Patent ID: 8944270
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A container, comprising: a basket connected with a basket tear strip by basket links along a basket lip having an outer edge comprising an undulating series of rounded protrusions and rounded indentations, the basket links extending from alternating indentations of the outer edge of the basket lip such that no basket links extend from protrusions; and a lid mated with the basket and connected with a lid tear strip by lid links along a lid lip having an outer edge comprising an undulating series of rounded protrusions and rounded indentations, the lid links extending from alternating indentations of the outer edge of the lid lip such that no lid links extend from protrusions; wherein the lid tear strip is bonded to the basket tear strip to form a seal; wherein when the lid tear strip is bonded to the basket tear strip, the basket links and lid links are staggered from each other by an indentation so that an applied force necessary to separate the basket tear strip from the basket and the lid tear strip from the lid is determined by an applied force necessary to separate one of a basket link from the basket tear surface and a lid link from the lid tear surface; and wherein when a force applied to the seal separates the basket tear strip from the basket and the lid tear strip from the lid so that the lid is separable from the basket, chaff comprising portions of the basket and lid links are recessed within associated rounded indentations of the basket lip and the lid lip so that no chaff extends from the outer edges of the lid lip and the basket lip beyond adjacent rounded protrusions.