PACKAGING CONTAINER FOR SCOOPABLE CONTENTS

Abstract

A packaging container for scoopable bulk solids comprising a container body includes a container wall extending from a container bottom edge to a container body opening in a height direction of the container, and a closure arrangement including a lid. The container wall has an inner surface facing towards an inner compartment in the packaging container and an outer surface facing away from the inner compartment. The container body has an opening edge at the container body opening. A combined scraper bar and scoop holder is arranged at the container body opening and extends across a bent portion of the container wall between a first container wall portion and a second container wall portion, the combined scraper bar and scoop holder including a scraping edge and a first scoop fastening element for repeated fastening and releasing of a scoop.

Claims

1. A packaging container for scoopable bulk solids, said packaging container comprising a container body (2) comprising a container wall (3) extending from a container bottom edge (4) to a container body opening (6) in a height direction (H) of said container (1), and a closure arrangement comprising a lid (14), said container wall (3) having an inner surface (7) facing towards an inner compartment (11) in said packaging container (1) and an outer surface (8) facing away from said inner compartment (11), said container body (2) having an opening edge (5) at said container body opening (6), said container wall comprising a bent wall portion, said packaging container further comprising a scoop (44, 44a, 44b, 44c) comprising a scoop handle (50) and a bowl portion (51), said scoop handle (50) having a proximal end (52) at said bowl portion (51) and a distal end (53) remote from said bowl portion (51), characterized in that a combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) is arranged at said container body opening (6) and extends across said bent wall portion, said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) comprising a scraping edge (41) and a first scoop fastening element (42, 42a, 42b, 42c) for repeated fastening and releasing of a scoop (44, 44a, 44b, 44c), and a second scoop fastening element (43, 43a, 43b, 43c) being arranged at said distal end (53) of said scoop handle (50), said second scoop fastening element (43, 43a, 43b, 43c) being arranged to connect with said first scoop fastening element (42, 42a, 42b, 42c) on said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) and wherein said bowl portion (51) of said scoop (44, 44a, 44b, 44c) is directed downward into the container when said second scoop fastening element (43, 43a, 43b, 43c) at said distal end (53) of said scoop handle is connected to said first scoop fastening element (42, 42a, 42b, 42c) on said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c).

2. A packaging container according to claim 1, wherein said bent wall portion is a container wall corner portion, said container wall corner portion connecting a first container wall portion (3a, 3b) with a second container wall portion (3c, 3d).

3. A packaging container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said first scoop fastening element (42, 42a, 42b) is a female fastening element, such as an opening or a depression and wherein said second scoop fastening element (43, 43a, 43b) is a male fastening element, such as a hook or a protrusion.

4. A packaging container according to claim 3, wherein said first scoop fastening element (42, 42a) is an opening and wherein said second scoop fastening element (43) is a hook.

5. A packaging container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said first scoop fastening element (42b, 42c) is a male fastening element, such as a hook or a protrusion and wherein said second scoop fastening element (43c) is a female fastening element such as an opening or a depression.

6. A packaging container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said container wall (3) comprises a front wall portion (3a), a rear wall portion (3b) and two side wall portions (3c, 3d) and wherein said lid (14) is hingedly connected to said rear wall portion (3b) at said opening edge (5) and wherein said bent wall portion across which said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40) extends, is a corner wall portion connecting said front wall portion (3a) with one of said side wall portions (3c, 3d).

7. A packaging container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40) is provided as a separate part and wherein said packaging container comprises means for attaching said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40) at any one of at least two selectable locations at said access opening (35) of said packaging container (1).

8. A packaging container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said scraping edge (41) is a straight edge bridging said bent wall portion.

9. A packaging container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a vertical distance between said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) and an inner surface (24) of said lid (14) in a closed configuration of said packaging container is smaller than a vertical release distance of said second scoop fastening element (43, 43a, 43b, 43c).

10. A packaging container according to claim 9, wherein said vertical distance between said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) and said inner lid surface (24) is a vertical distance between a scoop restraining member (60) arranged on said inner lid surface (24) and said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c).

11. A packaging container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) is arranged on an upper reinforcing rim (15) which is attached to said container wall (3) at said container body opening (6).

