Patent ID: 8028851

Claim:
A tamper evident container which has a vertical axis and which includes a base that forms an upwardly-opening cavity and a covering which is closed on said base to cover said cavity, said base and said covering being formed of plastic sheeting, wherein said covering includes radially inner and outer covering portions with a tear line between them, said inner covering portion being separable from said outer covering portion by tearing them apart along said tear line, said covering constructed so that after said covering portions are separated along said tear line said inner covering portion is easily lifted off and pressed back onto said base, wherein: said inner covering portion has a handle in the form of a tab that can be grasped to tear the inner covering portion free of the outer covering portion; said tear line extends only horizontally, and said tab extends horizontally, wherein said tab has opposite sides and said tear line has tear line ends that extend horizontally along said opposite sides of said tab.