Tamper-evident container lock

A system for securing a food item, comprising:

• a food container of the type having a lower front flap, an upper front flap, the upper front flap adapted to at least partially overlap the lower front flap when the food container is closed, the front flaps each having front flap apertures each mutually aligned when the container is closed;
• an elongated body having a tapered front end, rear end, and a transverse stop disposed between the front end and the rear end;
• the front end having at least one angled resilient flange having a distal end adapted to flex towards the body temporarily when under force but then to spring back to a natural position when the force is removed;
• wherein the upper front flap of the container includes a forward section cut away from remaining sections of the upper front flap having the front flap aperture, the remaining sections of the upper front flap positionable behind the lower front flap when the container is closed, and the forward section of the upper front flap positionable in front of the lower front flap when the container is closed,
• whereby when the tapered front end is forced through the front flap apertures of the container when the container is closed, the at least one resilient flange flexes to fit through the front flap apertures, thereafter springing back to the natural position such that when the body is pulled away from the container back through the front flap apertures the distal end of the at least one flange contacts the front flap of the container to inhibit the removal thereof from the container, and whereby the lower front flap reinforces the forward section of the upper front flap when the front end of the elongated body is pushed through the front flap apertures to lock the container.