Patent ID: 6349866
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein, the container being convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation, the paperboard container comprising:a substantially tubular container member having an upper edge defining an upper opening and a lower edge defining a lower opening; a paperboard bottom member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the lower opening; a paperboard top member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the upper opening, the top member having a front portion, a hinge portion, a back portion, an outer edge and a circumference, the circumference being larger than the circumference of each of the upper edge and the upper opening of the container member, the top member being telescopically received within the upper opening of the container member, with the upper edge of the container member being rolled up over the outer edge of the top member to seal the top member to the paperboard container; the hinge portion including means for maintaining at least a portion of the to p member front portion in a pivoted position relative to the remainder of the top member, said maintaining means being located substantially adjacent the hinge axis; and at least a portion of the top member front portion being pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member and a membrane, adhered to the inner surfaces of the container member, positioned below the container top member, a portion of which membrane is positioned below the top member front portion, and remains initially unbroken upon the initial pivoting of the portion of the top member front portion to its pivoted position.