Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v.

Paul Alderson

Esak Shabudin

Geoff York

Egidijus Bartkus

A die-cut lid for closing a container is formed from a flexible composite sheet material. The lid comprises a functional area bearing human-readable and/or machine-readable data. One or more rigidifying indentations are provided on the lid to promote flatness of the functional area in a resting state of the lid. The one or more rigidifying indentations can be in the form of one or more encircling indentations that border the functional area; and/or a planar indentation that encompasses the functional area.

Die-cut lid and associated container and method

A die-cut lid () for closing a container is disclosed; the lid being formed from a flexible composite sheet material (). The lid comprises a functional area () bearing human-readable and/or machine-readable data with the lid comprising one or more rigidifying indentations () to promote flatness of the functional area in a resting state of the lid. The one or more rigidifying indentations are selected from the group of: A lidded container () comprising such a die-cut lid and a method of forming a die-cut lid are also described.

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Banbury, United Kingdom

Paul Alderson