12. A packaging container according to claim 11, wherein said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) is formed integrally with said upper reinforcing rim (15).

13. A packaging container according to claim 11 or 12, wherein said upper reinforcing rim is welded to said inner surface (7) of said container wall (3), such as by high frequency welding.

14. A packaging container (1) according to any one of claims 11-13, wherein said upper reinforcing rim forms part of a lid component, said lid component further comprising a lid part (14a), said upper reinforcing rim (15) and said lid part (14a) being connected by a hinge.

15. A packaging container (1) according to according to any one of claims 11-14, wherein said packaging container (1) further comprises a frame structure (30), said frame structure (30) being applied to said packaging container (1) at said container body opening (6) and being mechanically connected to said upper reinforcing rim (15).

16. A packaging container (1) according to claim 15, wherein said frame structure (30) forms part of a lid component (31), said lid component (31) further comprising a lid part (14a), said frame structure (30) and said lid part (14a) being connected by a hinge (29).

17. A packaging container (1) according to any one of claims 10-16, wherein an inner profile of said reinforcing rim (15) including said combined scraper bar and scoop holder (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) defines a shape and a size of an access opening (35), said access opening (35) being smaller than said container body opening (6) and having an opening area which is from 85% to 99% of said container body opening area (6), such as from 90% to 98% of said container body opening area or from 94% to 97% of said container body opening area.

18. A packaging container (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said packaging container (1) comprises an inner peelable or openable sealing membrane (33) forming a cross-sectional seal between an inner compartment (11) in said container body (2) and said container opening (6).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0056] The present invention will be further explained hereinafter by means of non-limiting examples and with reference to the appended drawings wherein:

[0057] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a packaging container;

[0058] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a variant of the packaging container in FIG. 1 with an open lid;

[0059] FIG. 2a shows a scoop for use with the packaging container in FIG. 1;

[0060] FIG. 3 shows an exploded view of the packaging container in FIG. 1;

[0061] FIG. 4 shows a cross-section taken along the line A-A in FIG. 1; and

[0062] FIG. 5a-5c show alternative scoop holders and scoops.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0063] It is to be understood that the drawings are schematic and that individual components, such as layers of material are not necessarily drawn to scale. The packaging container, reinforcing rim and lid component shown in the figures are provided as examples only and should not be considered limiting to the invention. The combined scraper bar and scoop holder as disclosed herein, may be used with packaging containers having completely removable lids. The combined scraper bar and scoop holder as disclosed herein is also useful in packaging containers having a hinge-lid arrangement different from the rim/frame arrangement shown in the figures. Such hinge-lid arrangement may be any suitable hinge-lid arrangement as known in the art including hinge-lid arrangements where the hinge is a two-part hinge and hinge-lid arrangement without a reinforcing rim and/or without a frame-structure. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is determined solely by the appended claims.

[0064] With reference to FIGS. 1-4, there is shown a paperboard packaging container 1 for pourable or scoopable bulk solids. The particular shape of the container 1 shown in the figures should not be considered limiting to the invention. Accordingly, the paperboard packaging container according to the invention may have any useful shape or size.

[0065] The packaging container 1 comprises a container body 2 formed by a tubular container wall 3 including a front wall portion 3a, a rear wall portion 3b and two side wall portions 3c, 3d. The container wall 3 extends from a container body bottom edge 4 to a container body opening edge 5 at a container body opening 6 in a height direction H of the packaging container 1. The container wall 3 has an inner surface 7 facing towards an inner compartment 11 in the packaging container 1 and an outer surface 8 facing away from the inner compartment 11 and being exposed to the exterior of the packaging container 1. A bottom disc 9 is positioned at the bottom edge 4 of the container body 2. The container body 2 is made from paperboard material as defined herein. The container body 2 may be formed by bringing together the side edges of a web of paperboard causing the material to assume a tubular shape, where after the side edges are sealed together. Sealing of the side edges may be made by any suitable method as known in the art, such as by welding or gluing, with welding being preferred. Sealing of the side edges of the container body web may involve using a sealing strip, as known in the art. The bottom disc 9 may be made from paperboard, metal, plastic, or from any suitable combination of such materials as known in the art.

