Lid with Integrated Lever for use with a Container

摘要

An injection-moulded plastics lid (3) for use on a receptacle (2) to form a container for paint or the like has an integral opener (4) which is releasably retained on the lid by means of a hook (14) on the opener fitting around a flange (10) on the lid. There is a gap between the outer periphery of the flange and the receptacle, and a space beneath the underside of the flange which accommodate the hook. Upward movement of the other end of the opener causes the outer arcuate profile of the hook to cam against a corresponding curved profile on the inner top of the rim of the receptacle such as to urge the lid out of the receptacle. The opener allows the lid to be used with existing filling machinery, is unlikely to get lost and yet is easy to use. The opener may be injection moulded optionally followed by stretch blow moulding from a plastic material.