Patent ID: 8689997

Claim:
A storage compartment comprising a container, a removable lid and a protecting device, wherein the container is rotationally symmetrical with respect to a symmetry axis and has a circular bottom, the outer periphery of which is connected to a surrounding outer wall, which at the top exhibits a circumventing first rim element that delimits an opening in the upper surface of the container; wherein the lid comprises a second rim element along the outer periphery of the lid, configured to cooperate with the first rim element of the container, wherein the lid also comprises a circumventing U-shaped track configured to extend a predetermined way into the container and to connect the second rim element of the lid to an upper circular surface of the lid, and wherein the U-shaped track has an outer wall, configured to removably grip an inner mantle surface of the cylindrical outer wall of the container; and wherein the protecting device comprises a circumventing skirt, configured to be placed in the U-shaped track, wherein the skirt comprises an upper section configured to be snapped onto the circumventing first rim element, wherein the circumventing first rim element is formed from an extended element of the mantle wall, which element is bent to form a radially extending element, and wherein the skirt comprises at least one first radial projection configured to extend over the whole width of the U-shaped track, wherein the at least one first radial projection comprises an upper delimiting surface flush with the upper circular surface of the lid and a bottom delimiting surface configured to create a gap between said bottom delimiting surface and an upper surface of the bottom of the U-shaped track, whereby the protecting device provides a radial stiffening of an upper rim of the container and the lid to protect against external influence directed towards the upper rim.