Patent ID: 6644541
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A tubular container fabricated at least in part from paperboard, comprising:a tubular body portion having a sidewall, formed from at least one or more layers of paperboard material; a lid, insertably received in one end of the tubular body portion, the lid having an upturned edge region of the lid positioned against inside surface portions of the sidewall, and a topmost edge region of the sidewall rolled over the upturned edge region of the lid, and adhered to vertically extending surfaces of the upturned edge region of the lid; and a circumferentially extending tearstrip formed in the sidewall, proximate the upturned edge region of the lid, whereupon removal of the tearstrip causes the tubular body portion to be shortened, with a portion of the sidewall remaining adhered to the lid, the lid becoming removable and reinsertable with respect to the tubular body portion.