Patent ID: 7717319
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A reclosable folding box of sheet material with at least one tamper-evident closure, which includes a cover flap with an insertion tab, wherein the tamper-evident closure of the folding box can be mechanically closed without the need for gluing, and the tamper-evident closure can be opened only by destroying the tamper-evident closure, wherein the folding box comprises retaining means which, in an as-delivered state, is folded down at a fold line onto a main panel opposite the cover flap and forms a gap with the main panel, the retaining means is introduced into the gap thereby being located in the interior and invisible from the outside of the reclosable folding box and a tear-off tab connected to the insertion tab by way of a predetermined break line, the tamper-evident closure of the reclosable folding box being configured such that, the first time the reclosable folding box is opened, the tear-off tab cooperates with the retaining means and is torn off at the predetermined break line when the insertion tab is moved away from the retaining means.