Patent ID: 7950546
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A substantially moisture tight container and cap assembly for storing and packaging moisture-sensitive items comprising an assembly with a container and a cap, the cap is attached by a hinge to an upper housing portion of the container, the container has a container base, and a sidewall depending upwardly from the container base, a top container surface extends inward from the sidewall, the top container surface is provided with an opening that permits access to the interior of the container, the cap has a cap base with an outer periphery that extends over at least a portion of the container, the cap base is provided with a skirt that depends downwardly from the cap base, the skirt is configured at a location on the cap base that allows the skirt to enter into a sealing relationship with the container, the cap includes a member that depends downwardly from the cap, the member is configured to abut at least a portion of the interior side of the container when the cap is in the closed position resulting in a substantially moisture tight seal between the container and the cap, and the container assembly further comprising a container base, the upper housing portion defined by the sidewall and the top container surface and a barrier film, the upper housing portion is capable of being snap-fit into the container base with the barrier film placed over a bottom of the upper housing portion to form a substantially moisture-tight seal.