[0066] The container body bottom edge 4 is reinforced by a plastic bottom rim 10 which is applied to the inner surface 7 of the container wall 3, between the bottom disc 9 and the container body bottom edge 4 and which has an outwardly directed flange 12 which covers the container body bottom edge 4 and forms a bottom edge 13 of the packaging container 1. The bottom rim 10 reinforces the container body paperboard bottom edge 4, stabilizes the shape of the container body 2 and protects the container body bottom edge 4 from mechanical deformation. The plastic bottom rim 10 also serves as a protective barrier against water and other fluids which may be present on a surface on which the packaging container is placed. The bottom rim 10 delimits a downwardly open space between the bottom disc 9 and the bottom edge 13 of the packaging container 1 which may be used to accommodate stacking elements arranged at an upper end of another packaging container when stacking two or more packaging containers on top of each other.

[0067] As an alternative to a plastic bottom rim, the bottom edge of the packaging container may be formed by a rolled edge of the paperboard container body, or may be provided by a simple, non-rolled join between the bottom disc 9 and the container body 2.

[0068] The container bottom may alternatively be formed without a bottom disc by folding of the container wall material, as known in the art.

[0069] The paperboard packaging container 1 is provided with a closure arrangement comprising a lid 14 and an upper reinforcing rim 15 extending along the container body opening edge 5 and defining a perimeter of a container access opening 35 which is smaller than the container body opening 6 which is defined by the upper edge 5 of the tubular container body 2.

[0070] The upper reinforcing rim 15 is preferably a plastic rim, most preferably a thermoplastic rim and is attached to the inner surface 7 of the container body wall 3 at the container body opening 6. The upper reinforcing rim 15 has an extension in the height direction, H, of the container 1 and has a lower rim part 16 with a lower rim edge 17 facing towards the container bottom 9 and an upper rim part 18 with an upper rim edge 19 facing away from the container bottom 9. The upper reinforcing rim 15 extends around the full periphery of the container body opening 6. The upper rim part 18 protrudes upwards in the height direction, H, above the container body opening edge 5, whereby the upper edge 19 of the upper reinforcing rim 15 is arranged above the container body opening edge 5 in the height direction, H, of the packaging container 1.

[0071] The upper reinforcing rim 15 is joined to the inner surface 7 of the container wall 3 by means of a weld seal 20 extending around the container opening 6. The weld seal 20 preferably extends continuously around the container body opening 5 and is a sift-proof weld seal and is preferably also a moisture proof weld seal and most preferably a gas-tight weld seal.

[0072] The weld seal 20 is formed by supplying energy to heat and locally soften or melt one or more thermoplastic component in a thermoplastic rim 15 and/or in a coating or film on the inner surface 7 of the container body wall 3 and by pressing the reinforcing rim 15 and the container wall 3 together in a direction perpendicular to the container wall 3. The temperature and pressure can be controlled and adjusted to form a strong and tight seal without damaging the welded components. The thermoplastic material used to create the weld seal 20 may be provided by a fully or partly thermoplastic reinforcing rim 15, by a thermoplastic film or coating on the inner surface 7 of the container wall 3, or by both a fully or partly thermoplastic reinforcing rim and by a thermoplastic film or coating on the inner surface 7 of the container wall 3. A plastic reinforcing rim 15 is preferably made from thermoplastic material which allows it to be thermoformed, e.g. by injection molding. An injection molding process may be used to form plastic components having different polymer compositions in different parts of the plastic component. By way of example, the surface of a plastic reinforcing rim which is welded to the container body may be formed from a polymer composition having a lower softening and melting point than other parts of the reinforcing rim. Moreover, an abutment surface on the upper reinforcing rim 15 may be formed from a resilient thermoplastic polymer. Any suitable welding technique may be used, such as ultrasonic welding or high frequency welding, with high frequency welding being preferred.

