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A container for holding and dispensing small objects such as confectionery articles, comprising a body forming a box open at one end into which is snap engageable a closure element having two tongues or flaps aligned with, but directed away from, one another. The two tongues are joined to a bridge o

A container for holding and dispensing small objects such as confectionery articles, comprising a body forming a box open at one end into which is snap engageable a closure element having two tongues or flaps aligned with, but directed away from, one another. The two tongues are joined to a bridge of the closure element by ligament-type hinges and are integrally formed with the closure element; at the free ends of the tongues there are snap engagement means which hold the tongues tightly shut and sealed in the openings in the closure element, which latter is itself sealed in the mouth of the body of the container.

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A container for holding and dispensing a plurality of small objects, said container comprising, in combination: a hollow body having at least two larger side walls and two smaller side walls closed at one end by a bottom wall, said side walls defining a mouth open at the end of said container opposi

A container for holding and dispensing a plurality of small objects, said container comprising, in combination: a hollow body having at least two larger side walls and two smaller side walls closed at one end by a bottom wall, said side walls defining a mouth open at the end of said container opposite said bottom wall; a hollow closure element of plastics material having a cross sectional shape substantially the same as that of said hollow body, said hollow closure element having a main part in the form of a skirt the sides of which define at least one aperture passing through said closure element from top to bottom, said closure element being shaped such that it can be assembled to said hollow body of said container to close said mouth thereof; a tongue for the closure of said at least one aperture of said closure element, said tongue being formed integrally with said closure element, and a portion of said tongue being of reduced section with respect to the main part of said tongue and serving as a hinge joining said tongue to said main part of said closure element; said tongue being in the form of a plate having plane parallel faces and said portion of reduced cross section constituting said integral hinge being defined by a first transverse notch, v-shaped in cross section, formed in the lower surface of said tongue, and a second transverse notch formed in the upper surface of said tongue at a position opposite said first notch; said second notch having a depth and width substantially less than that of said first notch; means defining a seat on said closure element adapted to receive the free end of said tongue remote from said hinge in the closure position of said tongue; a projecting part of said free end of said tongue extending beyond said seat of said closure element and providing means for engagement by the thumb of a user in opening said container; a transverse ridge projecting from the under surface of and spaced inwardly from said free end of said tongue and extending in a direction parallel to said hinging axis of said tongue; means defining cooperating snap engagement means, one part of which is carried by the outer surface of said skirt defining said main part of said closure element adjacent said seat, and the other part of which is carried by said transverse ridge projecting from said free end of said tongue, for retaining said tongue in its closure position, said tongue and said transverse ridge together constituting a rigid element which is sufficiently stiff not to be deformed by forces applied to said projecting part of said tongue during the operations of opening and closing said container such that, during such operations, said portion of reduced cross section of said tongue constituting the hinge thereof reacts elastically in the manner of a spring to displacing forces applied to said tongue by said snap engagement means, said hinging axis of said tongue being spaced from the coupling surface of said snap engagement means carried by said transverse ridge on said tongue a distance less than the distance said hinging axis of said tongue is spaced from the coupling surface of said cooperating snap engagement means carried by the outer surface of said skirt forming the main part of said closure element, whereby in the closure position of said tongue it is displaced by a distance equal to the difference between said distances so that the portion of said tongue constituting said integral hinge is elastically stretched to accommodate such displacement.