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1. A canister comprising a container including a brim and a basin coupled to the brim and configured to form an interior product-storage region, the brim being formed to define a mouth opening into the interior product-storage region, anda lid including a cover plate and a rim coupled to a perimeter portion of the cover plate and configured to mate with the brim of the container to close the mouth defined by the brim and to cause a bottom surface of the cover plate to face downwardly toward the basin and a top surface of the cover plate to face upwardly ...
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A canister comprising a container including a brim and a basin coupled to the brim and configured to form an interior product-storage region, the brim being formed to define a mouth opening into the interior product-storage region, anda lid including a cover plate and a rim coupled to a perimeter portion of the cover plate and configured to mate with the brim of the container to close the mouth defined by the brim and to cause a bottom surface of the cover plate to face downwardly toward the basin and a top surface of the cover plate to face upwardly away from the basin, wherein the rim includes a first message board extending along a first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and including a display panel arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and a display-panel support coupled to the display panel and to the cover plate and configured to provide means for supporting the display panel in a reclined position relative to the cover plate wherein an upper edge of the display panel lies in closer proximity to the basin of the container than a lower edge of the display panel to cause the display panel to cooperate with the top surface of the cover plate to define an acute included angle therebetween when the rim of the lid is mated with the brim of the container so that a printed message provided on an inclined exterior surface of the display panel arranged to face away from the cover plate is visible to an observer,wherein the display-panel support further includes an inner panel and a top panel, the top panel arranged to interconnect the upper edge of the display panel and an upper edge of the inner panel, the top panel further arranged to cooperate with the display and inner panels to define a downwardly opening chamber, the brim extending upwardly into the downwardly opening chamber to lie in spaced-apart relation to the top panel when the rim of the lid is mated to the brim of the container, the rim further including a rigidifying web located in the downwardly opening chamber and coupled to the display panel and to the top panel and the inner panel of the display-panel support. 2. The canister of claim 1, further comprising a lid mount coupled to the lower edge of the display panel and configured to mate with the brim and lie in spaced-apart relation to the basin of the container while an interior surface of the display panel arranged to face toward the basin engages the brim of the container to retain the cover plate in a stationary position on the container closing the mouth defined by the brim. 3. The canister of claim 2, wherein the lid mount includes a lid-removal blocker wall coupled to the lower edge of the display panel and arranged to extend toward the basin of the container to lie under and mate with a downwardly facing terminal end of the brim. 4. The canister of claim 3, wherein the lid mount further includes a lid-removal flange coupled to the lid-removal blocker wall and arranged to extend downwardly away from the display panel and configured to include a downwardly extending, outwardly facing side wall oriented to cooperate with the inclined exterior surface of the display panel carrying the printed message to define an acute included angle therebetween and to include an outwardly extending, upwardly facing top wall oriented to cooperate with the inclined exterior surface of the display panel to define an obtuse included angle therebetween. 5. The canister of claim 2, wherein the brim is arranged to lie in a space provided under the display panel and between the lid mount and the first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate when the rim of the lid is mated with the brim of the container. 6. The canister of claim 1, wherein the inner panel is coupled to the first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and arranged to lie in laterally spaced-apart relation to the display panel in an inclined position to cause the display panel and the inner panel to cooperate to form an acute included angle therebetween. 7. The canister of claim 6, wherein the inner panel is arranged to cooperate with the cover plate to form an obtuse included angle therebetween. 8. The canister of claim 6, wherein each of the display and inner panels are bow-shaped along lengths thereof to cause the inclined exterior surface of the display panel to have a convex shape facing away from the cover plate and the inner panel to have an exterior surface facing away from the display panel and having a concave shape. 9. The canister of claim 1, wherein the rigidifying web is arranged to lie above the brim when the rim of the lid is mated to the brim of the container. 10. The canister of claim 1, wherein the rim further includes a first fender coupled to a second section of the perimeter portion and a second fender coupled to a fourth section of the perimeter portion and the first message board is arranged to interconnect the first and second fenders. 11. The canister of claim 10, wherein each of the first and second fenders has a first end and an opposite second end, the first message board is coupled to the first end of each of the first and second fenders, and the rim further includes a second message board coupled to the second end of each of the first and second fenders and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first message board to locate the cover plate therebetween. 12. The canister of claim 11, wherein the second message board is arranged to extend along a third section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate, the second message board includes a second display panel arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the third section of the perimeter portion and a second display-panel support coupled to the second display panel and to the cover plate and configured to provide means for supporting the second display panel in a reclined position relative to the cover plate wherein an upper edge of the second display panel lies in closer proximity to the basin of the container than a lower edge of the second display panel to cause the second display panel to cooperate with the top surface of the cover plate to define an acute included angle therebetween when the rim of the lid is mated with the brim of the container so that a second printed message provided on an inclined exterior surface of the second display panel arranged to face away from the cover plate is visible to an observer. 