Patent ID: 8540948

Claim:
A lidded container made of plastic for laboratory use having a tubular container ( 2 ) which at the bottom has a container base ( 5 ), at the top a container opening ( 6 ) and below the container opening ( 6 ) a sealing region ( 8 ) on the internal wall, a lid ( 11 ) which has a lid base ( 12 ) and a plug ( 13 ) protruding from the inside of the lid base, and which may be inserted through the container opening ( 6 ) into a sealed position in the sealing region ( 8 ), and locking means for releasably locking the lid ( 11 ) to the container ( 2 ) comprising at least one latching projection projecting radially outward at the top edge of the container ( 9 . 2 ), and at least one flexible and elastic connecting link ( 20 ) projecting from the bottom side of the lid base ( 12 ) on which a latching edge ( 23 ) is arranged at a distance from the lid base vertically below the connection of the connecting link ( 20 ) to the lid base, and the latching edge can be snapped into the sealing area ( 8 ) below the latching projection ( 9 . 2 ) when the plug ( 13 ) is introduced, wherein the latching edge ( 23 ) of the bottom margin is a cutout ( 22 ) in the connecting link ( 20 ).