Patent ID: 8839975

Claim:
A container and lid, comprising: a container having: a container body having a sidewall extending from a base and an opening; a container bead below un upper rim of the opening and extending around the periphery of the container a container tooth at a periphery of the container body; a bumper extending from an external surface of the sidewall, the bumper including: a first bumper portion at a periphery of the container body and having one or more first retention slots; and a second bumper portion at a periphery of the container body and having one or more second retention slots; a lid having: a lid body configured to cover the opening of the container body, the lid body including a hinge configured to allow a pivoting portion of the lid body to open while a remaining portion of the lid body remains closed; a lift tab extending downwardly from a periphery of the pivoting portion of the lid body, wherein the lift tab has a tooth slot therein, wherein the container tooth is configured to extend into the tooth slot, one or more first retention hooks along a periphery of the pivoting portion of the lid body, wherein the one or more first retention slots are configured to receive the one or more first retention books; and one or more second retention hooks along a periphery of the remaining portion of the lid body, wherein the one or more second retention slots are configured to receive the one or more second retention hooks; a tear strip configured to separate the one or more first retention hooks from the pivoting portion of the lid body; the container further comprising: a pull lever having a solid lever bar pivotally attached to an external surface of the sidewall below the container tooth and configured to lift the lift tab by pulling a lower edge of the pull lever in an upward direction, thereby removing the container tooth from the tooth slot in the lift tab; and a depressible lever guard adjacent a lower edge of the pull lever and configured to block access to the lower edge of the pull lever when the lever guard is in a normal state and to allow access to the lower edge of the pull lever when the lever guard is pressed toward the container body.