Container comprising a body and a lid with retaining elements

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EP 1 475 313 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/24

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	10.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/46

(21)	Application number: 04251673.2

(22)	Date of filing: 23.03.2004

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 43/02, B65D 45/20

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

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Priority:

18.04.2003 KR 2003225294

(71)	Applicant: Law, Chi Hung
	Tung Chung, Hong Kong SAR (CN)

(72)	Inventor:
	Law, Chi Hung Tung Chung, Hong Kong SAR (CN)

(74)	Representative: Banford, Paul Clifford et al
	Marks & Clerk, 43 Park Place Leeds LS1 2RY Leeds LS1 2RY (GB)

(54)	Container comprising a body and a lid with retaining elements

(57) A container (10) has a body (100) and a lid (200). The body (100) has a peripheral wall (120) having a circumferential edge portion (122) that turns outwardly along its entire length to have a first cross-section (122C). The lid (200) has a circumferential edge portion (222) that turns downwardly along its entire length to have a second cross-section (222C) complementary in shape to and for enclosing the first cross-section (122C) for surface sealing engagement therewith. The lid edge portion (222) includes four side flaps (226) which are foldable inwardly and upwardly to provide respective resiliently self-expanding hooks (226H) for bearing resiliently at an acute angle against an outer surface (120B) of the body wall (120) to thereby maintain the sealing engagement, with the lid edge portion (222) forming a gap with the body surface (120B) across which the hooks (226H) extend.

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