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US 4,905,861 AGranted
Lidded containers
AssigneeReed Packaging Limited
InventorsCharles W. Boxall, John R. Calvert, Brian Edwards, Martyn O. Rowlands, Christopher H. Sworn
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AssigneeReed Packaging Limited
InventorsCharles W. Boxall, John R. Calvert, Brian Edwards, Martyn O. Rowlands, Christopher H. Sworn
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A lidded container made of plastics material comprises a body (10) with a top rim (11) and a lid (12) with a flange (18) for sealing engagement inside the rim (11). The lid (12) has a web (17) part carrying said flange (18), which depends therefrom, and also carrying a depending skirt (16) for surrounding the outside of the rim (11), said skirt (16) having a plurality of inwardly-directed projections (21) each engageable in latching relationship in a recess (31) on the outside of the rim (11), and said web part (17) having apertures (24) corresponding to said projections (21), whereby a tool can be inserted through each aperture (24) to disengage the corresponding projection (21) from said recess (31).
A lidded container made of plastics material, said container comprising a body with a top rim and a lid with a flange for sealing engagement inside said rim, characterised in that the lid has a web part carrying said flange, which depends therefrom, and also carrying a depending skirt for surrounding the outside of the rim, said skirt having a plurality of inwardly-directed projections each engageable in latching relationship in a recess on the outside of the rim, and said web part having apertures corresponding to said projections, whereby a tool can be inserted through each aperture to disengage the corresponding projection from said recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.