Patent ID: 11891219
Assignee: CEPHEID
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 22:
23. A lid apparatus for sealing atop a fluid sample container, the lid apparatus comprising:
a top lid having a plurality of openings, wherein the top lid includes a hinged end and a snap-fit end; and
a bottom-cap hingedly attached to the top lid, the bottom-cap comprising an upper side and a lower side, wherein the upper side comprises a plurality of openings that include a surrounding lip or plateau that extends upwardly from a lower surface of the upper side, wherein each opening aligns with a corresponding opening of the top lid,
wherein the lower side of the bottom-cap comprises:
a lower side main surface;
an outermost edge extending downward from the lower side main surface;
a continuous outer ridge extending downward from the lower side along the outermost edge; and
an inner ridge pattern extending from the lower side main surface, the inner ridge pattern being non-coextensive with any walls that extend from the lower side main surface,

wherein in an open configuration the top lid is hinged away from the bottom-cap, and wherein in a closed configuration the top lid is engaged with the bottom-cap, wherein in the closed configuration the snap-fit end of the top lid engages a snap portion of the outermost edge of the lower side of the bottom-cap.