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A plastic container with a snap lid and with a snap element provided on the upper edge area of the container for the lid to snap onto, the lid having an area in tight contact with the container's upper edge area. The container edge on the side of the snap element facing the top edge of the container

A plastic container with a snap lid and with a snap element provided on the upper edge area of the container for the lid to snap onto, the lid having an area in tight contact with the container's upper edge area. The container edge on the side of the snap element facing the top edge of the container is provided with at least one integrally molded reinforcing rib projecting radially and extending over at least a segment of the circumference of the container, preferably running circumferentially around the container. The reinforcing rib may be provided on a downward-facing, circumferential collar region, which is joined in the region of the top edge of the container.

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A plastic container with a snap lid and with a snap element provided on the upper edge area of the container for the lid to snap onto, the lid having an area in tight contact with the container's upper edge area. The container edge on the side of the snap element facing the top edge of the container

A plastic container with a snap lid and with a snap element provided on the upper edge area of the container for the lid to snap onto, the lid having an area in tight contact with the container's upper edge area. The container edge on the side of the snap element facing the top edge of the container is provided with at least one integrally molded reinforcing rib projecting radially and extending over at least a segment of the circumference of the container, preferably running circumferentially around the container. The reinforcing rib may be provided on a downward-facing, circumferential collar region, which is joined in the region of the top edge of the container. on parallel to the hinge pin but not greater than a sum of the length of the connecting link and the length of the end region of the hinge pin, and wherein each hinge mechanism is structured and arranged such that the hinge pin is insertable laterally into the groove when the respective flap is positioned approximately parallel with the base and such that the hinge pin is movable in the groove in the direction of the longitudinal axis thereof while the flap is so positioned. 2. Container comprising a plurality of flaps, several of said flaps being adjustably joined at front edges thereof by hinge mechanisms to a flap forming a base, and at least one hinge pin extending parallel with a front edge of a flap being retained at a distance apart therefrom by a connecting link and being insertable in a groove formed in a bearing housing of another flap, an end region of the groove having a retaining shoulder forming, across a width thereof, a housing chamber for an end region of the hinge pin, wherein between at least two hinge pins, arranged in the region of a front edge of a flap, a pivot stop is provided being operational at least when the flaps are in an upright position, which projects into an arc circumscribed by an advance angular distance in a pivoting direction required to place the flaps upright, which extends coaxially with an axis of the hinge pin and has a radius which corresponds to a measurement of the axis from the front edge of the other flap facing it, wherein the pivot stop has a substantially rectangular-shaped stand surface that faces a support surface of the base when the flap is upright, and wherein a side edge of the stand surface protrudes beyond and forms a tangent with an external contour surface of the hinge pin. 3. The container according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting mechanism arranged in an overlapping region between narrow front ends of two adjacent flaps so as to releasably connect the flaps when the flaps are placed in a position extending substantially perpendicular to the base which prevents the connecting mechanism from coming loose of its own accord, wherein the connecting mechanism is provided as a connecting element permanently arranged in a flap which projects in a direction towards the other flap and cooperates with a connecting seat having elastically deformable retaining elements provided in a congruent arrangement on the other flap. 4. A container, comprising a base and at least two flaps that form side walls which are adjustably joined to the base by hinge mechanisms and having supporting and centering elements arranged in an overlapping region between a front face of one side wall and an internal surface of the other side wall, provided in the form of projections and recesses, which, when the side walls are in the upright position, locate one with the other to produce a releasable positive connection and several projections and recesses lie adjacent to one another in a vertical row adjacent to the edges of the side wall, wherein the supporting and centering elements are arranged in the plane of a flap running in several different spatial directions relative to one another, wherein each of the flaps has a peripheral ridge and a reinforcing brace located inwardly therefrom in a direction toward a center of the flap, the supporting and centering elements extending from the peripheral ridge in a direction towards the reinforcing brace and across a thickness of the flap, wherein notches are provided in the peripheral ridge of one flap for receiving part regions of the supporting and centering elements of the other flap. 5. The container according to claim 1, wherein the retaining shoulder defines a cover element and a measurement between the front edge of the flaps facing the base and, facing it, an adjacently lying surface-part of the end region of the hinge pin is slightly larger than a thickness of the cover element. 6. The container according to claim 5, wherein a distance to an end region adjoining the cover element corresponds to a thickness of the cover element. 7. The container according to claim 6, wherein a pivot stop is provided on the front edge between two hinge pins on at least one flap, the pivot stop being operational at least when the flap is in an upright position, the pivot stop projecting into an arc circumscribed by an advance angular distance in a pivoting direction required to place the flap upright, the pivot stop having a stand surface that faces a support surface of the base when the flap is upright, and wherein the difference between the thickness and the measurement is the same as a distance between the stand surface of the pivot stop and the support surface. 8. The container according to claim 7, wherein a difference between the thickness and the measurement is smaller than the distance between the stand surface and the support surface. 