Patent ID: 9102450
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A tubular container which comprises a tubular body portion, a lid for closing a first and open end of the body portion, and a strengthening member at the first open end of the body portion, the strengthening member being attached to the lid by a hinge which is formed to be integral with the strengthening member and the lid, the strengthening member being such that it fits inside the first open end of the body portion and defines an opening through which product in the tubular container is obtained, the lid being such that it fits into the opening defined by the strengthening member, the strengthening member being such that it has a skirt portion inside the first open end of the body portion and a pair of oppositely positioned extension members which extend from the skirt portion into the body portion and which are for receiving inward pressure applied to a pressable area of the body directly next to the lid in order to ensure that the strengthening member deforms and causes the lid to pop open and prevents the inward pressure permanently collapsing the first open end of the body portion, the lid having a concave portion for receiving part of the strengthening member that is inwardly deformed by the pressure, the lid having a flap that flexes in response to the inward deformation of the part of the strengthening member, the part of the strengthening member that inwardly deforms pushes the flap upwards as the flap flexes, the concave portion and the flap being such that they are in the opening defined by the strengthening member when the lid is closed on the body portion, the concave portion being such that it faces longitudinally into the body portion when the lid is closed on the body portion, the body portion having a second and closed end, and the lid, the strengthening member and the second and closed end all being made of a plastics material.