Patent ID: 7837052

Claim:
A plastic container and lid, comprising: a container bead on an exterior of a container, the container exterior having at least one corner region; a first flange below the container bead and extending from the container exterior; a second flange below the first flange and extending from the container exterior, wherein the distance the second flange extends from the container exterior is greater than the distance the first flange extends from the container exterior, wherein the second flange crosses the corner region of the container exterior; a third flange below the second flange and extending from the container exterior, wherein the distance the third flange extends from the container exterior is greater than the distance the first flange extends from the container exterior, wherein the third flange crosses the corner region of the container exterior; a bumper contacting the second flange and the third flange; a central body portion of a lid having a generally horizontal orientation; an outer lid skirt extending generally vertically downward around a periphery of the central body portion; a tearline on the outer lid skirt extending around the periphery of the central body portion defining between an upper portion of the outer lid skirt and a lower tearstrip portion of the outer lid skirt; a lid bead on the interior of the tearstrip configured to secure the lid to the container and positioned to be below the container bead when the lid is secured to the container; and an opening at a lateral end of the tearstrip and configured to receive a manipulator therein, wherein the tearstrip is configured to maintain the opening when the tearstrip is removed, wherein the first flange is configured to extend from the container exterior at least to the lid bead and at most to the interior of the tearstrip when the lid is secured to the container, wherein the second flange extends at least to the exterior of the tearstrip when the lid is secured to the container, and wherein the tearstrip extends generally vertically downward to a close proximity with the second flange when the lid is secured to the container.