Patent ID: 6968972

Claim:
A plastic lid for large commercial and industrial solid waste containers, comprising: a central area of said lid having a single wall ribbed construction; the perimeter edges of said lid having a hollow double wall cross-sectional configuration integrally formed with said central area of said lid; said cross-sectional configuration having a vertical extent of approximately one inch; said lid having a plurality of hinge lugs along the rear edge thereof, said hinge lugs being approximately 1Â¾ inches in height; said lid being substantially symmetrical for permitting alternate stacking with similar lids with adjacent lids facing in opposite directions; and the front edge of said lid being shaped to provide vertical clearance for said hinge lugs on said rear edge when the lid is stacked with edges of adjacent lids being in engagement and adjacent lids being reversed in orientation; whereby said similar lids may be stacked with the vertical height of the stack being equal to the number of lids multiplied by the thickness of the hollow edges, plus the height of the ribs of one lid above the hollow edge thereof.