Patent ID: 7914094

Claim:
A storage compartment comprising a container defining an access aperture closable by a closure that can be sealed to the container around the aperture and that can be opened by relative movement between the container and the closure in a lateral direction with respect to the aperture, the container having a first sealing loop around the aperture and the closure having a second sealing loop co-operable by alignment with the first sealing loop to maintain a seal when the closure closes the aperture, the sealing loops being moved into and out of mutual alignment by the relative lateral movement between the container and the closure, wherein: the relative lateral movement between the container and the closure causes sliding contact between the sealing loops; at least one of the sealing loops comprises a resiliently flexible seal having an elongate member with generally parallel ridges separated by a web wherein the ridges maintain clearance between the web and a cooperating sealing surface in use and a magnetic or magnetically attractive strip extending along the web for attraction to the other sealing loop, said ridges biasing said magnetic or magnetically attractive strip away from the other sealing loop; and said sealing loops moving from a position wherein they are out of mutual alignment with one another when said closure is in an opened position relative to said container to a position wherein said sealing loops are in mutual alignment with one another when said closure is in a closed position relative to said container to seal said closure to said container by increasing aggregate magnetic attraction between the sealing loops and thereby overcome said bias of said ridges of said resiliently flexible seal.