Tamper evident container
AssigneePianca Packaging LLC
InventorSameh Guirguis
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Abstract
A. tamper evident container includes a cover having a first interlocking flange with a first tab for opening and closing the container and a first extension joined to the first tab along a frangible score line, a base having a second interlocking flange with a second tab for opening and closing the container and a second extension joined to the second tab along a frangible score line, the first extension including one or more first interlocking elements and the second extension including one or more second interlocking elements, where the first and second interlocking elements, when securely fastened together, prevent access to the first and second tabs, and require more force to separate than to sever the first and second extensions along the frangible score lines.
Claims18
A tamper evident container comprising:
- a cover comprising a first interlocking flange with a first tab for opening the container and a first extension joined to the first tab along a frangible score line;
- a base comprising a second interlocking flange with a second tab for opening the container and a second extension joined to the second tab along a frangible score line;
- the first extension including one or more first interlocking elements and the second extension including one or more second interlocking elements,
- wherein the first and second interlocking elements, when securely fastened together, prevent access to the first and second tabs,
- the tamper evident container further comprising a rim extending substantially around an uppermost perimeter of the base, the rim having an uppermost flat top portion,
- wherein a peripheral edge of the cover contacts a part of the uppermost flat top portion and the uppermost flat top portion extends beyond the peripheral edge when the cover is closed over the base.
A method of providing a tamper evident container comprising:
- forming a cover with a first interlocking flange with a first tab for opening the container and a first extension joined to the first tab along a frangible score line;
- forming a base with a second interlocking flange with a second tab for opening the container and a second extension joined to the second tab along a frangible score line;
- providing the first extension with one or more first interlocking elements and the second extension with one or more second interlocking elements,
- wherein the first and second interlocking elements, when securely fastened together, prevent access to the first and second tabs;
- the method further comprising forming a rim extending substantially around an uppermost perimeter of the base, the rim having an uppermost flat top portion,
- wherein a peripheral edge of the cover contacts a part of the uppermost flat top portion and the uppermost flat top portion extends beyond the peripheral edge when the cover is closed over the base.
A tamper evident container comprising:
- a cover comprising:
- a first interlocking flange with a first tab for opening the container and a first extension joined to the first tab along a frangible score line;
- a second interlocking flange located on an end of the cover opposite the first interlocking flange, the second interlocking flange having a second tab for opening the container and a second extension joined to the second tab along a frangible score line;
- a base comprising:
- a third interlocking flange with a third tab for opening the container and a third extension joined to the third tab along a frangible score line,
- a fourth interlocking flange located on an end of the base opposite the third interlocking flange, the fourth interlocking flange having a fourth tab for opening the container and a fourth extension joined to the fourth tab along a frangible score line;
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- a rim extending substantially around an uppermost perimeter of the base, the rim having an uppermost flat top portion,
- wherein a peripheral edge of the cover contacts a part of the uppermost flat top portion and the uppermost flat top portion extends beyond the peripheral edge when the cover is closed over the base,
- the first extension including one or more first interlocking elements, the second extension including one or more second interlocking elements, the third extension including one or more third interlocking elements and the fourth extension including one or more fourth interlocking elements,
- wherein the first and second interlocking elements, when securely fastened together, prevent access to the first and second tabs,
- and wherein the third and fourth interlocking elements, when securely fastened together, prevent access to the third and fourth tabs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.