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 tubular body having an upper edge defining an upper opening;
• a lid, including a substantially planar lid panel member having a peripheral edge region, the lid panel member being operably configured to extend across at least a portion of the upper opening;
• the lid further including a surrounding band, operably affixed to the lid panel member along the peripheral edge region thereof, which surrounding band surrounds the entire periphery of the upper opening;
• the peripheral edge of the lid panel being operably affixed to at least a portion of the surrounding band, where said peripheral edge is juxtaposed to and contacts a sidewall portion of said surrounding band;
• at least portions of the surrounding band being affixed to the tubular body along at least a portion of the upper edge thereof;
• the lid having a fixed back portion, a hinge portion, and a movable front portion, pivotable between a closed position and an open position, the movable portion including a portion of the surrounding band that pivots with said movable portion;
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• a container bottom opposite said lid.