Lid for container - Patent 1312560

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EP 1 312 560 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	28.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	21.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/21

(21)	Application number: 02257158.2

(22)	Date of filing: 15.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 43/06, B65D 101/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

17.10.2001 GB 0124960

(71)	Applicant: RPC CONTAINERS LIMITED
	Raunds, Northamptonshire NN9 6ED (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Dale, Patrick James The Forge Cambridgeshire PE28 2RD (GB)

(74)	Representative: Stevens, Jason Paul
	Frank B. Dehn & Co. 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	Lid for container

(57) A lid (10) for a container (40) has a body (14) and a peripheral channel (12) to engage with a lip (42) of the container. Inward projections (22) are formed on the outer wall (16) of the channel (12), and engage beneath the lip (42) of the container. The outer wall (16) of the channel (12) can be detached from the body (14) of the lid (10) to allow the lid to be removed. The lid has a lift tab (30) which is connected to the body (14) of the lid and forms part of said outer wall (16). To open the container, the user grasps the lift tab (30) and pulls the lid away from the container, this removal also serving to detach the outer wall (16) from the body (14) of the lid. Alternatively, the outer wall (16) can remain attached to the body (14) of the lid at a part thereof.

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