Composite container with separable top, a body blank, and a method of separating a top end portion from a main body of the container

A method of separating a top end portion of a composite container from a main body portion of said composite container, said composite container comprising a tubular body, said tubular body having an inside surface and an outside surface and being closed at a bottom end of said tubular body opposite a container opening at a top end of said tubular body, said tubular body being made from a laminate sheet material comprising a carton layer and an inside polymeric layer, said inside polymeric layer being arranged at an inside surface of said carton layer, said composite container comprising a top rim surrounding said container opening, said top rim being attached to a top end portion of said tubular body at said top end of said tubular body, and a lid for opening and closing said composite container,

• said composite container further comprises a separation arrangement, for separating said top end portion of said composite container from said main body portion of said composite container, said separation arrangement comprising a tear strip comprising a portion of said inside polymeric layer, said tear strip being formed between a pair of inside score lines which are arranged in said laminate sheet material from said inside surface of said tubular body through only a part of a thickness of said laminate sheet material, said inside score lines and said tear strip extending in a circumferential direction of said tubular body, adjacent said top rim, and an opening part for accessing an end of said tear strip, said opening part comprising a portion of said carton layer and being formed by outside score lines arranged in said laminate sheet material from said outside surface of said tubular body through only a part of said thickness of said laminate sheet material adjacent said end of said tear strip, and a pull-tab which is arranged at said end of said tear strip, said pull-tab comprising a portion of said carton layer and being formed by outside score lines arranged in said laminate sheet material from said outside surface of said tubular body through only a part of said thickness of said laminate sheet material, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
• forming an access opening in said tubular body by pushing said opening part in a direction towards an interior of said tubular body;
• inserting a finger into said access opening in said tubular body and gripping said pull-tab;
• tearing said tubular body along said tear strip by pulling at said pull-tab;
• and
• removing said top end portion of said composite container from a main part of said composite container.