Shippable dispensing container

Claim 1

A shippable container for handling and dispensing a body of flowable material comprising: a hollow body of foldable container material including two pairs of spaced apart opposing side walls defining an open end; and closure means for the open end including a pair of underlying flaps each connected to one of an opposing pair of sidewalls and turned inwardly to form a portion of an end wall structure across the open end, each of the underlying flaps being dimensioned to have at least a portion of its inner margin in opposed space apart relation with the inner margin of the other underlying flap, a pair of overlying flaps each connected to one of the other opposing pair of sidewalls and turned inwardly over the underlying flaps, each of the overlying flaps having at least a portion of its inner margin in opposed spaced apart relation with the inner margin of the overlying flap, the spaced apart margin portions of the flaps defining an opening for discharge of flowable material held in the container, means holding the flaps in their inwardly turned position, a cover member having sufficient size to cover the discharge opening, guide means holding the cover member on the container for movement in a plane generally parallel to the inwardly turned flaps along a path effective to open and close the discharge opening, the cover member including a grip extension portion for use in moving such member, such portion being of such size as to extend in a direction along which the cover member is movable beyond a sidewall of the container when the discharge opening is covered by the cover member, such grip extension being foldable against such sidewall.