[0073] The lid 14 is formed from an outer lid part 14a and an inner lid part 14b. The outer lid part 14a is a profiled part with a three-dimensional shape providing an upper outer surface 25 of the lid 14. As is shown in FIG. 3, the outer lid part 14a has an inner surface 26 comprising a pattern of reinforcing ribs 27. The inner lid part 14b is a planar disk. The inner lid part 14b has an inner lid surface 24 which faces towards the bottom disc 9 when the lid 14 is closed on the container access opening 35.

[0074] The outer lid part 14a is connected by a hinge 29 to a frame structure 30, the lid 14 and the frame structure 30 together forming a lid component 31. The hinge 29 is a live hinge, formed integrally with the upper lid part 14a and the frame structure 30 as a flexible connection between the upper lid part 14a and the frame structure 30. As set out herein, the illustrated hinge is only intended as a non-limiting example and it should be understood that any other type of functional hinge may be used for the connection between the frame structure and the lid. Moreover, the lid may be of the removable kind, without any permanent connection to the frame structure.

[0075] The frame structure 30 is applied to the packaging container at the container body opening edge 5 and is mechanically attached to the upper reinforcing rim 15 by a snap-on connection. The frame structure 30 is attached to the upper reinforcing rim 15 after the reinforcing rim 15 has been welded to the inner surface 7 of the paperboard container wall 3. The frame structure 30 is applied to the upper reinforcing rim 15 by pressing the frame structure 30 down over the upper edge 19 of the upper reinforcing rim 15 until the frame structure 30 locks in place on the upper reinforcing rim 15 by means of mating snap-in features on the upper reinforcing rim 15 and the frame structure 30. When the frame structure 30 has been attached to the upper reinforcing rim 15, it can only be removed again by breaking or damaging the snap-in connection between the rim 15 and the frame structure 30.

[0076] The interior compartment 11 is sealed with a fully or partly removable sealing membrane 33 which is applied over the packaged goods 34 and which is sealed to the container body wall 3. The removable sealing membrane 33 may be attached to the container wall either from the top end of the container body 2 or from the bottom end of the container body 2. In order to gain a first access to the packaged goods, a user needs to open the lid 14 and expose the packaged goods 34 by fully or partly removing the sealing membrane 33. The sealing membrane 33 may be arranged to be peeled away from the wall 3 of the container body 2 or may be arranged with means for breaking the membrane 33 so that it can be at least partly removed from the opening 6, 35. Such means may be in the form of one or more predefined weakenings, such as perforations or a cut partly through the membrane. When the membrane is of the tear-open type, a narrow edge part of the sealing membrane may be left at the inner surface 7 of the container wall 3. Any such remaining part of the sealing membrane should preferably not be so large so that it extends into the access opening which is defined by the inner perimeter of the upper reinforcing rim. Accordingly, it may be preferred that a remaining membrane part has an extension perpendicular to the height direction H of the packaging container of at most 7 millimeters such as from 1-6 millimeters, from 2-5 millimeters or from 3-4 millimeters. It may be preferred that the inward extension of a remaining membrane part is 4 millimeters or less. The sealing membrane 33 is an optional feature of the disclosed packaging container 1 and may be omitted.

[0077] Once the sealing membrane 33 has been removed, it is sufficient to open the lid 14 in order to gain access to the packaged goods 34 in the interior compartment 11 through the access opening 35. As is seen in FIG. 2, which reveals the inside of the upper reinforcing rim 15, the area of the access opening 35 is defined by an inner perimeter 28 or inner contour of the upper reinforcing rim 15. As the upper reinforcing rim 15 is applied on the inner surface 7 of the container body wall 3 and adds thickness to the body wall in an inward direction, the area of the access opening 35 is always smaller than the area of the container body opening 6. The upper reinforcing rim 15 which is shown in FIG. 2 carries a combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 which extends across the front left corner portion of the reinforcing rim 15 as seen in the figures. The combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 is provided with a scraping edge 41 for scraping off excess scooped-up contents from a scoop or spoon 44 and an opening 42 constituting a first scoop fastening element for receiving and holding a second scoop fastening element in the form of a hook element 43 on the spoon 44.

[0078] Although not preferred, more than one combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 may be provided in the packaging container 1.

