Patent ID: 8256636
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A tamper-evident package comprising: a container defining a product-containing space surrounded by a side wall and having a flange projecting from an upper edge of the side wall in a direction generally away from the product-containing space, the flange having an upper surface that extends about a circumference of the side wall's upper edge; an area of weakness formed in the flange and extending circumferentially for a minor part of the circumference of the side wall's upper edge, the area of weakness being adjacent to a break tab defined as an area of the flange that is initially unbroken and whose broken or unbroken condition is readily visually discernible; and a flexible lid sealed to the upper surface of the flange, a portion of the lid being affixed to a detachable region of the flange located outward of the break tab, such that bending and pulling on the detachable region of the flange causes the break tab to be broken and the detachable region to separate from the remainder of the flange, after which peeling of the lid can proceed; at least that portion of the lid overlying the break tab being sufficiently transparent that the broken or unbroken condition of the break tab can be seen through the lid from an upper side thereof.