Beverage container with removable top
First Claim
1. A wide mouth beverage container containing a removable lid, the container comprising a base, an internal side wall extending generally upwardly from the base to a rim, an external side wall depending from the rim to a shoulder portion extending inwardly from the external side wall thereby forming an annular land portion, the removable lid comprising a main portion extending within the rim, and a sleeve portion that, when the lid is affixed to the container, extends over the rim and along the external side wall, wherein an edge of the sleeve portion includes a resiliently deformable return lip which is folded inwardly towards the side wall and upwardly towards the main portion of the lid from a lower tip of the side wall, such that the return lip extends upwardly towards the main portion of the lid at an acute angle to the sleeve portion, the return lip having a free end located laterally inside the sleeve portion and between the main portion of the removable lid and the lower tip of the sleeve portion, said upwardly extending lip of the return abutting against the annular land portion thereby attaching the lid to the container.
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Abstract
A beverage container containing a removable lid, the container including a rim, a side wall depending from the rim, a shoulder portion extending inwardly from the side wall, the removable lid comprising an edge extending over the rim, and along the side wall, and against the shoulder portion thereby attaching the lid to the container.
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- 1. A wide mouth beverage container containing a removable lid, the container comprising a base, an internal side wall extending generally upwardly from the base to a rim, an external side wall depending from the rim to a shoulder portion extending inwardly from the external side wall thereby forming an annular land portion, the removable lid comprising a main portion extending within the rim, and a sleeve portion that, when the lid is affixed to the container, extends over the rim and along the external side wall, wherein an edge of the sleeve portion includes a resiliently deformable return lip which is folded inwardly towards the side wall and upwardly towards the main portion of the lid from a lower tip of the side wall, such that the return lip extends upwardly towards the main portion of the lid at an acute angle to the sleeve portion, the return lip having a free end located laterally inside the sleeve portion and between the main portion of the removable lid and the lower tip of the sleeve portion, said upwardly extending lip of the return abutting against the annular land portion thereby attaching the lid to the container.
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15. A wide mouth beverage container containing a removable lid, the container comprising a base, a sidewall extending generally upwardly from the base to a rim, the sidewall having an internal surface and an external surface depending from the rim to a shoulder portion extending inwardly from the external surface thereby forming an annular land portion, the removable lid comprising a main portion extending within the rim, and a rigid sleeve portion that, when the lid is affixed to the container, extends over the rim and along the external surface of the container, wherein a lower edge of the rigid sleeve portion includes a resiliently deformable return lip which is located inwardly towards the sidewall and extending upwardly towards the main portion of the lid, the junction of the lower edge of the rigid sleeve of the lid and the return lip defining a pivot point therebetween about which the return lip pivots relative to the rigid sleeve during attachment of the lid to the annular land portion of the container,
wherein, when the lid is being attached to the container, the resiliently deformable return lip transforms between a deformed condition in which the return lip abuts the sidewall of the container and is deformed towards an inner surface of the rigid sleeve portion, and an under formed condition in which the return lip returns to a naturally biased state in abutment with the annular land portion.
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