Patent ID: 7243816

Claim:
A container comprising a container body and lid therefor; said body having a rim defining a mouth opening into the interior of said body, pivot means engaged with and between said body and said lid for pivotal movement of said lid between a closed position overlying and closing said mouth and an open position pivoted outward away from said mouth, said lid having a bottom surface, an elastomeric member positioned between said lid and said body, said member including a generally planar seal section affixed to said lid bottom surface, and, in said closed position, being coextensive with and engaging on said rim, said member also including a spring section integral with and extending outward of said seal section, said spring section including an outer portion remote from said seal section and engaged with said container body adjacent said pivot means, said spring section, in said closed position of said lid, being compressed and exerting a biasing force biasing said lid to said open position, and latch means engaged between said lid and said container body to releasably retain said lid in said closed position against the biasing force of said spring section.