Patent ID: 7963421

Claim:
A hinged lid structure configured to be attached to a container having a free end, a sidewall depending therefrom, and a bottom, said lid structure comprising: a rim including a flange and a skirt, said flange configured to overlie said container free end and said skirt configured to be positioned outside of and circumscribe at least a portion of said container free end; a mount structure including a pair of spaced apart wall members forming a channel therebetween configured to receive less than an entire periphery of an upper portion of said container sidewall; a hinge including two flexible torsion members connecting said rim to said mount structure; a latch member attached to said rim having a tab and a lock undercut protrusion projecting from said tab configured for engaging an upper portion of a sidewall of said container; wherein said tab is secured to at least one edge of said skirt at a fracture directing zone; and wherein said torsion members are in a substantially untwisted state when said lid structure is in a closed position and in a twisted state when said lid structure is in an open position.