Patent ID: 6024246
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An apparatus for covering a container comprising:a container having a cylinder body, an upper opening, a sloped flange slightly extending outward from the opening and a handle on a lateral periphery;a squeeze lid of a circular body including first and second lower flanges concentrically formed and extending downward from an outer edge of the body wherein the second lower flange is slightly longer than said first lower flange and extends slightly inward so as to define an annular gap therebetween engageable with the sloped flange of said container, an upper flange extending upward from the edge of the circular body to define a circular space in the upper surface of the body and a plurality of first radial slits spacedly formed in said upper flange;a reinforcement ring including a second radial slit in a circumference thereof, said reinforcement ring being engageable into the circular space of said squeeze lid and stopped against the inner periphery of said upper flange;whereby said reinforcement ring presses the upper flange of said squeeze lid and forces the second lower flange inward to tightly close the upper opening of said container.