Patent ID: 7992737

Claim:
Container for products, the container comprising: two half-shells, with a containing wall and with an open mouth, able to be coupled together mouth-to-mouth so as to form a closed container; and a hinging means connecting the two half-shells together, the hinging means having a hinging axis such as to allow the movement of one of the half-shells with respect to the other one between a closed position of the container and an open position; wherein the container, in its closed configuration, has a minimum overall dimension of between 20 mm and 55 mm; wherein the containing wall of at least one of the half-shells has, in the vicinity of the hinging means, at least one line with a weakened wall thickness, which extends over a section of said wall and which is capable of breakage following stresses applied to at least one of the half-shells and/or to the hinging means connecting the two half-shells; wherein, in the absence of said line with a weakened wall thickness, said stresses would cause breakage of said hinging means; wherein said at least one weakened wall thickness line has a thickness such that it is prone to breakage before breakage of the hinging means which connect the two half-shells; and wherein the container is capable of being in the open position with said at least one weakened wall thickness line unbroken.