Patent ID: 8590735
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A flip top container comprising: a container body having a closed bottom, a continuous peripheral wall defining a hollow interior, and an open top for access to the hollow interior and having a top rim portion; a cap pivotally joined to the top portion of the container for swinging relative thereto about an opening-closing axis, the cap having a central portion and a continuous peripheral wall defining a depression of a size to fit tightly over the rim portion of the container body to seal the hollow interior in a closed sealing position of the cap, the cap being manually swingable upward from the closed sealing position to an open position allowing access to the hollow interior and thereafter back downward to the closed sealing position, the cap being swingable between the closed sealing position and the open position without structural damage to the cap and without interfering with the seal of the cap to the container in the closed sealing position after swinging from the closed sealing position to the open position and back to the closed sealing position; and an elongated, cantilever opening tab joined to the peripheral wall of the cap by a tab hinge having a tab swinging axis, the opening tab being manually swingable about the tab swinging axis when the cap is in the closed position from a first orientation extending down from the cap alongside the peripheral wall of the container body to a horizontal orientation extending outward from the tab hinge in a direction away from the cap central portion, the cap and opening tab having cooperating abutments adjacent to the tab swinging axis which abutments are positioned to engage when the opening tab is swung to the horizontal orientation thereby enabling the cap to be pried upward by manipulation of the opening tab as it is moved to and beyond the horizontal position with the cooperating abutments engaged, said abutments including at least one cap stub integral with the peripheral wall of the cap and extending therefrom in a direction away from the peripheral wall toward the tab hinge and a tab stub integral with the opening tab, the tab stub being aligned with the cap stub and being constructed and arranged to engage against the cap stub when the tab is moved to and beyond the horizontal position.