Patent ID: 6845877

Claim:
A plastic container with a snap lid, the container having a top edge region, an inside and an outer snap edge provided on the top edge region of the container for the lid to snap onto, the lid having a circumferential sealing web projecting downwards that contacts the inside of the container providing a sealing region, at least one projection extending in an essentially radial and essentially vertical direction provided on the lid radially inside the sealing web, wherein a vertical extension of an area of the at least one projection adjacent to the sealing web is smaller than a total vertical extension of the at least one projection, wherein the sealing region of the sealing web on the inside of the container is at level with the outer snap edge or at least one radially outward protruding reinforcing rib is integrally molded on the top edge region of the container and the sealing region of the sealing web is at level or roughly level with the radially outward protruding reinforcing rib of the container.