Container lid and lid and bowl combination

Abstract

A lid ( 10 ) for a container. The lid including a main body portion ( 11 ) and a peripheral sealing lip ( 12 ) configured, in use, to detachably engage the upper peripheral edge of an associated bowl, and tab members ( 17 ) extending laterally from said sealing lip of the lid, with the tab members being of a semi-circular shape with their periphery substantially aligned with the remainder ( 18 ) of the periphery of the lip of the lid. The main body ( 11 ) of the lid has inwardly extending strengthening ribs ( 19 ) aligned with the tab members ( 17 ) of the sealing lip and which are to be finger gripped when removing the lid from the associated bowl. The exterior of the base of the bowl with which the lid is associated is configured to mate with the inwardly extending strengthening ribs on the lid of an underlining container, whereby to locate (nest) any adjacent containers relative to each other when in a stacked relationship.

1 . A lid for a container, said lid including a main body portion and a peripheral sealing lip configured, in use, to detachably engage the upper peripheral edge of an associated bowl, at least one tab member extending laterally from said sealing lip of said lid, and wherein said tab member is of a semi-circular shape with its periphery on, or within, the remainder of the periphery of the lip of the lid, whereby when two containers with such lids are placed side by side the outermost points of the remainders of the peripheries of the lips of the lids abut each other.  
   
   
       2 . A lid as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein for a lid of square or rectangular shape, for a bowl of corresponding shape, at least one of the corners of the lid is semicircular and the semi-circular tab member is integrally formed with the corner whereby its periphery is on, or within, aligned with or within the adjacent straight sides of the remainder of the periphery of the lid.  
   
   
       3 . A lid as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein each of the four corners are semi-circular and a tab member is provided at each of the four corners.  
   
   
       4 . A lid as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein for a lid of circular or oval shape, at least two semi-circular tab members are provided, the outer most points of which are on, or within, an imaginary line tangential with the outer most points of curvature of the periphery of the lid between the tab members.  
   
   
       5 . A lid for a container, said lid including a main body portion and a peripheral sealing lip configured, in use, to detachably engage the upper peripheral edge of an associated bowl, wherein the main body of said lid has at least one strengthening rib extending at least from the centre of the lid and aligned with that part of the periphery of the sealing lip which is to be finger gripped when removing the lid from the associated bowl.  
   
   
       6 . A lid as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the strengthening rib is a portion of the lid formed by moulding that portion outside the plane of the remainder of the main body of the lid and of a material thickness substantially the same as the material thickness of the remainder of the main body.  
   
   
       7 . A lid as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a plurality of strengthening ribs are provided.  
   
   
       8 . A lid as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the peripheral sealing lip has at least one tab member extending laterally therefrom and said strengthening rib is aligned with said tab member.  
   
   
       9 . A lid as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the peripheral sealing lip has a plurality of said tab members extending laterally therefrom with each of the tab members having a respective strengthening rib aligned therewith.  
   
   
       10 . A lid as claimed in  claim 5  and associated with a bowl, wherein the exterior of the base of the bowl with which the lid is associated is configured to mate with the, or each, inwardly extending strengthening rib on the lid of an underlining container, whereby to locate (nest) any adjacent containers relative to each other when in a stacked relationship.  
   
   
       11 . A lid for a container as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the main body of said lid has at least one strengthening rib extending at least from the centre of the lid and aligned with that part of the periphery of the sealing lip which is to be finger gripped when removing the lid from the associated bowl.  
   
   
       12 . A container having a bowl in combination with a detachable lid as claimed in  claim 1 .  
   
   
       13 . (canceled)  
   
   
       14 . (canceled)