Patent ID: 9745106
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A tamper-evident container formed by thermoforming, comprising: a base tray having a bottom and a sidewall forming an interior volume, the tray further comprising an edge extending peripherally outward from an upper edge of the sidewall; and a lid having an edge extending peripherally outward therefrom, the lid edge being configured to mate with the tray edge to close the container, the lid edge having an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner and outer portions having a perforated section therebetween, the perforated section extending continuously around an entire periphery of the lid, whereby the outer portion forms a tamper-evident seal removable from the inner portion for removing the lid from the tray, wherein the tray edge is disposed beneath the outer portion of the lid edge and extends peripherally outward so that a substantial part of the outer portion of the lid edge does not extend below the tray edge, wherein the perforated section of the lid edge is formed in a horizontal wall of a peripheral channel extending around the lid edge, and wherein the outer portion of the lid edge comprises a bridge portion having a perforated segment which extends outward from the perforated section to divide the tamper-evident strip.