Patent ID: 7731049

Claim:
A container having a wall, especially a bucket or similar, comprising an opening, which is oriented upwards and which can be closed by a cover, and a peripheral container edge, which is drawn outwards in a downward direction on the container wall, where the cover is detachably connected to the container and where said container edge includes at least one tongue-like element, wherein said at least one tongue-like element comprises a recess and said container edge comprises an edge projection that engages said recess, characterized in that said at least one tongue-like element supports the cover in such a way that at least one part of the cover is raised when said at least one tongue-like element is pivoted away from a staffing position on the container wall, characterized in that said at least one tongue-like element engages said container edge from behind with at least one part of said at least one tongue-like element, wherein said at least one part of said at least one tongue-like element is covered by at least one part of said edge projection of said container edge, said at least one part of said at least one tongue-like element can be guided outwards, in front of said container edge, when said at least one tongue-like element is pivoted away from the starting position such that said at least one part of said at least one tongue-like element is visible to a user of said container after said pivoting, and thereafter said at least one part of said at least one tongue-like element cannot be guided back behind said container edge when said at least one tongue-like element is pivoted back towards its starting position.