13. The canister of claim 12, further comprising a lid mount coupled to the lower edge of the display panel, a lower edge of the first fender, the lower edge of the second display panel, and a lower edge of the second fender, and the lid mount is configured to mate with the brim and lie in spaced-apart relation to the basin while an interior surface of each of the display panel and the second display panel engages the brim of the container to retain the cover plate in a stationary position on the container closing the mouth defined by the brim. 14. The canister of claim 10, wherein the first fender includes a first support segment arranged to mate with the brim and a first basin-stacking skirt coupled to the first support segment and arranged to extend upwardly away from the cover plate and the second fender includes a second support segment arranged to mate with the brim and a second basin-stacking skirt coupled to the second support segment and arranged to extend upwardly from the cover plate and to cooperate with the cover plate and the first basin-stacking skirt to define means for defining a receptacle sized to receive therein a basin of an overlying canister to align the overlying canister in a predetermined stacked position on the cover plate. 15. A canister comprising a container including a brim and a basin coupled to the brim and configured to form an interior product-storage region, the brim being formed to define a mouth opening into the interior product-storage region, anda lid including a cover plate and a rim coupled to a perimeter portion of the cover plate and configured to mate with the brim of the container to close the mouth defined by the brim and to cause a bottom surface of the cover plate to face downwardly toward the basin and a top surface of the cover plate to face upwardly away from the basin, wherein the rim includes a first message board extending along a first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and including a display panel arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and a display-panel support coupled to the display panel and to the cover plate and configured to provide means for supporting the display panel in a reclined position relative to the cover plate wherein an upper edge of the display panel lies in closer proximity to the basin of the container than a lower edge of the display panel to cause the display panel to cooperate with the top surface of the cover plate to define an acute included angle therebetween when the rim of the lid is mated with the brim of the container so that a printed message provided on an inclined exterior surface of the display panel arranged to face away from the cover plate is visible to an observer,wherein the rim further includes a first fender coupled to a second section of the perimeter portion and a second fender coupled to a fourth section of the perimeter portion and the first message board is arranged to interconnect the first and second fenders,wherein each of the first and second fenders has a first end and an opposite second end, the first message board is coupled to the first end of each of the first and second fenders, and the rim further includes a second message board coupled to the second end of each of the first and second fenders and the second message board is arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first message board to locate the cover plate therebetween, andwherein the cover plate includes a first generally D-shaped section coupled to the first fender, a second generally D-shaped section coupled to the second fender, and a generally rectangular section coupled to each of the first and second message boards and arranged to lie between and interconnect the first and second generally D-shaped sections. 16. A canister comprising a container including a brim and a basin coupled to the brim and configured to form an interior product-storage region, the brim being formed to define a mouth opening into the interior product-storage region, anda lid including a cover plate and a rim coupled to a perimeter portion of the cover plate and configured to mate with the brim of the container to close the mouth defined by the brim and to cause a bottom surface of the cover plate to face downwardly toward the basin and a top surface of the cover plate to face upwardly away from the basin, wherein the rim includes a first message board extending along a first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and including a display panel arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and a display-panel support coupled to the display panel and to the cover plate and configured to provide means for supporting the display panel in a reclined position relative to the cover plate wherein an upper edge of the display panel lies in closer proximity to the basin of the container than a lower edge of the display panel to cause the display panel to cooperate with the top surface of the cover plate to define an acute included angle therebetween when the rim of the lid is mated with the brim of the container so that a printed message provided on an inclined exterior surface of the display panel arranged to face away from the cover plate is visible to an observer,wherein the rim further includes a first fender coupled to a second section of the perimeter portion and a second fender coupled to a fourth section of the perimeter portion and the first message board is arranged to interconnect the first and second fenders,wherein the first fender includes a first support segment arranged to mate with the brim and a first basin-stacking skirt coupled to the first support segment and arranged to extend upwardly away from the cover plate and the second fender includes a second support segment arranged to mate with the brim and a second basin-stacking skirt coupled to the second support segment and arranged to extend upwardly from the cover plate and to cooperate with the cover plate and the first basin-stacking skirt to define means for defining a receptacle sized to receive therein a basin of an overlying canister to align the overlying canister in a predetermined stacked position on the cover plate, andwherein the first message board includes a body comprising the display panel and the display-panel support and a first arm arranged to lie at an angle to the body and interconnect the body and the first basin-stacking skirt. 