[0079] The combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 may be integrally formed with the upper reinforcing rim 15 or may be provided as a separate part which can be attached at any one of at least two selectable locations at the access opening 35 of the packaging container 1 as disclosed herein. A separately formed combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 is preferably provided with snap-in means cooperating with corresponding snap-in means on the upper reinforcing rim 15 allowing a user to select the most appropriate corner portion in which to attach the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40. The attachment is preferably a non-permanent attachment so that a user can change the placement of a combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 according to his/her preference. By way of example, a combined scraper bar and scoop holder which has been pre-attached by a manufacturer may be detached and moved to a more suitable location or different users such as right-handed users and left-handed users may wish to use the combined scraper bar and scoop holder in different locations.

[0080] When the packaging container 1 has a hinged lid 14 as shown in the figures, it may be preferred that the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 can be attached at least across the container wall corner portions at the front of the packaging container 1, i.e. the corner portions formed between the front wall portion 3a and the side wall portions 3c, 3d.

[0081] As is shown in FIG. 2, the scoop 44 comprises a scoop handle 50 and a bowl portion 51. The scoop handle 50 has a proximal end 52 at the bowl portion 51 and a distal end 53 remote from the bowl portion 51. The hook element 43 is arranged at the distal end 53 of the scoop handle 50 and is arranged to be inserted into the opening 42 in the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40, as shown in FIG. 2.

[0082] A combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 placed at the front of the packaging container may be preferred in a packaging container having a hinged lid 14 as such placement is convenient both when removing and fastening the scoop 44 and when using the scraping function. The arrangement of the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 and the scoop 44 shown in FIG. 2 may be preferred by a right-handed user. Other arrangements are contemplated in the packaging containers as disclosed herein. The combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 may e.g. be placed at the right front corner portion between the front wall portion 3a and the right side wall portion 3c or at one of the rear corner portions between the rear wall portion 3b and one of the side wall portions 3c, 3d. The scoop 44 may be arranged to be placed in the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 with the bowl portion 51 of the scoop 44 directed downward, towards the contents in the packaging container or with the bowl portion 51 of the scoop 44 directed upward, away from the contents in the packaging container as would be the case with the scoop 44 shown in FIG. 2a.

[0083] The first and second scoop fastening elements are not limited to the hook-and-opening arrangement shown in FIG. 2. Further non-limiting examples of useful mating fastener arrangements are shown in FIGS. 5a, 5b and 5c.

[0084] In the scoop fastening arrangement shown in FIG. 5a, the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40a is provided with a female fastening element in the form of a circular opening 42a constituting the first scoop fastening element and the scoop 44a is provided with a resiliently deformable knob 43a at the underside of the distal end 53 of the handle 50. The deformable knob 43a can be removably fastened in the circular opening 42a and constitutes the second scoop fastening element.

[0085] In the scoop fastening arrangement shown in FIG. 5b, the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40b is provided with a female fastening element in the form of a clamp 42b constituting the first scoop fastening element and the scoop 44b is provided with a narrowed handle portion and an end knob 43a at the distal end 53 of the handle 50. The narrowed handle portion with the end knob 43b can be removably fastened in the clamp 42b and constitutes the second scoop fastening element.

[0086] In the scoop fastening arrangement shown in FIG. 5c, the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40c is provided with a male fastening element in the form of a deformable knob 42c constituting the first scoop fastening element and the scoop 44c is provided with a corresponding circular opening 43c at the distal end 53 of the handle 50. The deformable knob 42c can be removably fastened in the circular opening 43c which constitutes the second scoop fastening element.

[0087] When the packaging container 1 is open, a desired quantity of the packaged goods 34 may be removed from the packaging container 1 through the access opening 35 by means of the scoop 44. The scoop is provided together with the packaging container 1. The scoop 44 may initially be placed on the sealing membrane 33, if present, may be removably attached to the inner lid surface 24 or may be attached to the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40.

[0088] The second scoop fastening element 43, 43a, 43b, 43c on the scoop 44, 44a, 44b, 44c is arranged to cooperate with the first scoop fastening element 42, 42a, 42b, 42c on the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40, 40a, 40b, 40c, whereby the scoop 44, 44a, 44b, 44c may be attached to the reinforcing rim 15 such that the handle 50 on the scoop 44, 44a, 44b, 44c is prevented from falling down into the contents in the packaging container compartment 11 between dispensing occasions. Users find it more appealing and hygienic to be able to remove the scoop from the container without having to dig it out from the remaining contents in the packaging container.

