Lidded container

1. A lidded container comprising

a container body with side walls, a bottom, and a top end with an opening comprising means to retain a lid, and

an upstanding edge around the opening having its outer sides in line with the side walls of the container body,

wherein the upstanding edge is part of a separately formed shroud attached to said container body and wherein said upstanding edge is provided with at least one recess, wherein said recess inclines over the width of the upstanding edge from the opening downwardly to the upstanding edge's outer sides.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the container is provided with a lid protruding over the upstanding edge over a distance and the container bottom is provided with a recess fitting over the protruding lid of a similar container when they are piled.

3. The container according to claim 1 , wherein it is a paint container.

4. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is surrounded by a collar and wherein a line between the top of the collar and the outer point of the recess makes an angle of 45 degrees or less with the vertical.

5. The container according to claim 4 , wherein the collar is provided with a screw thread.

6. The container according to claim 5 , further comprising a handle pivotally mounted on the upstanding edge.

7. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the shroud has a thin-walled outer edge and an inner opening confined by an upstanding flanged inner edge and in that the container opening in the main container body is confined by a widening edge fit to receive the flanged inner edge of the shroud, while the thin-walled outer edge of the shroud is supported by a ridge on the outer wall of the main container body.

8. The container according to claim 7 , wherein the container is provided with a lid protruding over the upstanding edge over a distance and the container bottom is provided with a recess fitting over the protruding lid of a similar container when they are piled.

9. A container according to claim 8 , wherein it is a paint container.

10. The container according to claim 1 , further comprising a handle pivotally mounted on the upstanding edge.

11. The container according to claim 10 , wherein the handle is pivotable between an upstanding use position and a rest position in which it is countersunk in a corresponding recess in the upstanding edge.

12. The container according to claim 11 , wherein the handle comprises a circular projection at its outer ends and wherein the outer ends of the handle are embedded in a groove in the upstanding edge, one of the side walls of the groove being provided with an opening bearing the circular projection of the handle's outer end.

13. The container according to claim 10 , wherein the handle comprises a circular projection at its outer ends and wherein the outer ends of the handle are embedded in a groove in the upstanding edge, one of the side walls of the groove being provided with an opening bearing the circular projection of the handle's outer end.

14. The container according to claim 13 , wherein the circular projection of the handle's outer ends widens outwardly at an angle with its longitudinal axis and wherein the edge of the opening in the side walls of the groove bearing the circular projection is chamfered at substantially the same angle.

15. The container according to claim 14 , wherein the container is provided with a lid protruding over the upstanding edge over a distance and the container bottom is provided with a recess fitting over the protruding lid of a similar container when they are piled.

16. The container according to claim 10 , wherein the container is provided with a lid protruding over the upstanding edge over a distance and the container bottom is provided with a recess fitting over the protruding lid of a similar container when they are piled.