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A lid (2) for a container (1) which lid comprises: a cover portion (5) adapted to extend over the container (1); an implement (3) adapted for use with contents (27) of the container, and a hinge (4, 6) connecting the cover portion (5) to the implement (3), wherein the implement is adapted to be rota

A lid (2) for a container (1) which lid comprises: a cover portion (5) adapted to extend over the container (1); an implement (3) adapted for use with contents (27) of the container, and a hinge (4, 6) connecting the cover portion (5) to the implement (3), wherein the implement is adapted to be rotated about the hinge (4, 6) into a storage position in which the implement lies against the cover portion. The cover portion may also be provided with an anti-tamper device or a tamper resistant or tamper proof arrangement.

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A lid (2) for a container (1) which lid comprises: a cover portion (5) adapted to extend over the container (1); an implement (3) adapted for use with contents (27) of the container, and a hinge (4, 6) connecting the cover portion (5) to the implement (3), wherein the implement is adapted to be rota

A lid (2) for a container (1) which lid comprises: a cover portion (5) adapted to extend over the container (1); an implement (3) adapted for use with contents (27) of the container, and a hinge (4, 6) connecting the cover portion (5) to the implement (3), wherein the implement is adapted to be rotated about the hinge (4, 6) into a storage position in which the implement lies against the cover portion. The cover portion may also be provided with an anti-tamper device or a tamper resistant or tamper proof arrangement. rmined effort. 3. The storage system of claim 1, in which the diagonal members are provided with at least one dissipative zone for undergoing plastic deformation when submitted to a seismic vibration with an effort higher than a predetermined effort, while the horizontal members are members which undergo substantially only elastic deformation when submitted to a seismic vibration with an effort equal to 1.3 times said predetermined effort. 4. The storage system of claim 1, in which two adjacent columns are linked one to the other by at least four diagonal members each provided with at least one dissipative zone and by at least three linking means connecting one of said ends of each diagonal member to an end of another diagonal member. 5. The storage system of claim 1, in which all of the plurality of diagonal members are provided with at least one dissipative zone. 6. The storage system of claim 1, in which each diagonal member is provided with at least two dissipative zones distant from each other. 7. The storage system of claim 1, in which each of said plurality of diagonal members is a profile having a first end connected to a first vertical column, a second end connected to a second vertical column, and a longitudinal portion extending between said ends, whereby said first and second ends have a thickness which is greater than the thickness of the longitudinal portion. 8. The storage system of claim 1, in which each of said plurality of diagonal members is a profile having a first end connected to a first vertical column, a second end connected to a second vertical column, and a longitudinal portion extending between said ends, whereby each of said first and second ends corresponds to a folded portion of the profile, so that each said end is flattened and has a total thickness at least equal to about twice the thickness of the central part of the diagonal member. 9. The storage system of claim 1, in which each of said plurality of diagonal members is a profile having a first end connected to a first vertical column, a second end connected to a second vertical column, and a longitudinal portion extending between said ends, whereby each of said first and second ends corresponds to a folded portion of the profile, so that each of said ends is flattened and has a total thickness at least equal to about 3 times the thickness of the central part of the diagonal member. 10. The storage system of claim 1, in which at least one of the diagonal members is formed of a metal and in which the dissipative zone of said one diagonal member is formed by removing materials from the central part of the diagonal member at the place of said dissipative zone. 11. The storage system of claim 10, in which at least one of the diagonal members has a longitudinally extending central part with a cross section, whereby the dissipative zone is formed by removing at least 25% of the material in the cross section of the central part. 12. The storage system of claim 1, in which at least one of the diagonal members has a longitudinally extending central part with a defined length, whereby the dissipative zone extends on a major portion of the central part. 13. The storage system of claim 1, in which at least one of the diagonal members is a longitudinal profile, the ends of which are a folded portion of the profile, said portion being folded around at least an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction of the profile. 14. The storage system of claim 1, in which the profile has at least two longitudinal elements connected therebetween along a folding line, whereby said two longitudinal elements define therebetween an angle from 15° to 175° in the longitudinal portion extending between the two ends, while at said two ends, said two longitudinal elements are flattened so as to extend adjacent to each other. 15. The storage system of claim 1, in which each of said plurality of diagonal members is a profile having a first end connected to a one of said plura lity of vertical columns and a second end connected to a different one of said plurality of vertical columns, and a central longitudinal portion extending between said ends, whereby the profile has at least two longitudinal elements connected therebetween by a longitudinal connecting elements, said two longitudinal elements being at least partly distant from each other in the central longitudinal portion, while being adjacent to each other at the ends. 16. The storage system of claim 1, in which each end of at least one of the plurality of diagonal members is flat and connected to a column by means of a single connecting element extending between one of said ends and the column. 