17. The canister of claim 16, wherein the display-panel support includes an inner panel coupled to the first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and a top panel arranged to interconnect the upper edge of the display panel and an upper edge of the inner panel and the first arm is coupled to the first support segment and formed to include an upwardly facing top wall that is arranged to lie in generally coplanar relation to the top panel of the display-panel support. 18. The canister of claim 17, wherein the first arm further includes an outer wall coupled to the first support segment and to the display panel, an inner wall coupled to the cover plate and to the inner panel of the display-panel support, and a rigidifying web coupled to the inner, outer, and top walls included in the first arm and located in a downwardly opening chamber defined by the inner, outer, and top walls of the first arm. 19. A canister comprising a container including a brim and a basin coupled to the brim and configured to form an interior product-storage region, the brim being formed to define a mouth opening into the interior product-storage region, anda lid including a cover plate and a rim coupled to a perimeter portion of the cover plate and configured to mate with the brim of the container to close the mouth defined by the brim and to cause a bottom surface of the cover plate to face downwardly toward the basin and a top surface of the cover plate to face upwardly away from the basin, wherein the rim includes a first message board extending along a first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and including a display panel arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first section of the perimeter portion of the cover plate and a display-panel support coupled to the display panel and to the cover plate and configured to provide means for supporting the display panel in a reclined position relative to the cover plate wherein an upper edge of the display panel lies in closer proximity to the basin of the container than a lower edge of the display panel to cause the display panel to cooperate with the top surface of the cover plate to define an acute included angle therebetween when the rim of the lid is mated with the brim of the container so that a printed message provided on an inclined exterior surface of the display panel arranged to face away from the cover plate is visible to an observer,wherein the rim further includes a first fender coupled to a second section of the perimeter portion and a second fender coupled to a fourth section of the perimeter portion and the first message board is arranged to interconnect the first and second fenders,wherein the first fender includes a first support segment arranged to mate with the brim and a first basin-stacking skirt coupled to the first support segment and arranged to extend upwardly away from the cover plate and the second fender includes a second support segment arranged to mate with the brim and a second basin-stacking skirt coupled to the second support segment and arranged to extend upwardly from the cover plate and to cooperate with the cover plate and the first basin-stacking skirt to define means for defining a receptacle sized to receive therein a basin of an overlying canister to align the overlying canister in a predetermined stacked position on the cover plate, andwherein each of the first and second support segments is C-shaped, each of the first and second basin-stacking skirts is C-shaped, and the first message board includes a first arm coupled to the first basin-stacking skirt, a second arm coupled to the second basin-stacking skirt, and a body comprising the display panel and the display-panel support and interconnecting the first and second arms to provide the first message board with a C-shaped configuration. 20. The canister of claim 19, wherein the display panel and the display-panel support cooperate to form a downwardly opening chamber in the body, the rim further includes a body-rigidifying web located in the downwardly opening chamber and coupled to the display panel and the display-panel support, the first arm includes an outer wall coupled to the display panel, first support segment, and first basin-stacking skirt, an inner wall coupled to the display-panel support, cover plate, and first basin-stacking skirt, a top wall cooperating with and interconnecting the inner and outer walls of the first arm to form a downwardly opening chamber in the first arm, and a first arm-rigidifying web located in the downwardly opening chamber formed in the first arm and coupled to each of the inner, top, and outer walls of the first arm, and the second arm includes an outer wall coupled to the display panel, second support segment, and second basin-stacking skirt, an inner wall coupled to the display-panel support, cover plate, and second basin-stacking skirt, a top wall cooperating with and interconnecting the inner and outer walls of the second arm to form a downwardly opening chamber in the second arm, and a second arm-rigidifying web located in the downwardly opening chamber formed in the second arm and coupled to each of the inner, top, and outer walls of the second arm. 21. A canister comprising a container including a brim and a basin coupled to the brim and configured to form an interior product-storage region, the brim being formed to define a mouth opening into the interior product-storage region,a lid including a cover plate and a rim coupled to a perimeter portion of the cover plate and configured to mate with the brim of the container to close the mouth defined by the brim, wherein the rim includes, in series, a first message board coupled to a first section of the perimeter portion, a first fender coupled to a second section of the perimeter portion, a second message board coupled to a third section of the perimeter portion to locate the cover plate therebetween, and a second fender coupled to a fourth section of the perimeter portion and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first fender to locate the cover plate therebetween, the first message board includes a display panel oriented to lie in a positively sloping direction relative to the cover plate and formed to include an inclined exterior surface facing away from the cover plate and carrying a printed message thereon, and the second message board includes a second display panel oriented to lie in a negatively sloping direction relative to the cover plate and formed to include an inclined exterior surface facing away from the cover plate and the display panel of the first message board and carrying a printed message thereon,wherein each of the first and second message boards and the first and second fenders is C-shaped, the first message board interconnects first ends of each of the first and second fenders, and the second message board interconnects second ends of each of the first and second fenders.
