Container with improved tamper evident structure
AssigneeNaturall Selection Foods, LLC
InventorsRichard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange, Joseph Michael Torquato
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Abstract
A container comprises a basket having a basket lip and a lid with lid lip connected to a tear strip, the tear strip being bonded to the basket lip to form a seal. An applied force to the seal separates the tear strip from the lid so that the tear strip remains bonded to the basket lip and so that a lid tear surface is exposed. The basket lip includes a basket snap feature and the lid lip includes a lid snap feature. The basket snap feature and the lid snap feature are mateable to resist separation of the lid from the basket.
Claims16
A container, comprising:
- a basket having a basket lip;
- and
- a lid with lid lip connected to a tear strip, the tear strip being bonded to the basket lip to form a seal;
- wherein an applied force to the seal separates the tear strip from the lid so that the tear strip remains bonded to the basket lip and so that a lid tear surface is exposed;
- wherein the basket lip includes a basket snap feature and the lid lip includes a lid snap feature;
- wherein the basket snap feature and the lid snap feature are mateable to resist separation of the lid from the basket;
- wherein the lid tear surface is connected with a tear strip surface by a plurality of links arranged along the lid tear surface and extending therebetween;
- wherein the lid tear surface has a plurality of alternating projections and notches, the tear strip surface has a shape complementary to the lid tear surface, and each link extends between a notch of the lid tear surface and a complementary feature of the tear strip surface;
- and
- wherein chaff generated by the links when the lid is separated from the tear strip does not extend beyond the projections of the lid tear surface.
A container adapted to contain perishable goods, comprising:
- a basket having a basket lip;
- and
- a lid with a lid lip connected to a tear strip, the tear strip being bondable to the basket lip;
- wherein the lid is configured such that when the tear strip is bonded to the basket lip, the lid lip is separable from the tear strip so that the tear strip remains bonded to the basket lip and the lid is removably mateable with the basket;
- wherein the basket lip includes a basket snap feature and the lid lip includes a lid snap feature;
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- wherein the basket snap feature and the lid snap feature are mateable to resist separation of the lid from the basket;
- wherein the lid lip is connected with the tear strip by a plurality of links arranged along the lid lip and extending therebetween;
- wherein the lid lip has a plurality of alternating projections and notches, the strip has a shape complementary to the lid lip, and each link extends between a notch of the lid lip and a complementary feature of the tear strip;
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- wherein chaff generated by the links when the lid is separated from the tear strip does not extend beyond the projections of the lid lip.
A container adapted to contain perishable goods, comprising:
- a basket having a basket lip;
- and
- a lid with lid lip connected to a tear strip by a plurality of links arranged along the lid lip and extending between the lid lip and the tear strip, the tear strip being bondable to the basket lip;
- wherein the lid lip has a plurality of alternating projections and notches, the tear strip has a shape complementary to the lid lip, and each link extends between a notch of the lid lip and a complementary feature of the tear strip;
- wherein the lid is configured such that when the tear strip is bonded to the basket lip, the lid lip is separable from the tear strip so that the tear strip remains bonded to the basket lip;
- and
- wherein chaff generated by the links when the lid lip is separated from the tear strip does not extend beyond the projections of the lid lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.