Tamper-evident cover sheet for multi-compartment article dispensing package

A cover sheet configured for securement to a base member having a plurality of individual compartment units releasably secured to one another and disposed in an array of plural rows and plural columns, each compartment unit comprising a flange and a chamber depending from the flange, the flange extending around the periphery of the chamber and having plural corners, the flanges being detachably connected along frangible separation lines intersecting the corners so that each compartment unit may be separated from the other compartment units, said cover sheet comprising:

• a top surface and an undersurface and comprising a plurality of closure members disposed in an array of plural rows and plural columns, each of said closure members including plural corners and being releasably secured to one another along frangible separation lines intersecting said corners of said closure members, said undersurface of said cover sheet being configured to be releasably secured to the flanges of the base member, whereupon said frangible separation lines of said cover sheet are coincident with the frangible separation lines of the base member and respective ones of said closure members are releasably secured to respective ones of the compartment units to form respective sealed compartment units;
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• a plurality of tamper-evident cuts extending into said top surface of said cover sheet, each of said tamper-evident cuts being an arc having a portion directed toward a respective corner of said closure member and configured when said cover sheet is secured to the base member to initiate tearing of said closure member upon lifting of said closure member off an associated compartment unit at a corner located closely adjacent said tamper-evident cut.