Tamper-evident reclosable packages
AssigneeBemis Company, Inc.
InventorReinaldo Caleman
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to packages having a peelable/resealable tamper-evident label adhesively sealed to the portion of packaging body with a line of weakness. The peelable/resealable tamper-evident label comprises an unsealed pull tab and a plurality of adjacent tear slits positioned at or near the periphery of the peelable/resealable tamper-evident label. The tear slits are slanted towards the unsealed pull tab. The packages provide evidence of tampering when one Improperly attempts to open the package by removing the label at a corner or a side of the label. When the label is lifted anywhere other than the unsealed pull tab, it will tear at one or more tear slits which indicates that the label has been tampered with.
Claims15
A package comprising:
- a package body having a top portion, a bottom portion and side portions connecting the bottom portion to the top portion;
- a portion of the package body having a line of weakness therein;
- a peelable/resealable tamper-evident label adhesively sealed to the portion of the package body having the line of weakness;
- wherein the label comprises an unsealed pull tab and a plurality of adjacent tear slits positioned at or near the periphery of the label, wherein the tear slits are slanted towards the unsealed pull tab, and
- upon peeling the label with the pull tab, the label can be removed in its entirety with the tear slits intact on the label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.