Patent ID: 8240491
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A canister comprising a container formed to include a product-receiving chamber and a mouth opening into the product-receiving chamber and a closure configured to mount on the container to assume an installed position closing the mouth formed in the container when rotated relative to the container about an axis of rotation, wherein the closure includes a lid having a top wall and a skirt coupled to the top wall and configured to cooperate with the top wall to form an interior region of the lid, the closure further includes a first lid anchor coupled to the top wall and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the skirt, the container includes a body formed to include the product-receiving chamber and a filler neck coupled to the body and formed to include a passageway communicating with the mouth and the product-receiving chamber, a rim, and a closure retainer coupled to an exterior surface of the rim to lie outside the passageway and configured to mate with the first lid anchor to retain the closure in the installed position on the container, wherein the lid further includes a second lid anchor coupled to the top wall and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the skirt and to the first lid anchor to locate the rim of the filler neck therebetween and to mate with the closure retainer when the closure is retained in the installed position on the container, and wherein the first lid anchor includes a first lug support coupled to the top wall and arranged to extend downwardly away from the top wall toward the body of the container and a first anchor lug coupled to the first lug support and arranged to extend toward the rim to mate with the closure retainer upon movement of the closure to assume the installed position on the container and the second lid anchor includes a second lug support coupled to the top wall and arranged to extend downwardly away from the top wall toward the body of the container and a second anchor lug coupled to the second lug support and arranged to extend toward the rim to mate with the closure retainer upon movement of the closure to assume the installed position on the container.