Patent ID: 7040501
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A plastic lidded barrel ( 10 ) having a barrel body ( 20 ) with an upper open end defined by an upper barrel edge ( 28 ) and a radially inwardly facing wall surface, a plastic barrel lid ( 12 ) covering the open end of the barrel in a closed position of the lid, said lid having a central section and an outer lid edge ( 16 ) which in cross-section defines a downwardly facing U-shaped part overlying said upper barrel edge ( 28 ) with an outer downwardly facing peripheral edge disposed radially outwardly of said barrel edge ( 28 ), a U-shaped tension-ring closure member ( 14 ), which in said closed position of the lid engages with an upper leg of said tension-ring closure member over an upwardly facing surface of said outer lid edge ( 16 ) and engages with a lower leg of said tension-ring closure member under an outer downwardly facing barrel edge ( 18 ) that extends below the upper barrel edge ( 28 ), characterized in that: a) said barrel lid ( b) an outer ring flange ( c) a radially outwardly facing surface disposed along said second side wall (