[0089] The scoop 44 is held with the scoop handle inclined downwardly, such that the proximal end 52 of the scoop handle 50 is located below the distal end 53 of the scoop handle. The connection between the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 and the scoop 44, may be arranged to allow the inclination of the scoop handle to increase as the packaging container is successively emptied of its contents, such as when the fastening elements are constituted by a hook and an opening e.g. as shown in FIG. 2.

[0090] Even if provided with the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 as disclosed herein, the packaging container has a large access opening with an opening edge without any portion of the edge being curved or inwardly in the plane of the access opening or having any edge portion forming an inwardly directed protrusion from the container body edge. A regularly shaped access opening edge without any protruding features that may obstruct the access opening greatly facilitates removal of the contents from the packaging container by scooping and also by pouring.

[0091] The access opening 35 may have an opening area which is from 85% to 99% of the opening area of the container body opening 6, such as from 90% to 98% of the container body opening area or from 94% to 97% of the container body opening area.

[0092] A tight closure between the lid 14 and the container body 2 is provided by a first abutment surface 51 on the upper rim edge 19 and a corresponding second abutment surface 52 arranged on the inner lid surface 24. The first abutment surface 51 on the upper reinforcing rim 15 is arranged to abut against the second abutment surface 52 on the lid 14 when the lid is in the closed position on the container access opening 35 and to form a seal between the upper reinforcing rim 15 and the lid 14.

[0093] The vertical distance between the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 and the inner lid surface 24 may be smaller than the vertical release distance of the second scoop fastening element 43 in a closed configuration of the packaging container 1. The vertical distance between the inner surface 24 of the container lid 14 and the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 is selected to be sufficiently small to prohibit a scoop 44 which is connected to the combined scraper bar and scoop holder from moving out of engagement with the combined scraper bar and scoop holder when the closed packaging container 1 is moved, shaken, or turned upside-down. The vertical release distance of the second fastening element 43 is the minimum distance between the second fastening element 43 and the inner surface 24 of the container lid 14 which is required in order to be able to move the second fastening element out of engagement with the first fastening element. The vertical release distance of the second fastening element is >0 millimeters. It may be preferred that the vertical release distance of the second fastening element is 30 millimeters.

[0094] As is illustrated in FIG. 2, the vertical distance between the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40 and the inner lid surface 24 may be a vertical distance between a scoop restraining member 60 arranged on the inner surface 24 of the lid 14 and the combined scraper bar and scoop holder 40. The scoop restraining member may be a protrusion arranged to diminish the vertical distance between the inner surface of the lid and the combined scraper bar and scoop holder and may be made integrally with the inner surface of the lid or as a separate component which is attached to the lid. The scoop restraining member may be in contact with the distal end of the scoop handle when the packaging container is closed or may be placed at a distance from the distal end of the scoop handle.

[0095] In order to keep the lid 14 secured in the closed position between dispensing occasions, the closure arrangement of the packaging container 1 may further comprise a locking arrangement 45. The locking arrangement 45 may comprise mating locking elements 45a, 45b. A male locking element 45a is arranged on the lid 14 and a female locking element 45b is arranged on the frame structure 30. The male locking element 45a is constituted by one or more protrusions, such as one or more knobs or ribs arranged on a locking flap 46 and the female locking element 45b is constituted by one or more corresponding cavities or grooves arranged on the frame structure 30. The locking arrangement 45 is preferably designed such that it exerts a force on the connection between the lid 14 and the upper rim edge 19 by pressing the first and second abutment surfaces 51, 52 together.

[0096] It is to be understood that the particular closure construction with a rim and a frame structure as disclosed herein is not essential to the packaging container of the claimed invention. Accordingly, the combined scraper bar and scoop holder as disclosed herein may be applied to any packaging container for bulk solids having an access opening and being provided with a scoop for removing bulk solids out of the packaging container through the access opening.