(19)
(11) EP 0 900 743 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/10

(21) Application number: 98306163.1

(22) Date of filing: 03.08.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 43/10, 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: 04.09.1997 GB 9718849

(71) Applicant: Polarcup Limited
CEP Gosport, Hampshire PO13 0PR (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Webb, Nikee
    Gosport, Hampshire PO13 OPR (GB)

(74) Representative: Smaggasgale, Gillian Helen et al
Mathys & Squire, 100 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8AL
London WC1X 8AL (GB)

   


(54) A tamper-evident lid


(57) A tamper-evident lid (10) for a container, the lid comprising a sheet defining a body (14) of the lid, engagement means for engaging the lid with the container and locking means (16), connected to the body by a web (20). The locking means is moveable about the web from a first position in which the container is engaged to a second position in which the container is not engaged and in which the locking means is caused to move from the first position to the second position before the engagement means is disengaged from the container.






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