Dispensing cover for fiberboard drum

A dispensing cover for use with a first fiberboard drum, the first fiberboard drum having a continuous upstanding drum wall with a wall edge having a rolled-in lip, the wall edge forming a perimeter of a cover-receiving opening, said dispensing cover comprising:

• a main portion sized to fit within the perimeter of the cover-receiving opening;
• a skirt portion which is secured to said main portion and which extends generally parallel to the upstanding drum wall;
• a skirt portion extension which is secured to said skirt portion and which forms a cavity for receiving the rolled-in lip of the first fiberboard drum;
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• a dispensing cover seal formed of a flexible material, said seal being secured to said main portion, said seal having an outer perimetric seal edge which sealingly abuts the continuous upstanding drum wall when said dispensing cover is inserted in the first fiberboard drum, said seal being positioned to impede retention, by the rolled-in lip, of product contained in the first fiberboard drum.

A dispensing cover for use with a first fiberboard drum and for stacking use with a second fiberboard drum, the first fiberboard drum having a continuous upstanding drum wall with a wall edge having a rolled-in lip, the wall edge forming a perimeter of a cover-receiving opening, the second drum having a recessed floor retained by rolled-in edges, said dispensing cover comprising:

• a main portion sized to fit within the perimeter of the cover-receiving opening;
• a skirt portion which is secured to said main portion and which extends generally parallel to the upstanding drum wall;
• a skirt portion extension which is secured to said skirt portion and which forms a cavity for receiving the rolled-in lip of the first fiberboard drum;
• at least one barb which is secured to said skirt portion and which extends outwardly therefrom, said barb having an angled surface which rides up and over the rolled-in lip of the first fiberboard drum as said dispensing cover is inserted in the first fiberboard drum, said barb having a generally straight surface which traps the rolled-in lip of the first fiberboard drum in said cavity of said skirt portion extension when said dispensing cover is fully inserted in the first fiberboard drum, said generally straight surface and said rolled-in lip of the first fiberboard drum interacting to permanently attach said dispensing cover to said first fiberboard drum;
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• a stack alignment lip extending upwardly from said main portion to engage the rolled-in edges of the second fiberboard drum when the second fiberboard drum is stacked on top of said dispensing cover.