Curtec Nederland B.v.

Robertus Franciscus Cornelia Maria Aarts

Sigebertus Johannes Jacobus Jozef Meggelaars

Ilse Wilhelmina Hendrika Van Driel

Provided is a reclosable container including an assembly of a bin and a separate cover that is designed to close and lock the bin. The bin includes a bottom wall and a vertical side wall connected thereto, said side wall including an upper zone that surrounds an access opening of the bin. The cover includes an upper surface that is dimensioned to cover the access opening of the bin. A perimeter of the upper surface is provided with a cover profile, said cover profile being formed complementary to the upper zone of the bin, so that the cover profile can be placed abutting on the upper zone of the bin in order to close the access opening of the bin. Two opposite outer sides of the upper zone are each provided with a primary coupling body for locking the cover when the cover is placed in the closing position on the bin. Two opposite outer sides of the cover profile are each provided with a side flap that is provided with a window that is designed to engage on the primary coupling body so that primary locking between cover and bin is achieved. The side flap is connected tiltably to the cover profile in such a way that the side flap can be placed in a locking position and in an unlocking position.

Reclosable container comprising an assembly of a bin and a separate cover that is designed to close and lock the bin

Closure unit for a container, comprising a substantially flat cover element, for closing off the aperture in the container which cover element is provided with a tension element, for creating a pressure force that presses the cover element to a rim that surrounds the aperture of the container. The invention also prides a closure unit and a container as well as to methods for closing and opening a container with such a closure unit.

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Tilburg, Netherlands

Robertus Franciscus Cornelia Maria Aarts