Container

Abstract

The container ( 1 ) comprises a number of side walls ( 2 ) meeting at corners ( 3 ), a bottom, and a top opening ( 4 ) with a detachable lid ( 5 ). At a corner ( 3 ) of the container, a curved corner section ( 11 ) of an inward directed ridge ( 8 ) of the lid ( 5 ) is provided with a bendable skirt section ( 12 ) being adapted to be bent to an outward directed position ( 12 ′) in such a way that a central part of the curved corner section ( 11 ) of the inward directed ridge ( 8 ) of the lid ( 5 ) is levered away from an outward directed ridge ( 6 ) of the top opening ( 4 ) and that engagement between the corresponding ridges ( 6, 8 ) thereby is weakened in an area at said central part.

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         12 . A container ( 1 ) comprising a number of side walls ( 2 ) meeting at corners ( 3 ), a bottom, a top opening ( 4 ) and a detachable lid ( 5 ) covering the top opening, the top opening being provided with a peripherally extending outward directed ridge ( 6 ), the lid ( 5 ) being provided with a peripherally extending downward bent engagement portion ( 7 ) having an inward directed ridge ( 8 ) adapted to grip under the outward directed ridge ( 6 ) of the top opening, the lid ( 5 ) further being provided with a skirt ( 9 ) extending below the engagement portion ( 7 ) from the inward directed ridge ( 8 ) thereof, the outward directed ridge ( 6 ) of the top opening ( 4 ) and the corresponding inward directed ridge ( 8 ) of the lid ( 5 ) having curved corner sections ( 10 ,  11 ) at the corners ( 3 ) at which the side walls ( 2 ) of the container meet, said curved corner sections ( 10 ,  11 ) connecting side sections of the respective ridges ( 6 ,  8 ), where at least one of the curved corner sections ( 11 ) of the inward directed ridge ( 8 ) of the lid ( 5 ) is provided with a bendable skirt section ( 12 ) being adapted to be bent to an outward directed position ( 12 ′) in such a way that a central part of the at least one curved corner section ( 11 ) of the inward directed ridge ( 8 ) of the lid is levered away from the outward directed ridge ( 6 ) of the top opening ( 4 ) and that engagement between the corresponding ridges ( 6 ,  8 ) thereby is weakened in an area at said central part, wherein the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) is separated from the remaining part of the skirt ( 9 ) by means of two cut or pre-cuts extending downward from an area below the inward directed ridge ( 8 ) of the lid or by means of at least two grooves ( 22 ) formed in the outside surface of the skirt ( 9 ) and extending downward from an area at the bending line ( 16 ) to the lower edge of the skirt ( 9 ), said grooves ( 22 ) reducing the wall thickness of the skirt ( 9 ) so that the skirt is breakable along the grooves ( 22 ) in order to bend the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) to its outward directed position ( 12 ′), the bending line ( 16 ) extending below mutually contacting faces of the outward directed ridge ( 6 ) of the top opening ( 4 ) and the corresponding inward directed ridge ( 8 ) of the lid ( 5 ), respectively. 
     
     
         13 . The container according to  claim 12 , wherein the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) is prepared for bending about a bending line ( 16 ) along which the material of the lid ( 5 ) is weakened or about which the material of the lid is pre-bent. 
     
     
         14 . The container according to  claim 12 , wherein a bending line ( 16 ) is formed in a bending section ( 17 ) connecting the peripherally extending downward bent engagement portion ( 7 ) and the skirt ( 9 ), and in that the bending section ( 17 ) has an outside extending obliquely downward and outward, the outside thereby forming an angle with both the peripherally extending downward bent engagement portion and the skirt. 
     
     
         15 . The container according to  claim 12 , wherein a protrusion is formed next to a bending line ( 16 ) and on the outside of the engagement portion ( 7 ) or on the outside of the bendable skirt section ( 12 ), and in that said protrusion is adapted to be pinched between the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) and the engagement portion ( 7 ) when bending the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) to its outward directed position ( 12 ′). 
     
     
         16 . The container according to  claim 12 , wherein the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) is reinforced against bending along a line extending in its longitudinal direction, possibly by means of ribs ( 21 ) extending at right angles to its longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         17 . The A container according to  claim 12 , wherein the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) is reinforced against bending along a line extending in its longitudinal direction by means of mutually spaced ribs ( 21 ) extending at right angles to its longitudinal direction, said ribs ( 21 ) having upper ends ( 25 ) adapted to abut the outside of the engagement portion ( 7 ) when bending the bendable skirt section ( 12 ) to its outward directed position ( 12 ′).