Resealable moisture tight container assembly for strips and the like having a lip snap seal

Abstract

A substantially moisture tight container and lid assembly for storing and packaging moisture-sensitive items comprising an assembly with a container and a lid, the lid is attached by a hinge to an upper housing portion of the container, the lid includes a lip seal member that depends downwardly from the lid, the lip seal member is configured to abut at least a portion of the interior side of the container when the lid is in the closed position resulting in a substantially moisture tight seal between the lid and the lid, and the container assembly further comprising a base portion and an upper housing portion, the upper housing portion is capable of being snap-fit into the base portion by employing a lip seal mechanism to form a substantially moisture-tight seal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A substantially moisture tight container and lid assembly for storing and packaging moisture-sensitive items comprising an assembly with a container and a lid, the lid is attached by a hinge to an upper portion of the container, the container has a container base, and a sidewall depending upwardly from the container base, a top container surface extends inward from the sidewall, the top container surface is provided with an opening defined by an upwardly extending lip that permits access to the interior of the container, the lid has a lid base with an outer periphery that extends over at least a portion of the container, the lid base is provided with a skirt that depends downwardly from the outer periphery, the skirt is configured at a location on the lid base that allows the skirt to engage the sidewall of the container base, the lid includes a lip seal member that depends downwardly from the lid, the lip seal member is configured to abut at least a portion of the upwardly extending lip of the container when the lid is in the closed position resulting in a substantially moisture tight seal between the lip seal member and the upwardly extending lip of the container. 
     
     
         2 . The container and lid assembly of  claim 1  wherein a portion of the lid serves as a tab for facilitating the opening and closing of the container assembly. 
     
     
         3 . The container and lid assembly of  claim 1  wherein at least a portion of the interior of the container base is composed of a desiccant entrained plastic. 
     
     
         4 . The container and lid assembly of  claim 1  wherein the container and lid assembly is resealable. 
     
     
         5 . The container and lid assembly of  claim 1  wherein the moisture ingress of the container, after three days, is less than about 1500 micrograms of water. 
     
     
         6 . The container and lid assembly of  claim 1  wherein the moisture ingress of the container, after three days, is less than about 500 micrograms of water. 
     
     
         7 . The container and lid assembly of  claim 1  wherein the moisture ingress of the container, after three days, is less than about 300 micrograms of water.