Patent ID: 8028854

Claim:
A lid assembly ( 20 ) for a container ( 22 ) of the type presenting an endless top rim ( 24 ), said lid assembly comprising; a frame ( 26 ) having a bottom periphery ( 30 ) for engaging the rim ( 24 ) of the container ( 22 ), a pair of parallel and spaced sidewalls ( 38 ) extending from said bottom periphery ( 30 ), said bottom periphery ( 30 ) presenting lower edges ( 50 ) extending between said sidewalls ( 38 ), characterized by said sidewalls ( 38 ) each being shell-shaped and presenting an interior surface facing one another with each having an upper concave central edge ( 48 ) and interconnected by said lower edges ( 50 ) to define opposed L-shaped openings ( 54 ) in said frame ( 26 ) disposed between said central edges ( 48 ) and extending downward to said lower edges ( 50 ), a pair of identical movable closure flaps ( 28 ) each having an L-shaped cross-section complementary to and disposed in said L-shaped openings ( 54 ) and abutting one another at respective abutting ends ( 66 ) to extend away from one another along said central edge ( 28 ) and downward to a lower end ( 70 ) along said lower edges ( 50 ) in a closed position.