Patent ID: 6176384
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A storage apparatus comprising:a storage container including a side wall integral with a bottom wall, the sidewall providing an annular lip defining an open top of the storage container;a container cover providing a container cover annular rim having an annular groove therewithin, the annular groove adapted for accepting the annular lip of the side wall in snap-action, removable engagement for securing the container cover onto the storage container;the container cover further providing a stationary upper panel positioned for covering the open top of the storage container, the upper panel having an upper panel aperture therein;a lower panel pivotally engaged with the upper panel for rotating relative thereto, the lower panel providing a plurality of radial slits defining a plurality of flexible fingers, the fingers laying contiguously in planar congruence for defining a lower panel aperture in the lower panel;a means for rotational actuation of the lower panel relative to the upper panel to position the lower panel aperture adjacent to the upper panel aperture for providing access to the storage container through the upper and lower panel apertures by hand pressure on the flexible fingers for bending the flexible fingers into the storage container, the flexible fingers enabled by resilient bias thereof for returning to planar congruence when pressure is released therefrom.