Patent ID: 8906321

Claim:
A reagent kit comprising: a reagent container assembly with at least one reagent container for accommodating a substance, the reagent container including at least one container body and at least one closure which is associated with the container body and which is mountable or provided thereon, wherein the closure comprises a closure base member and a lid supported pivotally on the closure base member for pivotal movement around a lid at least between a closed lid position and another lid position; and an in-transit securing means formed separately from the reagent assemble and from the lid, the in-transit securing means being reversibly coupled to the reagent container assembly in a locking position in which the in-transit securing means secures the lid in the closed lid position and wherein, when coupled to the reagent container assembly, the in-transit securing means is movable by sliding displacement relative to the reagent container assembly in a linear movement in an unlocking direction (A) from the locking position into a release position, wherein the in-transit securing means comprises at least one ramp-shaped engagement element and the lid comprises at least one mating element adapted to cooperate with the engagement element in such a way that, upon sliding displacement of the in-transit securing means mounted on the reagent container assembly from the locking position in the unlocking direction (A), the engagement element and the mating element are in mutual sliding abutment engagement or come into mutual sliding abutment engagement, so that, by sliding displacement of the in-transit securing means in the linear movement in the unlocking direction (A) from the locking position into the release position, the lid is pivoted from the closed lid position into the other lid position.