Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid

A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein, the container being convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation, the paperboard container comprising:

• a substantially tubular container member having an upper edge defining an upper opening and a lower edge defining a lower opening;
• a paperboard bottom member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the lower opening;
• a paperboard top member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the upper opening
• the top member having a front portion, a hinge portion, a back portion, an outer edge and a circumference, the circumference being larger than the circumference of each of the upper edge and the upper opening of the container member,
• the top member being telescopically received within the upper opening of the container member, with the upper edge of the container member being rolled up over the outer edge of the top member to seal the top member to the paperboard container;
• the hinge portion including means for maintaining at least a portion of the top member front portion in a pivoted position relative to the remainder of the top member, said maintaining means being located substantially adjacent the hinge axis;
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• at least a portion of the top member front portion being pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member;
• a membrane adhered to inner surfaces of the container member below the container top member;
• the hinge portion being sized to engage the membrane when the top member front portion is in its open orientation and to hold the front portion in the open orientation;
• the hinge portion further including a pair of outer segments, a pair of inner segments spaced axially from the outer segments, and a pair of axial segments joining the inner and outer segments.

A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein, the container being convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation, the paperboard container comprising:

• a substantially tubular container member having an upper edge defining an upper opening and a lower edge defining a lower opening:
• a paperboard bottom member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the lower opening;
• a paperboard top member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the upper opening,
• the top member having a front portion, a hinge portion, a back portion, an outer edge and a circumference, the circumference being larger than the circumference of each of the upper edge and the upper opening of the container member,
• the top member being telescopically received within the upper opening of the container member, with the upper edge of the container member being rolled up over the outer edge of the top member to seal the top member to the paperboard container:
• the hinge portion including means for maintaining at least a portion of the top member front portion in a pivoted position relative to the remainder of the top member, said maintaining means being located substantially adjacent the hinge axis;
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• at least a portion of the top member front portion being pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member:
• a membrane adhered to inner surfaces of the container member below the container top member;
• the hinge portion being sized to engage the membrane when the top member front portion is in its open orientation and to hold the front portion in the open orientation;
• the hinge portion further including at least two tabs extending rearwardly toward the rear portion, the at least two tabs being sized to engage the membrane when the top member front portion is in its open orientation and to hold the front portion in the open orientation.

A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein, the container being convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation, the paperboard container comprising:

• a substantially tubular container member having an upper edge defining an upper opening and a lower edge defining a lower opening;
• a paperboard bottom member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the lower opening;
• a paperboard top member substantially corresponding in shape to the shape of the upper opening,
• the top member having a front portion, a hinge portion, a back portion, an outer edge and a circumference, the circumference being larger than the circumference of each of the upper edge and the upper opening of the container member,
• the top member being telescopically received within the upper opening of the container member, with the upper edge of the container member being rolled up over the outer edge of the top member to seal the top member to the paperboard container;
• the hinge portion including means for maintaining at least a portion of the top member front portion in a pivoted position relative to the remainder of the top member, said maintaining means being located substantially adjacent the hinge axis;
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• at least a portion of the top member front portion being pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member;
• a membrane adhered to inner surfaces of the container member below the container top member;
• the membrane further having a back portion and a front portion, the laminate back portion being substantially equal in width to the width of the top member, and the laminate front portion having a width which is less than the width of the top member and which is substantially equal in width to the width of the container member is made of barrier protective materials.