Container having abuse resistant end seal

A container having an abuse resistant end seal and particularly adapted for packaging food products and comprising:

• a generally tubular-shaped body member having opposed ends and including a paperboard layer and a barrier liner layer in superimposed position inside said paperboard layer, at least one end of said tubular container having said paperboard layer and said barrier liner layer disposed in a generally inwardly-curled U-shaped cross-sectional configuration;
• a generally cup-shaped end member having a radially-extending central portion of generally the same configuration and dimensions as said one end of said body member and an axially-extending flange portion around the outside of said central portion, said end member including a paperboard layer and a barrier liner layer in superimposed position with said paperboard layer inside said cup-shaped end member, said end member being positioned in said one end of said tubular body member for closure thereof with said flange portion extending outwardly of said body member and positioned within said U-shaped cross-sectional configured end to place said end member barrier liner layer of said flange portion in face-to-face position with said body member barrier liner layer on the inside of said cup-shaped end member;
• bonding means positioned between said barrier liner layers in face-to-face position for bonding said end member to said body member and for cooperating with said barrier liner layers to seal said one end of said container against leakage;
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• the area between the outside of said end member flange portion and said body member U-shaped cross-sectional configured end being free of bonding means to define flexing means for outward flexing of said end member and the portion of said body member U-shaped cross-sectional configured end bonded thereto without tearing of said body member barrier liner layer and compromising the seal at said one end of said container.