Tamper evident seal
AssigneeCPC International Inc.
InventorStephen A. Gaeta
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Abstract
This invention relates to a tamper evident inner seal for use on bottles, jars and other types of containers. More specifically, this invention provides a means for rendering a heat or adhesive sealed liner tamper evident by enabling the liner to tear upon removal or opening, while providing a peelable seal that does not leave seal residuals attached to the container.
Claims6
A tamper evident seal comprising a sheet of directionally oriented material with the peripheral portion having a plurality of V-shaped notches each having two sides, wherein one side of the V-shaped notch is cut on the perpendicular to the periphery of the seal and the second side of the V-shaped notch is placed at an angle of from about 40.degree. to about 50.degree. from the perpendicular side, wherein the V-shaped notches are positioned so that the perpendicular side of the notch alternates from notch to notch.
A tamper evident seal for use on a container which includes a hollow body for holding material which has a neck at one end extending from the body to terminate in a lip and circumscribing an opening into which material is inserted and removed from the container and a cap for placement over the opening onto the neck, and wherein the seal comprises a sheet of directionally oriented material with a circular peripheral portion having a plurality of V-shaped notches comprising two sides wherein one side of the V-shaped notch is cut on the perpendicular to the periphery of the seal and the second side of the V-shaped notch is cut at an angle of 45.degree. from the perpendicular cut, wherein the V-shaped notches are spaced approximately every 45.degree. around the periphery of the seal and the perpendicular side of the V-shaped notches alternates from notch to notch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.