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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1976
Theo Hammes, Cologne, DT;
Wilhelm Kuhne, Wiesenbach, DT;
Gerhard Gohlke, Bammental, DT;
Udo Hermann Maus, Mauer, Heidelberg, DT;
Mauser Kommanditgesellschaft, Bruhl, DT;
Abstract
A plastic container-cover assembly comprises (a) a container body having a top opening; (b) a first shoulder provided at the outside of the container close to the edge of its opening; (c) a cover for said opening; (d) an outside flange provided on said cover and extending downwardly and then at a sharp angle outwards, the outwardly pointed portion of the flange in the closed position abutting the upper side of said first container shoulder; (e) a hinge provided in proximity to the outer edge of said outwardly pointed portion of said flange; (f) at least two rigid closure flaps linked by said hinge to said flange for swinging from an open to a closed position; (g) a first ledge formed on said flap and, in the closed position, extending inwards and abutting against the bottom side of said first container shoulder; (h) a second, when closed, inwardly extending ledge formed on said flap spaced from said first ledge; (i) a second shoulder formed on the outside of said container spaced from said first shoulder, and (j) interlocking closure means formed on said second ledge of the flap and on the second shoulder of the container for securing the flap in the closed position.