Container and lid assembly

Claim 1

A CONTAINER AND LID ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND MEANS ENCLOSING THE AREAR OCCUPIED BY SAID BOTTOM WALL TO DEFINE THE MOUTH OF SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING A SIDE WALL HAVING AN OUTSTANDING BEAD ALONG THE UPPER LIMITS OF SAID SIDE WALL, A ONE-PIECE SEMI-RIGID LID OF SUCH SIZE AS TO CLOSE THE MOUTH OF SIAD CONTAINER, A FLANGE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERAL LIMITS OF SAID LID ADAPTED TO ENCOMPASS SAID BEAD OF THE CONTAINER WHEN SAID LID IS IN CLOSED POSITION RELATIVE TO THE MOUTH OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID FLANGE HAVING CONTAINER BEAD ENGAGING SURFACE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF THE FLANGE OFFSET INWARDLY OF THE AREA BOUNDED BY SAID FLANGE AND SPACED APART LENGTHWISE OF SAID LID AND A LIP EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID INWARDLY OFFSET AREAS WITH WHICH SAID CONTAINER BEAD HAS A SNAP-ON FIT TO RELEASABLY SECURE SAID LID IN CLOSED POSITION RELATIVE TO THE MOUTH OF SAID CONTAINER, SIAD LID HAVING AN OPENING INTERSECTING AN AREA OF THE FLANGE AND A PORTION OF THE LID EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID AREA OF THE FLANGE CENTRALLY OF POSITION OCCUPIED BY A PAIR OF SAID BEAD ENGAGING SURFACE OF THE FLANGE, SAID OPENING PROVIDING ACCESS TO A PORTION OF THE CONTAINER BEAD BRIDGING SAID OPENING FOR THE APPLICATION OF PRESSURE AGAINST SAID LATTER PORTION OF THE BEAD IN A DIRECTION BOTTOMWARD OF SAID CONTAINER TO RELEASE SAID CONTAINER BEAD FROM SAID LATTER PAIR OF BEAD ENGAGING SURFACE OF THE FLANGE AND THE LIP ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SURFACES.