Patent ID: 6880716

Claim:
A molded plastic lid for use in combination with a bucket, said bucket having an open top with a circumferential top rim, said lid comprising, in combination: a central portion for covering the open top of the bucket; and a peripheral lid edge section for engaging and fastening to the top rim of the bucket, said peripheral lid edge section including a first outer depending gripping flange with an inwardly projecting lip for gripping the top rim of the bucket, said peripheral lid edge section further including a generally horizontal, radially outwardly extending shelf with an outer extension, and a lid-release flange extending downwardly from the outer extension of said shelf and at least partially radially outwardly from the first depending gripping flange, said lid-release flange extending at least partially circumferentially around the peripheral lid edge section, and at least one generally vertical slot through the horizontal shelf for receipt of a tool blade for elastically deforming the first gripping flange to disengage the inwardly projecting lip thereof from a bucket top rim.