Patent ID: 8328078

Claim:
A confectionery container comprising a main body defining an inner volume in which articles can be held and a closure member pivotably attached to the main body for movement between an open position in which articles within the inner volume can be dispensed and a closed position in which the articles are retained within the container, the container further comprising an over-centre mechanism arranged to bias the closure member towards the open and closed positions, the over-centre mechanism comprising two cooperating panels pivotably connected to one another along a first fold line, a first one of the panels being pivotably connected with the closure member and a second of the cooperating panels being pivotably connected with a panel forming part of the main body, the main body comprising opposing front and rear panels, the closure member being pivotably connected with the rear panel of the main body, the first cooperating panel being pivotably connected with a forward edge of the closure member and the second cooperating panel being pivotably connected with the front panel of the main body, the closure member comprising two closure member panels, a first closure member panel pivotably connected with the rear panel of the main body and a second closure member panel which extends generally perpendicularly to the first closure member panel, and in which the second closure member panel has a dispensing aperture and is arranged to at least partially overlie the front panel of the main body and the first and second cooperating panels when the closure member is in the closed position, so that the aperture is at least partially obscured and the dispensing aperture is un-obscured when the closure member is in the open position.