Patent ID: 7942286

Claim:
A lid for a container comprising: a) a peripheral portion; b) a central portion surrounded by the peripheral portion, a first scored portion defining a boundary between the central portion and the peripheral portion, a second scored portion formed in the central portion and extending from a first score endpoint located on said first scored portion to a second score endpoint spaced apart from said first scored portion, wherein a strip is formed in the central portion between the first scored portion and the second scored portion, and wherein the central portion defines a tab slot having a slot floor; and c) a tab member connected to the strip of the central portion, wherein the strip is configured to separate from the peripheral portion along the first scored portion when a threshold force pulls the tab member away from the central portion, wherein the tab member includes (i) a thumb support structure, and (ii) a handle extending from the thumb support structure, wherein the thumb support structure includes (i) a top surface, (ii) a first lateral sidewall extending from the top surface toward the slot floor, (iii) a second lateral sidewall extending from the top surface toward the slot floor, and (iv) a back wall extending between the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall, wherein (i) the first lateral sidewall includes a first sidewall segment and a second sidewall segment, and (ii) the second lateral sidewall includes a third sidewall segment and a fourth sidewall segment, wherein (i) the back wall is interposed between the first sidewall segment and the third sidewall segment, and (ii) the second sidewall segment and the fourth sidewall segment meet to form a tip that is located at the first score endpoint, wherein the second scored portion extends in a path sequentially from the first score endpoint, along the first sidewall segment, along the second sidewall segment, along the back wall, along the third sidewall segment, and along the strip to the second score endpoint, and wherein said fourth sidewall segment is connected to said strip.