Container construction

Claim 1

A dispensing container for dispensing granular materials comprising a. a main body portion of cellulosic material and generally elliptical shape having open ends and adapted to be expanded from a flat, stored position to an elliptical, use position; b. an elliptically shaped bottom plug of molded plastic material adapted to fit tightly over the bottom of said body portion, said bottom plug being formed with inner and outer spaced walls between which the bottom of said body portion is tightly received, said bottom plug being formed with an exposed generally elliptical bottom recess; c. an elliptically shaped top plug of molded plastic material adapted to tightly fit over the top of said body portion, said top plug similarly being formed with inner and outer spaced walls between which the top of said body portion is tightly received, said top plug further including a generally elliptical raised section at one end thereof adapted to be received by said recess in said bottom plug when containers are nested in superimposed relation, said top plug further including a dispensing opening adjacent one end thereof, and d. a separate dispensing lid securely attached to said top plug at the other end thereof, said lid, when closed, covering said dispensing opening, said lid being formed with a transversely extending living hinge spaced longitudinally from the line of attachment of said lid to said top plug, said lid when pivoted upwardly about an axis through said living hinge uncovering said dispensing opening for permitting discharge of such granular material from said container, said lid being formed on the underside thereof with a closure stud for engagement in said dispensing opening when said lid is closed for frictionally retaining the same in a closed position covering said dispensing opening, said dispensing lid being further formed with a raised tab at the free end thereof to facilitate pivoting of said lid to uncover said dispensing opening, the upper surface of said tab being generally co-planar with the top surface of said raised portion of said top plug thereby to provide further support for the nesting of superimposed similar shaped containers.