Abstract: A lid for a container is disclosed. The lid has a paperboard tube that surrounds a plastic resin skirt. The skirt is attached to the perimeter of a central panel, which may also be formed of paperboard. The tube may have a projecting portion that is deformed toward the central panel. The tube provides an outwardly facing surface for the display of high quality graphics. A method of making the lid is also disclosed. The method includes placing the tube within a mold and injecting plastic resin into the mold to form the skirt. The central panel may also be placed in the mold prior to molding. Engagement of the mold with the tube may be used to deform the projecting portion of the tube.

Abstract: An apparatus for closing wide skin defects may be used with two long interdermal needles configured for insertion underneath skin close to margins of a skin defect. The skin closing apparatus may include two retaining members (70, 71) configured as a flange connecting two legs (20) and forming a U-shaped profile. Each of the legs may include either a sharp book (23) or a blunt skin insertion element at the end of the leg adapted for percing the skin and engaging one of the long interdermal needles. Alternatively, the retaining members may include topical engagement elements for engaging portions of the interdermal needles which are located above the skin surface. A contracting mechanism such as a screw (82) may connect the retaining members and approximate the interdermal needles, while bringing the skin margins together until final closure of the skin defect results.