Patent ID: 6550627
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container for holding a particulate product to be dispensed from the interior of said container, said container having first and second spaced-apart ends connected to one another by an elongate, hollow closing member, said closing member having inner and outer surfaces and longitudinal and transverse axes, said longitudinal axis extending between said first and second ends, said closing member defining along said longitudinal axis an enclosed interior volume within said inner surface and between said first and second ends, said first end having no dispensing aperture, said second end having an aperture through which said product is dispensed, the improvement comprising: said closing member having in combination;(a) a plurality of spaced-apart ribs that extend radially around the periphery of said closing member, said spaced-apart ribs defining there between radial sub-portions of said closing member which sub-portions extend around the periphery of said closing member, said sub-portions including sections, (i) a sub-portion between said first end and the rib closest to said first end, (ii) a sub-portion between said second end and the rib closest to said second end, and (iii) at least one sub-portion between said rib closest to said first end and said rib closest to said second end; and, (b) a plurality of individual facets carried on each said sub-portion, said facets being substantially flat and disposed radially around the periphery of said closing member.