Patent ID: 8365979

Claim:
In combination (a) a carton or other container having first and second opposing flaps movable to a closed position, said flaps each having an edge, the edges being movable toward one another when said flaps are moved to the closed position, one or both of said edges defining a joint; and (b) a tamper-evident label comprising a first pad fastened to said first flap, a second pad fastened to said second flap and at least one strip joining said first and second pads, said at least one strip overlying said joint but not fastened to said flaps and being in a stressed condition such that, upon cutting or breaking said at least one strip to form strip ends, said strip ends extending from said first pad will be displaced from the strip ends extending from said second pad: wherein said at least one strip is placed in a stressed condition by moving said first pad relative for said second pad.