Container lid construction
OwnerJohn A. Baileyinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a polymeric container lid construction whereby the contents of a container equipped therewith can be readily accessed by means of a reclosable access strip defined between a pair of spaced apart tear impressions extending inwardly from the edge of the lid and into the central portion thereof. An improved self-forming hinge element for the access strip is described along with an improved hold-open retainer construction by which the access strip can be releasably retained in the open condition.
Claims9
In a container lid of the type composed of a thin, resilient, thermoplastic polymeric sheet material and comprising a central portion of a size and shape to overlie the open end of a container, a rim-engaging means integral with the periphery of said central portion and being adapted to releasably secure the lid to the rim of a container and a pair of spaced apart tear impressions extending inwardly from the edge of said rim-engaging means and terminating at spaced apart locations within said central portion, thereby to define therebetween an access strip, the improvement which comprises:
- a self-forming hinge element for said access strip comprising a mo1ded-in depression on said central portion, said depression defining an essentially vertical depending straight wall bridging the interior ends of said tear impressions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.