A shoe or cleat cleaning and transport unit structured as a box providing a storage cavity, in which a cleaning tray is removably positioned and resting on support structure whereby the tray is elevated above the box floor to provide a debris collection receptacle space between the floor and the tray, wherein the tray is formed with multiple upstanding brush or other mud scraping structure bordered by debris exit ports extending through the tray and opening into the debris collection space between the tray and the box floor.

A cooler for maintaining food, beverage containers and/or consumable liquids in a thermally managed state. The cooler generally includes a housing having one or more cavities, a cover to selectively close or open the cavities and a plurality of tie down notches within the exterior portion of the housing to receive an elongated fastener for tying down the cooler. The cooler may include a first cavity that receives a food container and a second cavity that receives beverage containers. The first cavity may also store a liquid, such as water, that is dispensed from a spigot connected to the housing. A first cover and a second cover selectively close and open the cavities. The first cover includes a first access opening that removably receives the food container so the first cover doesn't have to be opened to retrieve the food container and its contents.

A lid for a container includes snap-fit hooks for interlocking engagement in complementing latching openings of an outwardly projecting flange of a jacket of the container, and stacking parts disposed on a lower side of the lid close to the periphery for form-fitting engagement in complementing stacking parts on an upper side of a further said lid, when the lids are stacked. The lower side of the lid and the upper side of the further lid have each a central region that forms a contact area via which compressive forces are transmissible in the presence of a contact between the contact areas of the lower side of the lid and the contact area of the upper side of the further lid.

A sheet metal lid has a rim portion removably secured to a container and includes a vent button having a top wall portion surrounded by a side wall portion and an outwardly projecting flange portion. A portion of the button has an arcuate shear line extending substantially into or through the sheet metal, and the sheet metal is flattened or compressed at the shear line to form positively connected opposing sheet metal portions. A resilient sealant material is bonded to the inner surface of the vent button, and the opposing sheet metal portions and the sealant material form a small gap for releasing a vacuum or pressure from the container in response to downward pressure on the top wall portion of the vent button.

This invention relates to a tamper evident container comprising a base, a lid, and a tab, wherein the lid has a hidden edge seated on the base and tab is a separate article that is bonded to the lid. The tab is preferably used to demonstrate overt evidence of tampering with the container and to disengage the lid from the base. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the tab is bonded at first and second tab portions on a lid surface near a middle lid edge of the lid. The second portion of the tab comprises a bonded tab marker and a bridge. When the tab is pulled away from the lid, the bonded tab marker breaks away from the tab at a frangible line, and remains bonded to the lid as evidence of tampering with the container. Absent the marker, the boundaries of the bridge define a finger hole in the tab that may be used to unseat the lid from the base.

A cover includes a bistable flap mechanism made of a plastic with at least two material components. The cover can be produced in one piece in a multi-component injection molding technique. At a transitional area between a front wall and an edge portion, the plastic is sufficiently stiff (preferably due to greater material thickness) to ensure that an angle enclosed in the transitional area from the side wall to the edge portion remains constant in both bistable states. Expansion portions provided in the edge portion ensure that the outer circumference of the edge portion can increase/decrease from one bistable state to the other bistable state. A closing system including the cover is also provided.

A two-piece spill proof open cup is disclosed comprising a container suitable for holding liquids, such as a beverage, and a lid. The container has a sidewall, a neck adjacent the sidewall and an opening defined by the neck. The neck has a flange along an edge of the neck and a plurality of posts adjacent the flange. The lid is adapted to fasten to the container. The lid has an upper surface external to the two-piece spill proof open cup and a lower surface internal to the two-piece spill proof open cup. The lid also has a flap, a lid body with a vent, a hinge connecting the flap to the lid body, a handle on the upper surface and a bead having channels. The bead is integrated into the lower surface. The lid flap is adapted to form a liquid tight seal between the lid and container.

A cooler for maintaining food, beverage containers and/or consumable liquids in a thermally managed state. The cooler generally includes a housing having one or more cavities, a cover to selectively close or open the cavities and a plurality of tie down notches within the exterior portion of the housing to receive an elongated fastener for tying down the cooler. The cooler may include a first cavity that receives a food container and a second cavity that receives beverage containers. The first cavity may also store a liquid, such as water, that is dispensed from a spigot connected to the housing. A first cover and a second cover selectively close and open the cavities. The first cover includes a first access opening that removably receives the food container so the first cover doesn't have to be opened to retrieve the food container and its contents.

A hinged tub covering device for covering a popcorn container includes a ring with a groove extending circumferentially around its inner face. The groove is sized and shaped complementarily to a lip of a top of a container and enter into snap fit engagement with the lip to removably attach the ring to the container. A domed cover is hingedly attached to the ring and selectively closes the top of the container. When the domed cover closed, it retains popcorn within the container, and, when open, the popcorn can be added to the container and is accessible to a user. A cutout is positioned in the domed cover and is selectively closable by means of a flap, which is hingedly attached to the domed cover. When closed, the flap retains the popcorn within the container, and when open, a flavoring agent can be added to the container.

A lid comprises a main portion and a peripheral lip portion comprising a pair of tapered surfaces, the peripheral lip portion offset relative to a thickness of the main portion toward an upper surface thereof. A living hinge is disposed between and connecting the main portion and the peripheral lip portion. A handle upstands on the upper surface of the main portion. An abutment upstands on the upper surface of the main portion and surrounds the handle.