Patent ID: 9278786
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A container with tamper-evident features, the container comprising: a base; a lid engageable with the base; and a pull-tab assembly disposed on the lid and including: a holddown; and a pull tab connected by a breakable joint to the holddown; a living hinge by which the pull-tab assembly is attached to the lid at a periphery of the lid; the pull-tab assembly including: a stowed position in which the pull-tab assembly has been rotated about the living hinge from an initial deployed position to the stowed position, the lid is engaged with the base, the holddown is attached to the lid, the pull tab is attached to the holdown, and the pull tab is under spring biasing away from the lid; and a redeployed position in which the lid is disengageable from the base, the holddown is attached to the lid, and the pull tab is detached from the holdown by breaking of the breakable joints; the pull-tab assembly being configured such that: when being placed in the redeployed position from the stowed position by pulling the pull tab away from the holddown, the spring biasing is released and the pull tab pivots with respect the holddown and detaches from the holddown while the holddown remains attached to the lid; and, when in the redeployed position, the pull tab is prevented from being reattached to the holddown, thereby providing evidence of tampering, wherein the lid is not disengageable from the base when the pull-tab assembly is in the stowed position and is disengageable from the base when the pull-tab assembly is in the redeployed position.