Patent ID: 8421044

Claim:
A radiation shielding lid for a radiation shielding container, the lid comprising: a body having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface; a vial opening defined in the body, the vial opening having a lower end at the lower surface of the body and an upper end intermediate the upper and lower surfaces of the body; a finger recess in the upper surface of the body, the finger recess sized and shaped to allow at least distal portions of at least two digits to enter the finger recess, wherein the finger recess has an upper edge adjacent the upper surface of the body and a lower edge adjacent the upper end of the vial opening; first and second wings extending upward from adjacent the upper end of the vial opening, each of the first and second wings having opposite sides, a top portion, and an inner surface extending partially around a circumference of the upper end of the vial opening; wherein the inner surfaces of the first and second wings and the vial opening together define a vial passageway extending from the top portions of the first and second wings through the lower surface of the body, the vial passageway being sized and shaped for receiving a vial therein; wherein respective adjacent sides of the first and second wings are spaced apart from one another around the vial opening to partially define first and second finger channels leading from the finger recess to the vial passageway, each of the first and second finger channels being sized and shaped to allow at least the distal portion of one of the two digits to enter the corresponding finger channel from the finger recess to facilitate gripping of the vial during at least one of insertion of the vial in the vial passageway and removal of the vial from the vial passageway.