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A TOP END CLOSURE FOR A SELF-SUSTAINING TUBULAR CONTAINER HAVING A BODY PORTION DEFINED BY FOUR SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR SIDE WALLS, SAID TOP END CLOSURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF TOP PANELS EXTENDING FROM A FIRST OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS AND PROJECTING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME PLANE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ACROSS AND CLOSING THE TOP END OF SAID CONTAINER BODY PORTION, A HANDLE SECTION ON EACH OF SAID TOP PANELS, SAID HANDLE SECTIONS BEING DISPOSED IN UPRIGHT AND JUXTAPOSED RELATION, A PAIR OF END PANELS EXTENDING FROM THE REMAINING PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS AND FORMED INTEGRAL WITH AND SURMOUNTING SAID TOP PANELS, SAID END PANELS, BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE END EDGES OF SAID TOP PANELS AND SAID HANDLE SECTIONS, AND TAB PORTIONS INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING FROM SAID END PANELS, SAID TAB PORTIONS HAVING TERMINAL EDGES WITH THE TERMINAL EDGES OF THE TAB PORTIONS OF ONE OF SAID END PANELS BEING CONTIGUOUS THE TERMINAL EDGES OF THE TAB PORTIONS OF THE OTHER OF SAID END PANELS, SAID CONTIGUOUS EDGES ADJACENT SAID TOP PANELS BEING NON-LINEAR WITH AT LEAST A PART OF SAID CONTIGUOUS TERMINAL EDGES OF SAID TAB PORTIONS BEING IN ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT, SAID PART THEREOF IN ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT BEING DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID TAB PORTIONS OF SAID ONE OF SAID END PANELS BEING SECURED TO SAID HANDLE SECTIONS, SAID TAB PORTIONS OF SAID OTHER OF SAID END PANELS BEING DIVIDED BY A TEAR LINE INTO FIXED TAB PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID HANDLE SECTIONS AND LOOSE TAB PORTIONS, SAID TEAR LINE BEING RUPTURABLE BY AN OUTWARD PULL ON SAID OTHER OF SAID END PANELS TO SEPARATE SAID LOOSE TAB PORTIONNS FROM SAID FIXED TAB PORTIONS WHEREBY SAID OTHER OF SAID END PANELS AND SAID LOOSE TAB PORTIONS MAY BE DISPLACED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID TOP END CLOSURE FOR USE AS A DISPENSING MEANS FOR SAID CONTAINER.