An apparatus having a body portion and a tab coupled to the body portion via a hinge, wherein the tab comprises a first side edge and a second side edge, and further wherein the tab has a closed position covering an opening in the body and an open position where the opening is uncovered, wherein in the first condition the tab has a first width, and when the tab is in a second condition, the tab has been widened to a second width greater than the first width, and the tab has an outer radial edge that extends towards, but short of, the outer portion of the apparatus, and wherein a flat surface is positioned around the opening, and when the tab is in the second condition the side edges of the widened tab extend over the flat surface when the tab is in the closed position.

A toy container is for accommodating a toy and is made of paper containing a predetermined amount of pulp. Accordingly, the toy container can be an earth-environment friendly product as compared to conventional plastic products that are not naturally decomposable.

The utility model relates to means for closing drinking vessels, and more particularly to lids for disposable cups for hot and cold beverages. The technical result consists in devising a lid for a disposable cup that is simple to produce and can be used for the closure of hot and cold beverages, based on virgin and/or recycled (obtained from polyethylene terephthalate waste) polyethylene terephthalate foam. The essence of the utility model is that the lid for a disposable cup consists of a body with a rim for fastening to the lip of the cup, and an opening for the liquid supply, said lid being made of polyethylene terephthalate foam with a density from 100 kg/m.sup.3 to 900 kg/m.sup.3 and an inherent viscosity from 0.5 dL/g to 1.0 dL/g.

A paper-plastic molded cup cover capable of completely fastening to a cup body, which is an integrally molded cup cover formed by utilizing a paper-plastic molding technique. The inner side of the cup cover is provided with a C-shaped ring accommodating recess, and protruding arc walls respectively project from two ends of the C-shaped ring accommodating recess. By means of the C-shaped ring accommodating recess and the protruding arc walls at the two ends of the C-shaped ring accommodating recess, the upper edge of the cup body may be completely fastened and sealed, and therefore, the effect of complete fastening and sealing is achieved.

A container for holding granular or powdered material. The container includes a base and a lid. The base defines an interior space and an opening to the interior space. The lid is removably attached to the base and adapted to cover the opening. Latches are attached to the outside surface of the lid on opposing sides of the lid. Inwardly extending lugs on the inside surface of the latch are correspondingly positioned to contact deflectors on the outside surface of the base during attachment of the lid to the base.

The present invention provides a packaging container for bulk solids, the container comprising a container body and a container lid. The container body includes wall portions that define a container opening. The lid comprises an upper outer lid surface which includes a slanted lid surface. The upper outer lid surface and the slanted lid surface each having a projected surface in the plane of the container opening. The projected surface of the slanted lid surface constitutes from 40% to 100%, 50% to 90%, or 60% to 80% of the projected surface of the upper outer lid surface. The slanted lid surface is slanted such that when the lid is in a closed position at the container opening, a front end edge of the slanted lid surface is located lower in the height direction of the container than a rear end edge of the slanted lid surface.

A removable container for powder or liquid includes a housing, a spilling mechanism and a bypass element. The housing hangs within a bottle and is capable of storing powder within the bottle while being sealed from a precursor liquid held within the bottle. The spilling mechanism enables the powder to spill out of the housing and into the precursor liquid and the bypass element provides the precursor liquid out of the bottle without mixing with the stored powder.

A method of forming an undercut which is engageable with an edge, on a side wall of a cover intermediate body using a cover intermediate body and a secondary processing die. In the secondary processing die, a moving inner core has, on the outer surface thereof, a concave shape corresponding to a convex shape of the inner surface of the undercut. The moving inner core is made up of a plurality of core segments which are arranged along the circumferential direction. Each core segment is vertically movable along an inclined surface of a core. When the moving inner core is moved upward, the moving inner core transforms smaller than the inner diameter of the side wall of a cover. The slide core has, on the inner surface thereof, a convex shape corresponding to the concave shape of the undercut.

The present invention is directed to containers for holding non-food items having a living hinge and a quad or multi seal structure on the lid such that the seal created by the contact of the lid with the inside of the cup or container ensures a secure, friction fit orientation to prevent spillage or leakage of the contents therein. The quad or multi directional seal is created by multiple ribs on the lid that securably fit within the base of the container and indentations oriented in the bases, or by multiple ribs on the lid that securably fit within a channel structure in the top of the base of the container, the channel structure having the indentations in order to create a secure fit.

An apparatus for dispensing a single container for containing foodstuffs includes a housing, a lift subassembly, and a transfer subassembly. The housing at least partially defines an inner area. The lift subassembly is coupled to the housing and disposed at least partially within the inner area. The lift subassembly includes a nest configured to support a plurality of containers disposed in a stack and translate with respect to the housing in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction. The transfer subassembly is coupled to the housing and disposed at least partially within the inner area. The transfer subassembly includes a end effector. The end effector is configured to operatively engage a first container of the plurality of containers to remove the first container from the stack and move the first container outside of the inner area.