Abstract: A lid assembly is provided for a pail which is characterized by a receptacle portion that is closed of by a secondary lid. The receptacle portion is provided for storing and displaying items related to the contents of the pail, e.g., small tools or instructions. The lid assembly may also have a pouring spout, either within or outside of the receptacle portion, so that the contents of the pail may be emptied without removing the entire lid assembly.

Abstract: A safety ring for a pail to prevent access to the contents of the pail by a small child. The ring is adapted to fit within and interlock with a pail. Preferably the safety ring is assembled with the lid for the pail, but is separable from the lid once the lid has been attached to the pail, whereupon the ring will remain in the pail when the lid is removed to expose the contents of the pail.

Abstract: A lid for sealing a container has a removable tear skirt. The lid includes a cap portion with a circular crown and depending sidewall. An undulating annular groove which defines a frangible thin walled strip divides the sidewall into an upper section and a lower tear skirt. The cap portion has a reinforced inner wall assembly that is spaced apart from an outer depending wall, the tear skirt being attached to a lower portion of the outer wall. A weakened area adjacent to and intersecting a small lateral slot formed in the undulating groove facilitates breaking of the tear skirt. When the tear skirt is removed, a plurality of bendable flaps are formed at the lower portion of the outer wall. A fastening rib formed on an inner surface of the outer wall is configured to lockingly engage a locking flange on the container for securing the lid to the container. Opening slots provided in the flaps are configured to receive a tool for disengaging the fastening ribs and the locking flange.

Abstract: An open-ended container with unitary external wire bail support posts and tooling for its manufacture in which each support post incorporates a pair of partially overlapping wall segments differently spaced from the sidewall of the container body, the more distant segment being further from the sidewall than the nearer by the thickness of the nearer. In a preferred embodiment, the more distant segment is provided with a slot extending from the end of the wall segment nearest the open end of the container body toward the opposite end of the wall segment, and having a bottom surface defined in part by a portion of the closer wall segment. The closer wall segment is provided with an oppositely directed slot arranged to in part overlap a portion of the first slot. The overlap of the two slots form an aperture dimensioned to accept the bail end. In this embodiment, the supporting structure holding the pair of wall segments apart from the sidewall is concave opening away from the open end of the container.

Abstract: An open-ended container with unitary external wire bail support posts and tooling for its manufacture in which each support post incorporates a pair of partially overlapping wall segments differently spaced from the sidewall of the container body, the more distant segment being further from the sidewall than the nearer by the thickness of the nearer. In a preferred embodiment, the more distant segment is provided with a slot extending from the end of the wall segment nearest the open end of the container body toward the opposite end of the wall segment, and having a bottom surface defined in part by a portion of the closer wall segment. The closer wall segment is provided with an oppositely directed slot arranged to in part overlap a portion of the first slot. The overlap of the two slots form an aperture dimensioned to accept the bail end.

Abstract: An improved plastic container and cover with three connections for sealing the cover to the container. The top end of the container has an annular flange on the inner side of its sidewall forming a slot. The cover has two walls extending downward from its outer lip. The walls mate with the slot and the inner portion of the flange so as to form a straight-sided capped container. Slots may be provided in the outer edge of the cover to allow the cover to be pried off the container.