Container

This invention relates to a container, preferably for a particulate product, which container is physically robust, and at the same time, both environmentally and ergonomically friendly. The container of this invention is particularly useful as a non-reservoir toner bottle for copying/printing machines. However, the container of this invention is not limited, nor intended to be limited to, containers for particulate product or toner bottles because it has numerous applications which will be obvious to one skilled in the art once apprised of its environmental and ergonomic advantages. For sake of clarity and brevity, this invention will be discussed in detail hereinafter primarily in relation to a container that carries solid particular toner product that is ultimately to be dispensed into the toner reservoir of a copying/printing machine. A container having opposing ends joined by a closing member, which closing member carries (a) a plurality of spread-apart ribs that radially encompass the periphery of the closing member, and (2) a plurality of radial sub-portions between adjacent ribs which sub-portions encompass the periphery of the closing member and a plurality of facets carried by the sub-portions.