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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2000
Lorenz Gabele, Sauldorf, DE;
Wolfgang Schwanke, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
In order, in the case of a sterile container for medical purposes having a tub-shaped lower portion and a lid positionable thereon in sealing manner, which lid may be clamped against the lower portion by a closure, wherein the closure comprises a flap swivellable between an open position and a closed position, said flap having a locking projection, and a locking lug with a recess for accommodating the locking projection when the flap is in the closed position, to be able better to accommodate structural tolerances, it is proposed that the locking projection be mounted in the flap so as to resiliently displaceable in a direction in which it is moved out of the recess in the locking lug.