Hinged plastic closure for sheet metal cans

Claim 1

A dispensing container having, in combination, a sheet metal tubular body of rectangular cross-section having a lip around its open end, a generally flat and rectangular cover of molded resilient plastic having a depending peripheral skirt adapted to telescope closely down over the exterior of the lip around the entire periphery of said open end, a generally flat tab molded integral with the lower edge of said skirt and coNstituting a depending extension of the skirt across one edge of the cover so as to lie against the outer surface of one upright wall of said body, said one wall having holes therethrough laterally spaced apart below the edge of said skirt and within the area of said tab, projections of larger radial cross-section than said holes molded integral with said tab and pressed into and through said holes to cause the edges of the holes to bite into the sides of the projections and anchor the tab securely to said body and flat against said one body wall, the junction between said skirt and said tab being sufficiently thin and flexible to form a hinge disposed outside of said one wall and substantially along the skirt edge so as to permit swinging of the entire cover into and out of telescoping and abutting relation with said body lip whereby the entire cross-sectional area of said open end of the body is opened and exposed when the cover is swung away from closed position, and means on the interior of said skirt and the exterior of said lip interengageable with each other as said cover comes into abutment with said lip to hold the cover releasably in closed position against the lip.