Patent ID: 8020723
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A removable locking container lid for covering a container having neck including an outwardly protruding rim, the lid comprising: a top, a bottom, and a circumferential edge; a skirt extending downward from the lid at or near the circumferential edge, the skirt having a bottom edge, an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface shaped to removably attach to the outside of the container neck; and a circumferential flange extending radially outward from the lid, the flange having at least two first portions located approximately at the top of the skirt and extending radially outward from the outer surface of the skirt, at least two second portions located approximately at the bottom of the skirt and extending radially outward from the outer surface of the skirt, and each end of a first portion being connected to a corresponding end of a second portion by a transition section; wherein the skirt includes at least one integral bead protruding inwardly from the inner surface of the skirt at a location opposite each of the second portions to engage a bottom surface of the outwardly protruding rim of the container neck; wherein at least one second portion includes a contoured gripping surface defined by at least three arcuate segments that form finger grips; and wherein the skirt extends above a portion of the top such that the first portion of the flange is located above the top at its circumferential edge while the second portion of the flange is located below the top at its circumferential edge.