Patent ID: 8360235
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A24F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A generally cylindrical smokeless tobacco container having a circular cross-section and a diameter greater than its height dimension, comprising: a first and second portions, each of said portions comprising a base wall and an upstanding side wall with a generally circular outermost edge around the periphery of the base wall and being rotatably engageable with each other to define a space with said circular outermost edges of each of the upstanding side wall in abutment with one another, said first portion comprising an engaging element and a release element and said second portion having an engaging element complementary to said release element such that only when in a selected rotary position relative to the first portion the release element can be aligned with the complementary engaging element thereby allowing separation of the two portions to open the container, said engaging element of the second portion being engageable with the engaging element of the first portion to close the container in any rotary position of the first portion relative to the second portion except for said selected rotary position,