A lid is part of a container, and serves as the cover or seal, usually one that completely closes the object. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ... Compression seal example A mechanical seal is a device which helps join systems or mechanisms together by preventing leakage (eg. ...
Lids have been found on pottery dating back as far as 3100 BC. Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... (32nd century BC – 31st century BC – 30th century BC – other centuries) (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC) Events 3000 BC – Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis. ...
Often a part of a living creature covering an opening is called a lid. The word has other usages for things that cover something. It is used metaphorically, as in "keeping the lid on the secret."
Also known as cap, closure, seal, closing element, closure element, sealing element
The bottom section of the container includes a projection defining the bottom end of the wall of the middle section, and with the lid are adapted to allow stacking of the container/lid combinations.
In operation, the lid 32 is sealably and detachably connected to the container 10 by placing the lid 32 over the container so that the bead 28 is positioned between the leg 38 and the interior wall 36.
The annular recess 20 of the container and the surface 33 of the lid cooperate to facilitate the stacking of one container upon another.
The container is provided with a sealing means (79) including a sealing member which extends between the locking member (55) and other of the body portion (1) and the lid portion (41) when the locking member is in its locking position.
A container according to claim 1 wherein the locking member is permanently attached to the body portion or the lid portion upon which it is mounted.
A container according to claim 6 wherein the body portion of the container comprises two side walls and two end walls and the locking member is mounted on at least one end wall of the body portion of the container.