Patent ID: 8146766

Claim:
A container having base and lid elements formed of at least one sheet and having a vertical axis, said base and lid elements having latched-together portions that extend by an angle B of more than 180° around said axis and that resist separation until said base and lid elements are separated at an initial opening region that lies at a periphery of said container that is away from said latched-together portions, wherein: at said initial opening region said base and lid elements each has a radially outwardly projecting tab that projects from a surrounding region of the base and lid elements, respectively, said tabs including a lid tab that can be grasped and pulled up and a base tab that can be grasped to be held down while the lid tab is pulled up to open the container; a first of said tabs is a blocking tab that is joined by at least one tear line to a surrounding region of the corresponding element, and the other of said tabs is an isolated tab; said blocking tab isolates said isolated tab by preventing a person from grasping the isolated tab until the blocking tab is torn along said at least one tear line to expose said isolated tab so it can be grasped; said blocking tab is a lid tab extending from a major part of said lid element, said lid tab having a top wall and a bottom having a downward-opening recess defined therein; said isolated tab is a base tab which can be received by said recess of said lid tab.