Patent ID: 8579150

Claim:
A container ( 1 ) for the storage of products in a modified atmosphere, comprising: a seal; a box ( 2 ) for storing the products; and a lid ( 3 ) for reversibly closing the box ( 2 ) in an airtight manner by means of the seal ( 20 ), the box ( 2 ) having a flat peripheral rim ( 4 ) that comprises an internal flat peripheral rim ( 5 ) and an external flat peripheral rim ( 6 ), the lid ( 3 ) comprising a vertical peripheral rim ( 7 ) that covers an entirety of the external peripheral rim ( 6 ) of the box ( 2 ) when the lid ( 3 ) is removably fitted atop the box ( 2 ) to close the box ( 2 ), the lid ( 3 ) also comprising an internal face ( 8 ) with a peripheral groove ( 10 ) disposed directly opposite the internal flat peripheral rim ( 5 ) of the box ( 2 ) when the lid ( 3 ) closes the box ( 2 ), the seal ( 20 ) comprising i) a foot ( 21 ) that is positioned inside said peripheral groove ( 10 ) of the lid ( 3 ), and ii) a compressible sealing portion attached to the foot ( 21 ) that is crushed against the internal peripheral rim ( 5 ) of the box ( 2 ) when the foot ( 21 ) is in said peripheral groove ( 10 ) and the lid ( 3 ) closes the box ( 2 ), wherein the internal ( 5 ) and external ( 6 ) peripheral rims are in different planes and together constitute a shouldered shape, and wherein the lid ( 3 ) further comprises, between the vertical peripheral rim ( 7 ) and the internal face ( 8 ), a step ( 9 ) having a shape complementary to said shouldered shape of the box ( 2 ), a distance between the plane of the step ( 9 ) and the plane of the internal face ( 8 ) of the lid ( 3 ) being less than a distance separating the planes of the peripheral rims of the box ( 2 ).