(19)
(11) EP 0 888 975 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/01

(21) Application number: 98305102.0

(22) Date of filing: 29.06.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B65D 43/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 03.07.1997 GB 9713955

(71) Applicant: LINPAC PLASTICS LIMITED
Knottingley, West Yorkshire WF11 OBS (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Haig, Alan Albert
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN6 9EF (GB)

(74) Representative: Watson, Anthony Stephen 
2 Lea Croft, Clifford
Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 6EY
Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 6EY (GB)

   


(54) Container


(57) A container comprising a base portion and a lid or cover portion and including a closure device for securing said lid or cover portion to said base portion in a closed condition of the container, the closure device comprising a tab on one of said portions and a slot in the other of said portions, said tab and/or said slot being located asymmetrically of a common centre line of said base portion and said lid or cover portion.






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