Tamper evident container
AssigneeDart Container Corporation
InventorsRyan P. Gingras, Dean A. Garza
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Abstract
A container having tamper evident and resistant features includes a tray, a cover and a hinge defining a hinge axis and connecting the tray and cover for relative rotation about the hinge axis between a closed position and an opened position. The container also includes a first tab provided on one of the cover and tray and located radially interiorly of the hinge axis and a second tab provided on the other of the cover and tray and located radially interiorly of the hinge axis, wherein the first and second tabs are spaced relative to each other such that a user may grasp the first tab with one hand and the second tab with another hand and relatively pull the first tab and the second tab away from each other to tear the hinge and separate the cover from the tray.
Claims37
A container having tamper evident and tamper resistant features comprising:
- a tray comprising a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and defining an open top;
- a cover;
- a hinge defining a hinge axis and connecting the tray and cover for relative rotation about the hinge axis between a closed position and an opened position;
- a first tab provided on one of the cover and tray and entirely located radially interiorly of the hinge axis;
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- a second tab provided on the other of the cover and tray and entirely located radially interiorly of the hinge axis;
- wherein the first and second tabs are laterally spaced relative to each other such that a user may grasp the first tab with one hand and the second tab with another hand and relatively pull the first tab and the second tab away from each other to tear the hinge and separate the cover from the tray.
A container having tamper evident and tamper resistant features comprising:
- a tray comprising a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and terminating at a first end of an outwardly extending tray flange and a rib projecting upwardly from at least a portion of an end of the tray flange opposite the first end to at least partially define an open top;
- a cover comprising a top wall and terminating at a first end of an outwardly extending cover flange, a skirt projecting upwardly from an end of the cover flange opposite the first end, and a blocking wall extending upwardly from the top wall and spaced from the skirt to define a gap between the blocking wall and the skirt;
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- wherein when the cover is mounted to the tray to close the open top of the tray, at least a portion of the skirt lies on top of the rib, and the tray flange, the cover flange, the skirt and the blocking wall are shaped and sized such that the at least a portion of the skirt is not pinchable when the cover closes the open top of the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.