Patent ID: 6059178
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A tamper evident container comprising a generally rectangular box formed from a corrugated paperboard container blank, said box having a pair of opposing vertically disposed rectangular end walls, a pair of opposing vertically disposed rectangular sidewalls, a pair of top closure flaps, each of said top closure flaps being connected to an upper edge of an associated one of said end walls along a fold line for folding movement between open and close positions, said box having a pair of top closure panels including an inner top closure panel and an outer top closure panel, each of said top closure panels being connected to an upper edge of an associated one of said sidewalls along a fold line for folding movement between open and close positions, said inner top closure panel overlying associated portions of said top closure flaps in said closed position, said outer top closure panels overlying an associated portion of said inner top closure panel in said closed position, top retaining tabs connected to opposite ends of said outer top closure panel along associated fold lines, said top retaining tabs being formed by portions of said top closure flaps, each of said top retaining tabs overlying a portion of an associated one of said end walls when the container is in its closed position, and adhesive means for adhering a portion of said outer top closure panel to an underlying portion of said inner top closure panel and said top retaining tabs to said end walls when said container is in its closed position, said corrugated paperboard blank having parallel corrugations extending transversely of said top retaining tabs and in parallel relation to said fold lines connecting said top retaining tabs to said opposite ends of said outer top closure panel.