Container for food with a sealing lid

Abstract

A container provided with a sealing lid comprises a jar (), a lid () for closing the jar, a rubber sealing ring (), adapted to be interposed between an upper edge () of the jar () and a lower flange () of the lid (), and a wire-shaped hooking element () of the lid () to the jar () for closing the container. The jar () is provided, in the proximity of its upper edge (), with a collar () radially projecting from the jar side surface () so as to define below a circumferential step-like seat (). The wire-shaped hooking element () is shaped with a pair of pivoting ends () rotatably received inside respective holes () in the lid () and with at least one curvilinear locking portion (), in an intermediate position with respect to said pivoting ends ().