Patent · US Expired

Tamper evident container

US5111954A · kind A · utility

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37References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1990
Grant dateMay 12, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 2, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2543/00888
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure herein describes a container adapted to securely engage a cover displaying a peripheral depending skirt; it comprises a body with side walls having an upper edge portion adapted to engage the skirt of the closure. The side walls include a peripheral inverted L-shaped flange. Integrally formed with the flange is a pair of handles each including a frangible tab which must be broken to remove the cover from the container; however, the broken tabs do not hinder the reclosure of the container, nor the handling of the container. The handles are so shaped as to allow similarly constructed containers to be nested one into the other.

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