Container assembly and cover and container thereof

Abstract

A cover of a container assembly includes a cover portion, a connecting portion connected to a periphery of the cover portion, and a stopping portion formed around the outer sidewall. The container assembly further includes a container having a mouth portion surrounding an axis. The cover is detachably connected to the mouth portion and cooperates with the container to define a receiving space. The connecting portion is connected to a periphery of the cover portion, and includes an outer sidewall surrounding and pressing against the mouth portion and having an end edge. The stopping portion has a highest point cooperating with a lowest point of the mouth portion to define a contact area for frictional contact with the mouth portion. The contact area has a height along the axis that is more than 30% of a height of the stopping portion along the axis.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cover of a container assembly, the container assembly further including a container having a mouth portion surrounding an axis, said cover being configured to be detachably connected to the mouth portion of the container and being configured to cooperate with the container to define a receiving space, said cover comprising:
 a cover portion;   a connecting portion connected to a periphery of said cover portion and including an outer sidewall that is configured to surround and press against the mouth portion and that has an end edge; and   a stopping portion surrounding the axis and formed around said outer sidewall, said stopping portion having a plurality of protruding ribs arranged in an array around said outer sidewall, each of said protruding ribs defining a gap with an adjacent one of said protruding ribs, said stopping portion having a highest point configured to cooperate with a lowest point of the mouth portion to define a contact area for frictional contact with the mouth portion, said contact area having a height along the axis that is more than 30% of a height of said stopping portion along the axis.   
     
     
         2 . The cover as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each of said protruding ribs has a length along the axis ranging from 1 mm to 3 mm. 
     
     
         3 . The cover as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each of said protruding ribs has a thickness along a width direction transverse to the axis ranging from 0.05 mm to 0.8 mm. 
     
     
         4 . The cover as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a ratio of said thickness of each of said protruding ribs and a thickness of said outer sidewall along the width direction ranges from 1:5 to 1:2. 
     
     
         5 . The cover as claimed as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said cover portion, said connecting portion, and said stopping portion are integrally formed as one piece from pulp. 
     
     
         6 . The cover as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said connecting portion further includes an inner sidewall surrounded by and radially spaced apart from said outer sidewall, and an abutment end wall connected between said inner sidewall and said outer sidewall and having a position difference with said cover portion along the axis said inner sidewall and said outer sidewall being configured to press against and clamp therebetween the mouth portion, and wherein said abutment end wall said inner sidewall and said outer sidewall cooperatively define an accommodating space for receiving the mouth portion, said accommodating space having an opening opposite to said abutment end wall. 
     
     
         7 . The cover as claimed as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said accommodating space has a width along a width direction transverse to the axis greater than a width of said abutment end wall along the width direction. 
     
     
         8 . A container assembly comprising:
 a plurality of containers, each of which includes a mouth portion surrounding an axis; and   a plurality of said covers as claimed in  claim 1 , each of said covers being detachably connected to said mouth portion of a respective one of said containers and cooperating with said respective one of said containers to define a receiving space;   wherein said connecting portion of each of said covers further includes an inner sidewall surrounded by and radially spaced apart from said outer sidewall, and an abutment end wall connected between said inner sidewall and said outer sidewall and having a position difference with said cover portion along the axis said inner sidewall and said outer sidewall of each of said covers being configured to press against and clamp therebetween said mouth portion of said respective one of said containers, and wherein said abutment end wall said inner sidewall and said outer sidewall of each of said covers cooperatively define an accommodating space for receiving said mouth portion of said respective one of said containers, said accommodating space having an opening opposite to said abutment end wall;   wherein said covers are stackable along the axis; and   wherein, when said covers are stacked, said abutment end wall of one of said covers abuts against said stopping portion of an adjacent one of said covers, and said cover portion, said abutment end wall and said inner sidewall of each of said covers are respectively spaced apart from said cover portion, said abutment end wall and said inner sidewall of said adjacent one of said covers.   
     
     
         9 . A container assembly, comprising:
 a container including a mouth portion surrounding an axis; and   said cover as claimed in  claim 1 , said cover being detachably connected to said mouth portion of said container, and cooperating with said container to define a receiving space.   
     
     
         10 . The container assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein:
 said container further includes a bottom wall, and a surrounding wall extending upwardly from a periphery of said bottom wall along the axis and connected to said mouth portion;   said mouth portion includes an inner annular wall connected to an end of said surrounding wall that is opposite to said bottom wall, an outer annular wall radially spaced apart from said inner annular wall, and a top end wall interconnecting said inner annular wall and said outer annular wall and having a position difference with said bottom wall of said container along the axis;   said top end wall, said inner annular wall and said outer annular wall of said mouth portion cooperatively define an annular space having an opening opposite to said top end wall;   said outer sidewall of said cover surrounds said outer annular wall of said mouth portion, and together with said stopping portion presses against said outer annular wall of said mouth portion such that said outer annular wall is deformed to engage said gaps between said adjacent ones of said protruding ribs and is in frictional contact with said outer sidewall and said protruding ribs of said cover, such that said inner sidewall of said cover presses against said inner annular wall of said mouth portion, and such that said abutment end wall of said cover presses against said top end wall of said mouth portion.