Patent ID: 8100289
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container used to retain a liquid, comprising: a. a bottom, a rim, a continuous sidewall interconnecting the bottom and the rim, the continuous sidewall having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the container having an interior chamber surrounded by the continuous sidewall and the bottom, an interior groove in the interior surface of the continuous sidewall and disposed below the rim at a given distance, the interior groove extending for a continuous given circumferential distance along the interior circumference of interior surface of the continuous sidewall, the rim aligned with and extending for approximately the same circumferential distance as the interior groove, the continuous sidewall extending for approximately the same circumferential distance as the rim at a given height and then sloping downwardly to a lower sidewall section having a height which is below rim and above interior groove; and b. a lid being generally circular in shape and having a top surface and a bottom surface with a sip opening extending through the lid from the bottom surface to the top surface, the sip opening located adjacent an exterior circumference of the lid, a flexible living hinge integrally formed with the container sidewall and lid with an interior end formed with and resting against the lower sidewall section and an exterior end terminating in a vertical member formed into lid, the living hinge having a recess about which the living hinge can rotate, the lid having a pair of spaced apart tabs integrally formed with the lid and adjacent the exterior circumference of the lid, a first tab including a vertical section, a first bent section and a transverse section, a second tab including a vertical section, a first bent section and a transverse section, the first and second tabs located on the rim at approximately equal distances from the location where the lid is attached to the living hinge and at locations on the lid at opposite spaced apart locations from the sip opening, And when in the closed condition, the lid and living hinge are rotated about the recess in the living hinge so that the circumference of the lid is retained within the interior groove in the sidewall to form a seal at the location of the groove, the tabs positioned so that their respective transverse sections rest over and against the rim.