# US 2021/0276770 A1 · Truly Tamper-evident Container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0276770 A1 - Document ID: US20210276770A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/810,059 - Filed: 2020-03-05 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-05 - Assignees: Rick McCormick - Inventors: Rick McCormick - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210276770A1 ## CPC - B65D 51/222: {the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure} - B65D 35/44: Closures (closure members of interest apart from this application B65D39/00 - B65D55/00; forming bottom closures after filling B65B7/14) - B65D 43/169: {the lid, the hinge and the element connecting them to the container being made of one piece} - B65D 55/06: Deformable or tearable wires, strings or strips (caps or cap-like closures with tear-strips B65D41/32); Use of seals - B65D 2251/0093: Membrane - B65D 2401/15: Tearable part of the closure (B65D2401/60 takes precedence) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract One embodiment of a vertical tube (26) for an improved tamper-evident container having no threads which descends from the underside of a cap (12) and is permanently adhered to a receiving cylindrical, threadless body neck (50) on the top of the body (10). A tape (46) is adhered to the underside of the lid (14) and runs towards the front of the cap where the opening is located, extends down to a plateau (22) where it runs back towards the rear, hinged (18) end of the cap. The tape breaks apart when the lid is opened for the first time. The cap and lid are clear and see-through which allows the customer to see if the tape is torn apart and know whether the product has been tampered with or not. Other embodiments are described and shown. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A product packaging container for tamper-proofing a container cap with a container body, the two generally connected at the screwless neck, spout, brim, sides, or flanged top of the body, the product packaging container comprising: a threadless tube that descends vertically from the cap and is permanently adhered to the threadless neck, spout, brim, sides, or flanged top of the body, a tape adhered to the underside of the cap's lid which generally runs away from the rear, hinged end of the cap, towards a crater on the lid, towards the front inner wall of the lid where the opening is located and extends down to a plateau on the top of the container body where it runs back towards a spout and the rear, hinged end of the cap. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein said threadless neck, brim, sides, and flanged areas are part of the cap and not the body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein said cap and body are composed of polyethylene. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the cap and lid are clear or see-through. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the spout is sealed with foil, paper, plastic, or similar material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the spout is ringed by an O-ring, safety shrink band, tape, plastic, paper, or similar item that comes off or breaks apart when a tape underneath it is pulled up when the lid is opened. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tape is folded as one piece, is adhered to the underside of the lid and the top of the plateau, and breaks apart when the lid is opened. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tape is adhered to the inner wall of the lid at the opening and breaks apart when the lid is opened. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tape has a section made of paper, plastic, or similar material which breaks apart when the lid is opened. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tape is adhered to the underside of the lid and the top of the plateau and breaks apart when the lid is opened. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tube on the cap is permanently adhered to the body with a heat-activated adhesive. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 where the container is a collapsible tube. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the cap has a flip-top lid. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tape is masking tape. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tape is attached to or is a member of a foil, paper, plastic, or similar material covering the spout. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the tape is a cylindrical sleeve that descends from the underside of the lid down to the top of the plateau and breaks apart when the lid is opened. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The cylindrical sleeve of claim 16 is made of tape, paper, plastic, or similar material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The cylindrical sleeve of claim 16 descends from the crater on the underside of the lid down to the spout on the plateau. ### Claim 19 A method of joining a tape to a product packaging container, comprising the steps of: placing one end of a tape with the sticky side onto the underside of the container's lid, near the back, hinged end of the cap, pressing it against the lid as it runs toward the front end of the cap, guiding a first punch hole in the tape around a crate descending from the underside of the lid, and continuing to press the tape against the lid until it reaches the front of the lid near the opening; lifting the other end of the tape back to the rear, hinged end of the cap while lining up a second punch hole in the tape to be able to go around a spout on the plateau; setting this end of the tape with the sticky side facing down onto the plateau; closing the lid which lowers the tape, so that it settles around the second punch hole and squats in a resting position sticking to the plateau.