Patent ID: 9725208
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A container assembly for a powdered nutritional product, the container assembly comprising: a container part with a circumferential wall and a bottom wall; and a lid part comprising a connection portion for connection to a rim of said circumferential wall and a lid which is pivotably connected to said connection portion, said connection portion comprising an upper wall provided with an access opening which can be sealed with said lid, and said connection portion is provided with stacking provisions which are provided around said access opening and which are complementary with stacking provisions at the bottom of said container part, wherein said lid part has a weight of between 5 g and 500 g, an area of said access opening is at least 50% of the area of the connection portion, said access opening is surrounded by a circumferential first flange and said lid comprises a central portion having an underside including a clamp for holding a metering scoop for the powdered nutritional product and a circumferential lid flange surrounding the central portion and extending towards said connection portion, a radially innermost perimeter of said lid flange and a radially outermost perimeter of said first flange being mutually adapted to directly engage each other to allow said lid to close in a sealing manner around said first flange of said connection portion, said lid being connected to said connection portion via an integrated hinge which has a connection part connecting to a lower end of said lid flange, the lower end being directly adjacent to said upper wall when said lid is closed, and said lid is provided with a lip for opening the lid, which lip is provided at said lower end of said lid flange, and wherein the circumferential lid flange defines a cylindrical space, the circumferential lid flange defines an outermost portion of the lid, and the central portion comprises a recessed dome, located in an interior of the circumferential lid flange, defined by said cylindrical space and having a highest point at a centre of the lid.