Dispensing container

Claim 1

IN A DISPENSING CONTAINER OF EXPANDED RESIN BEAD MATERIAL THAT IS SUITABLE FOR STORING AND DISPENSING A POWDERED MATERIAL, A UNITARY SELF-SUPPORTING LIGHTWEIGHT RESILIENT BODY OF SOMEWHAT BELL-SHAPE THAT CAN BE DROPPED ON THE FLOOR WITH THE POWDERED MATERIAL THEREIN WITHOUT CRACKING, SAID BODY HAVING CONTINUOUS SIDE AND TOP WALLS DEFINING A CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING THEREIN THE POWDERED MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED AND HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM END PORTION DEFINED BY A CONTINUOUS LIP EDGE ABOUT THE SIDE WALL, SAID WALLS AND SAID LIP EDGE HAVING A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 3/16 OF AN INCH AND HAVING A DENSITY OF LESS THAN ABOUT 3 POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT, SAID BODY BEING DIRECTLY STEAM EXPANSION-FORMED FROM EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE BEADS IN A MOLD; A FLEXIBLE DISC-SHAPED BOTTOM CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL EDGE WALL THEREABOUT, THE INSIDE OF SAID SIDE WALL HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVE PORTION EXTENDING INWARDLY ALONG SAID SIDE WALL FROM SAID LIP EDGE TO A POSITION ADJACENT THERETO, SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL EDGE WALL OF SAID LID HAVING A SECURE INDENTED-LATCHING ENGAGEMENT WITHIN AND PRESSURE FIT WITH SAID GROOVE PORTION THAT PROVIDES A VAPOR-TIGHT PRESSURE SEAL WITH THE SIDE WALL TO RETAIN THE POWDERED MATERIAL WITHIN THE CHAMBER OF SAID BODY, AND SAID TOP WALL OF SAID BODY BEING OF OUTWARDLYROUNDED SHAPE AND CONSTRUCTED FOR DISPENSING THE POWDERED MATERIAL FROM THE CHAMBER THEREOF.