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US 2017/0361980 A1Published application
Tamper evident container
AssigneeLindar Corporation
InventorDaniel K. Fosse
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Abstract
A tamper evident closure includes a first snap, a second snap, a tear strip connected to the second snap, and a first projection extending around three sides of the first snap. In a closed position, the second snap is positioned in a cavity of the first snap, and the first projection surrounds three sides of the second snap that is positioned in the cavity of the first snap.
Claims20
A tamper evident closure comprising:
- a first snap;
- a second snap;
- a tear strip connected to the second snap;
- and
- a first projection extending around three sides of the first snap;
- wherein in a closed position, the second snap is positioned in a cavity of the first snap;
- and
- wherein in a closed position, the first projection surrounds three sides of the second snap that is positioned in the cavity of the first snap.
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A tamper evident container comprising:
- a first container portion;
- a second container portion;
- and
- a tamper evident closure comprising:
- a first snap;
- a second snap;
- a tear strip connected to the second snap;
- and
- a first projection extending around three sides of the first snap;
- wherein in a closed position, the second snap is positioned in a cavity of the first snap;
- and
- wherein in a closed position, the first projection surrounds three sides of the second snap that is positioned in the cavity of the first snap.
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A method comprising:
- closing a tamper evident container by bringing a first container portion into contact with a second container portion, wherein the first container portion has a first snap and the second container portion has a flange, a tear strip attached to the flange along a first perforated line, and a second snap attached to the tear strip along a second perforated line;
- folding the tear strip along the first perforated line;
- folding the second snap along the second perforated line;
- and
- placing the second snap in a cavity of the first snap, wherein when the second snap is in the cavity of the first snap, a projection in the first container portion surrounds three sides of the second snap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.