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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
David Weiss, Plantation, FL (US);
Ronald I. Kall, Plantation, FL (US);
Design Safety Corporation, Plantation, FL (US);
Abstract
A lid for a container including a closure surface, a circumferential rim extending about a periphery of the closure surface with the rim including an outer side wall, an inner side wall and a transition wall interconnecting the outer side wall and the inner side wall with the closure surface extending from the inner side wall and at least one cut out formed in at least one of the inner side wall, the outer side wall and the transition wall such that a portion of a brim of the container is visible through the cut out when the lid is properly positioned on the container. Alternatively, a lid and container combination including a container having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall extending from the bottom wall, the upstanding side wall including a brim extending about an upper periphery of the side wall with at least a portion of said brim having a first color pigment and a lid formed of at least one of a transparent and translucent material, the lid including a closure surface and a rim extending about a periphery of the closure surface for engaging the brim of the container, at least a portion of the rim of the lid having a second color pigment such that when the lid and container are combined by inserting the brim of the container into the rim of the lid, the first color pigment of the container and the second color pigment of the lid combine to form a third color pigment visible from an outer surface of the rim.