17. The storage system of claim 1, in which the dissipative zone is a zone of the longitudinal central part which is provided with openings, whereby each opening having a maximum length measured parallel to the longitudinal direction of central part and a maximum width measured perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, the maximum length being at least equal to the maximum width. 18. The storage system of claim 1, in which at least one dissipative zone of the diagonal member is associated with a means for facilitating the detection of a plastic deformation. 19. The storage system of claim 18, in which the means for facilitating the detection of a plastic deformation is selected among the group consisting of marks distant from each other by a predetermined distance, films which can change of appearance when submitted to a plastic deformation, tapes, wires, sliding means, sliding means comprising one element connected to a first portion of the dissipative zone and another element connected to another portion of the dissipative zone whereby the first sliding element is adapted to slide with respect to the second sliding element, and combinations thereof. 20. The storage system of claim 1, wherein said diagonal members have a face and are directly connected to respective ones of said vertical columns, said vertical columns having a face, by means of connecting elements pushing a face of a portion of a respective diagonal member against a face of a vertical column. 21. A process for storing products in a storage system, comprising the steps of: providing a metal structure having a plurality of vertical columns linked one to the other by a plurality of horizontal members, and a plurality of diagonal members directly connected to respective ones of said vertical columns, whereby a first diagonal member and a second diagonal member of said plurality of diagonal members each include a first end, a second end and a central part, said central part including at least one dissipative zone capable of undergoing plastic stretching and functioning as a means for providing resistance to seismic vibrations, the first end of said first diagonal member being attached to said first vertical column and the second end of said first diagonal member being attached to the second vertical column, the first end of said second diagonal member being attached to said second vertical column and said second end of said second diagonal member being attached to said first vertical column, said storage system further comprising a first linking means and a second linking means, whereby the first linking means connects a portion of the first vertical column adjacent to the first end of the first diagonal member to a portion of the second vertical column adjacent to the first end of the second diagonal member, while said second linking means connects a portion of the second vertical column adjacent to the second end of the first diagonal to a portion of the first vertical column adjacent to the second end of the second diagonal, whereby said first and second ends of each of said first and second diagonal members are reinforced so that when a dissipative zone of a central part of a diagonal member undergoes plastic deformation, the first and second ends of said diagonal are only e lastically deformed and are not detached from the respective first and second vertical columns, and whereby the first and second linking means are adapted for undergoing elastic deformation when at least one of said dissipative zones is undergoing plastic deformation; and replacing those diagonal members which have undergone a plastic deformation in response to a seismic vibration with new diagonal members provided with at least one dissipative zone. 22. The process of claim 21, in which the diagonal members are provided with at least one dissipative zone for undergoing plastic deformation when submitted to a seismic vibration with an effort higher than a predetermined effort, while the linking means are not provided with a dissipative zone for undergoing plastic deformation when submitted to a seismic vibration with an effort equal to 1.2 times said predetermined effort. 23. The process of claim 21, in which the diagonal members are provided with at least one dissipative zone for undergoing plastic deformation when submitted to a seismic vibration with an effort higher than a predetermined effort, while the horizontal members are members which undergo substantially only elastic deformation when submitted to a seismic vibration with an effort equal to 1.3 times said predetermined effort. 24. The process of claim 21, in which each of said plurality of diagonal members is a profile having a first end connected to a first vertical column, a second end connected to a second vertical column, and a longitudinal portion extending between said ends, whereby each of said first and second ends corresponds to a folded portion of the profile, so that each said end is flattened and has a total thickness at least equal to about twice the thickness of the central part of the diagonal member. 25. The process of claim 21, in which at least one dissipative zone of the diagonal member is associated with a means for facilitating the detection of a plastic deformation. 26. The process of claim 25, in which the means for facilitating the detection of a plastic deformation is selected among the group consisting of marks distant from each other by a predetermined distance, films which can change of appearance when submitted to a plastic deformation, tapes, wires, sliding means, sliding means comprising one element connected to a first portion of the dissipative zone and another element connected to another portion of the dissipative zone, whereby the first sliding element is adapted to slide with respect to the second sliding element, and combinations thereof.