Patent ID: 9216849
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A plastic container, comprising: a first portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange; a second portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange, the first portion and the second portion defining a container volume; a hinge joining the peripheral flange of first portion and the peripheral flange of the second portion, the hinge having a pivot line about which the first and second portions rotate and two arcuate segments adjacent to respective ends of the pivot line, the pivot line being tangent to the peripheral flange of the first portion and tangent to at least a portion of each arcuate segment; and wherein the flange of the first portion extends further than the flange of the second portion adjacent to each end of the pivot line to create a seamless periphery being free of any vertices and cusps about the container when the container is closed.