Patent ID: 7273146

Claim:
A method of opening a container for storing items comprising the steps of: a) providing a nestable container, wherein the container comprises: a container bottom; a side wall extending upward from said bottom and terminating in a rim defining the periphery of said container, said side wall tapering from top to bottom such that the container can nest with one or more like containers when lids are not covering the containers; a lid releasably covering said container; an annular surface discontinuity disposed on said side wall intermediate said rim and said container bottom; a tubular layer of shrinkwrap enveloping said tapered side wall and an outer periphery of the lid thereby securing the lid to the side wall; said shrinkwrap being separable from the lid and rim; and a non-adhesive label trapped between the shrinkwrap and the side wall; and b) separating the shrinkwrap from the lid and rim while said layer of shrinkwrap is formed to and covers said surface discontinuity and conforms to the shape of the surface discontinuity thereby holding the enveloping shrinkwrap in place on the sidewall when the lid is removed while the non-adhesive label is trapped between the shrinkwrap and the side wall, said label remaining trapped after the lid is removed.