Device for hinging covers on containers

Claim 1

A CONTAINER STRUCTURE COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE DEFINING AN OPEN TOP AND A SIDE WALL STRUCTURE, A CLOSURE FOR CLOSING THE RECEPTACLE TOP WITH THE CLOSURE INCLUDING A PINTLE STRUCTURE ALONG ONE EDGE THEREOF THAT IS SPACED FROM THE CLOSURE ALONG ITS MID PORTION AND CONNECTED TO THE CLOSURE AT ITS ENDS, AND A DEVICE FOR HINGING THE CLOSURE TO SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER DEFINING A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL WALLS SPACED TO BE RECEIVED OVER ONE END OF THE RECEPTACLE SIDE WALL STRUCTURE, AND A WEB PORTION WITH SAID WALLS PROJECTING FROM THE SAME SIDE OF SAID WEB PORTION, PROTUBERANCE MEANS PROJECTING FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID WALLS FOR LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE WHEN THE SIDE WALL STRUCTURE OF THE RECEPTACLE IS RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID WALLS, SAID DEVICE FURTHER INCLUDING A PAIR OF FINGERS PROJECTING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID WEB PORTION, SAID FINGERS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID MEMBER A DIMENSION THAT IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID PINTLE STRUCTURE, ONE OF SAID FINGERS BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID WEB PORTION AND THE OTHER OF SAID FINGERS BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID WEB PORTION, SAID ONE FINGER HAVING ITS END PORTION ANGLED IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID OTHER WEB PORTION EDGE AND SAID OTHER FINGER HAVING ITS END PORTION ANGLED IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID ONE WEB PORTION EDGE, WITH THE ANGLED PORTIONS OF SAID FINGERS BEING SPACED FROM SAID WEB PORTION A DIMENSION THAT IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID PINTLE STRUCTURE, SAID FINGERS THEREBY DEFINING A SEAT FOR THE PINTLE STRUCTURE, WHEREBY THE PINTLE STRUCTURE MAY BE APPLIED TO SAID SEAT BY DISPOSING THE PINTLE STRUCTURE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID WALLS, INSERTING SAID PINTLE STRUCTURE IN THE SPACE BETWEEEN SAID FINGERS THAT SEPARATES THEM LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID MEMBER, AND THEN SWINGING SAME INTO SUBSTANTIAL PARALLELISM WITH SAID WALLS.