said open end portion, a flange portion connected to said shoulder portion and defining second sealable means for sealingly interfitting and cooperating with said first sealable means to provide the two separate and positive seals, said second sealable means includes a second ridge means which extends substantially about the periphery of said flange for sealingly interfitting and cooperating with said first ridge means for forming the first seal, said second sealable means also including bead means for sealingly interfitting and cooperating with said first shoulder means to define the second seal of the two seals, and flexible means for enabling quick and easy disengagement of the two separate and positive seals formed by said first and second sealable means in response to displacement by said flexible means;
• said flexible means includes a generally displaceable actuating means and hinge means including a web portion having a thickness less than said adjacent actuating means and bead means and being arranged to be centrally interconnecting said displaceable actuating means to said bead means, such that in response to downward displacement of said displaceable actuating means said hinge means including a web portion increases the effective diameter of said bead means so that said bead means is adapted to engage said first shoulder means, said bead means remains engaged with said first shoulder means as a result of a partial vacuum being created in said container means in response to said closure means being inserted within said opening of said container means and the displacement of said displaceable actuating means, said bead means also remains engaged with said first shoulder means as a result of said first shoulder means contacting said bead means, said bead means whenever engaged with said first shoulder means in the assembled condition forms the second seal, and said hinge means including a web portion enables said bead means to have the effective diameter thereof decreased in response to further downward displacement of said displaceable actuating means from the position it assumes in the assembled condition, so that said bead means and said first shoulder means, as well as said first and second ridge means are disengaged to thereby open both seals.