US 11,753,240 B2
Document destruction lid
Adam Donald Julien, Oswego, IL (US); and Sean Mason, Woodstock, GA (US)
Assigned to Impact Plastics Corporation, Elgin, IL (US); and Sierra Container Group, Ocala, FL (US)
Filed by IMPACT PLASTICS CORPORATION, Elgin, IL (US); and SIERRA CONTAINER GROUP, Ocala, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,398.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,583, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387800 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B65F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/1607 (2013.01) [B65F 1/1615 (2013.01); B65F 2210/148 (2013.01); B65F 2240/1562 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid comprising:
a skirt extending around a periphery of the lid for securing the lid to a container,
wherein the skirt comprises a vertical sidewall extending downward from a top surface of the lid;
a security structure for depositing documents into the container, wherein the security structure comprises:
a front wall extending upwards from a top surface of the lid,
a horizontal slot arranged in a surface of the front wall,
a rear wall extending upwards from the top surface of the lid opposite the front wall; and
a top surface joining the front wall to the rear wall,
wherein the horizontal slot comprises a rearward facing lip around a periphery of the horizontal slot,
wherein a separation angle between the front wall and the rear wall is approximately 20°-30°.