9. The container according to claim 1, wherein the hinge pin has a connecting link as well as end regions projecting along the longitudinal central axis. 10. The container according to claim 1, wherein the end region of the hinge pin has a peripheral conical guide surface at the front face. 11. The container according to claim 1, wherein the groove has a groove floor of a concave design. 12. The container according to claim 1, wherein the groove has two end regions and one of the end regions is closed off across a diameter extending around the groove by means of the retaining shoulder and a cover element. 13. The container according to claim 12, wherein in conjunction with the cover element, the retaining shoulder forms a housing chamber for the end region of the hinge pin. 14. The container according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of the groove is the same size as or slightly larger than a diameter of the hinge pin. 15. The container according to claim 1, wherein the groove is arranged in part regions of the peripheral ridge. 16. The container according to claim 1, wherein an open length of the groove is at least the same as or slightly longer than the length of the hinge pin. 17. The container according to claim 1, wherein the distance between the retaining shoulder and the stop is greater than the length of the connecting link as measured in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal central axis of the connecting link. 18. The container according to claim 1, wherein the recess comprises a radially circumferential recess arranged between a front face of the retaining shoulder facing the stop and the stop and wherein the recess has a curvature length. 19. The container according to claim 18, wherein the recess is designed so as to leave free a pivoting range for the connecting link matching the dimension of the curvature length. 20. The container according to claim 1, wherein an end region of the side wall facing the opening of the groove has an inclined surface extending in a direction towards the central longitudinal axis. 21. The container according to claim 1, wherein a width of the opening of the groove is the same size as the diameter of the hinge pin. 22. The container according to claim 21, wherein the opening width of the groove is slightly smaller than the diameter of the hinge pin. 23. The container according to claim 1, wherein the groove floor has a recess which matches an external contour of the hinge pin. 24. The container according to claim 2, wherein the stand surface of the pivot stop is arranged at a slight distance above the support surface of the base when the flaps are upright. 25. The container according to claim 24, wherein when the flaps are in a position perpendicular to the base, the front edges of the flaps are parallel with the support surface and spaced apart therefrom by a height of the flaps. 26. The container according to claim 1, wherein the hinge pins retained by the connecting links at a distance from the front edge are arranged in pairs. 27. The container according to claim 26, wherein the hinge -pin pairs include a pair of hinge pins lying adjacent to a longitudinal center of the flaps and additional hinge pin pairs adjacent opposite ends of the flaps, and wherein the hinge-pin pair adjacent the longitudinal center of the flaps have a smaller distance between the individual hinge pins than the hinge-pin pairs arranged in adjacent the ends. 28. The container according to claim 27, wherein a respective pivot stop is arranged between the individual hinge pins of each of the hinge-pin pairs. 29. The container according to claim 28, wherein a length of the pivot stops between the hinge-pin pairs in a direction towards the ends of the flaps is smaller than a distance between the hinge-pin pairs. 30. The container according to claim 2, wherein a length of the pivot stop in the direction of the hinge pin is smaller than a length of a recess provided in the bearing housing for receiving the pivot stop. 31. The container according to claim 30, wherein the difference between the length of the pivot stop and the length of the recess in the bearing housing corresponds to a length of the end region of the hinge pin projecting beyond the connecting link. 32. The container according to claim 2, wherein a height of the pivot stops is the same size as a width of the bearing housing. 33. The container according to claim 2, wherein the pivot stop has a stand surface that faces a support surface of the base when the flaps are upright, and wherein a distance between the longitudinal central axis of the hinge pin and the stand surface of the pivot stop is not greater than a distance between the longitudinal central axis of the groove and an internal side wall of the bearing housing facing the flap. 34. The container according to claim 3, wherein the connecting element is designed as a mushroom-head projection. 35. The container according to claim 34, wherein the elastically deformable retaining elements have projections which locate behind the mushroom-headed projections. 36. The container according to claim 3, wherein the connecting seats are of a circular or square or polygonal design. 37. The container according to claim 3, wherein the connecting seats are oblong slots. 38. The container according to claim 3, wherein the connecting seats are arranged at an angle in a peripheral region of the flaps. 39. The container according to claim 3, wherein a width of the front end of the projection is smaller than an opening width of the retaining elements facing the front end of the projection. 40. The container according to claim 3, wherein recesses are arranged along the retaining elements in order to impart a resilient design thereto. 41. The container according to claim 4, wherein the supporting and centering elements are of an S-shaped or L-shaped design. 42. The container according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the flaps has stop ridges at opposite ends thereof projecting beyond a surface of the flap that faces an opposite one of the flaps, and wherein a depth of the notches corresponds to a height of the part regions of the supporting and centering elements measured perpendicular to the stop ridge. 43. The container according to claim 42, wherein external faces of the supporting and centering elements abut with external faces of the supporting and centering elements of the stop ridge in a positive fit. 44. The container according to claim 4, wherein a height of the supporting and centering elements on one flap is the same as a height of the supporting and centering elements on another flap that adjoins therewith. 45. The container according to claim 44, wherein external faces of the supporting and centering elements of the respective adjoining flaps have inclined surfaces matching one another. 46. The container according to claim 42, wherein the supporting and centering elements of one flap taper in a direction toward the stop ridge of an adjoining flap. 47. The container according to claim 46, wherein the supporting and centering el