Patent ID: 8998030
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package comprising a container formed to include a product-storage region and a brim bordering an opening into the product-storage region and a lid adapted to mate with the brim of the container to close the opening into the product-storage region formed in the container, the lid including a sheet-support ring and a membrane sheet and wherein the sheet-support ring is configured to mate with the brim of the container when the lid is mounted on the container to extend around the opening into the product-storage region and to include an inwardly facing wall arranged to face toward the brim of the container and the membrane sheet has an outer surface bonded permanently to the sheet-support ring to form the lid and an inner surface configured to provide means for mating temporarily and repeatedly with the brim of the container to close the opening into the product-storage region and establish a sealed connection between the membrane sheet and the brim of the container lid when the sheet-support ring of the lid is mated with the brim of the container so that any product stored in the product-storage chamber is retained in a sealed chamber defined by the container and the lid, wherein the membrane sheet includes a perimeter edge arranged to extend between the outer and inner surfaces and to mate with an annular edge-support surface included in the sheet-support ring and arranged to face away from the product-storage region of the container and to be below the opening when the lid and brim are mated.