Patent ID: 8720686

Claim:
A lidded container assembly, comprising: a container, the container includes a body for receiving contents through an opening formed in the container, a lid mounted to the body for rotation between a closed position to enclose the opening and an opened position to open the opening; a flag extends from a coupling assembly that joins the container and the flag to allow rotation of the flag between a lowered position over the lid in the closed position thereof and a raised position, and friction between the coupling assembly and container resists relative rotation between the flag and the container; when the container is moved from an upright position to an inverted position, gravity automatically moves the lid from the closed position to the open position, and the lid acts on the flag positioned over the lid to overcome the friction between the coupling assembly and the container to rotate the flag from the lowered position to the raised position; and when the container is subsequently returned from the inverted position to the upright position, gravity automatically moves the lid from the open position to the closed position, the friction between the coupling assembly and the container automatically holds the flag in the raised position, gravity is insufficient to overcome the friction between the coupling assembly and the container to rotate the flag from the raised position to the lowered position, and only a force greater than gravity is required to overcome the friction between the coupling assembly and the container to rotate the flag from the raised position to the lowered position.