IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0432627
(2009-04-29)
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등록번호 |
US-8146766
(2012-04-03)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Vovan, Terry
- Pho, Jimmy
- Yee, Lauren
- Rosen, Leon D.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
32 인용 특허 :
87 |
초록
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A container of sheet plastic reveals when it has been opened after a clerk loaded it with food. The container has a base (12) and lid (14) that remain latched together until they are separated at an initial opening region (40) where the lid has a radially-outward projecting lid tab (44) and the base
A container of sheet plastic reveals when it has been opened after a clerk loaded it with food. The container has a base (12) and lid (14) that remain latched together until they are separated at an initial opening region (40) where the lid has a radially-outward projecting lid tab (44) and the base has a tear-away part (52) with a blocker (60) that blocks access to the lid tab. The blocker surrounds the radially outward edge and opposite sides of the tab. The blocker prevents access to the lid tab to lift it to open the container until the tear-away part (52) is torn along a tear line (81). The fact that the tear-away part is torn away, reveals that the container has been tampered with.
대표청구항
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1. 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 a
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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. 2. A container having a base and lid formed of at least one sheet and having a vertical axis, said base and lid having latched-together portions that extend by an angle B of more than 180° around said axis and that cannot be separated until said base and lid are separated at an initial opening region that lies at a periphery of said container that is away from said latched-together portions, wherein: said base initial opening region forms a tear-away part and a surrounding region, said tear-away part connected to said surrounding region by circumferentially-spaced and elongated largely radially-extending first and second line areas and by an elongated largely circumferentially-extending third line area;at said initial opening region said lid has a lid lift portion that can be grasped and lifted when not blocked, and said tear-away part of said base forms a blocker that extends above and closely radially outward of said lid lift portion, to block access to said lift portion until said tear-away portion is torn away along at least one of said line areas, and said base forms a lid support surface that extends radially inward of said base blocker and that supports said lid lift portion. 3. The container described in claim 2 wherein: said third line area is a through cut, said first line area forms a tear line that can be easily torn, and said second line area forms a hinge. 4. The container described in claim 2 wherein: said third line area forms a hinge and said first and second line areas each forms a tear line. 5. The container described in claim 2 wherein: said first and second line areas each forms a tear line and said third line area forms a through cut. 6. The container described in claim 2 wherein: said tear-away part of said base has a support wall that supports said lid tab, said support wall having a vertical projection forming a base locator;said lid tab has a lid vertical projection forming a lid locator, with one of said base locator and said lid locator forming a vertical recess that receives the vertical projection of the other of said base locator and said lid locator. 7. The container described in claim 6 wherein: said base and lid locators form snap locators that snap one into the other to resist their vertical separation. 8. The container described in claim 2 wherein: said lid lift portion is in the form of a radially outward projecting lid tab that has a radially outer tab edge that is circumferentially narrower than said tear-away part and that has opposite tab sides;said tear-away part of said base has a raised outer blocking rib that projects higher than said tab and that forms said blocker, with said raised outer blocking rib closely surrounding said radially outer end of said lid tab and portions of said opposite sides of said lid tab. 9. The container described in claim 8 wherein: said base has an upwardly-extending main outer rib which extends around a majority of said axis and which has main outer rib ends that each lies opposite said blocking rib with said first and second line areas each lying between one of said blocking rib ends and one of said main rib outer ends, with each of said main outer rib ends and an adjacent end of said outer blocking rib being spaced apart from a gap between them, with each gap having a circumferential width of no more than one centimeter, whereby to resist a person inserting his/her finger through the gap to grasp the lid. 10. The container described in claim 8 wherein: said raised outer blocking rib has an upper end with a radially-inward projecting overhang that extends radially inward to lie over said lid tab. 11. A container having a base and lid formed of at least one plastic sheet and having a vertical axis, wherein said base and lid have latched-together portions that hold together to resist lid pull-up and extend by an angle B of more than 180° around said axis, and that cannot be separated until said base and lid are separated at an initial opening region of said container where said lid is initially held down to said base but said lid can be lifted off said base after tearing a part, so as to make it evident that the container has been opened, wherein: at said initial opening region said lid has a radially outward projecting lid tab that can be grasped to lift said lid off said base, and said base has a base blocker that extends upward above and radially outward of said lid tab to block grasping of said lid tab;said base initial opening region forms a base tear-away part and a base surrounding region that extends circumferentially beyond opposite ends of said tear-away part and radially inward of said tear-away part;said base tear-away part is connected to said base surrounding region by first and second line areas that extend at least partially radially and by a largely circumferentially-extending third line area;at least one of said first and second line areas forming a tear line that is weakened so it can be torn free of said base surrounding region. 12. The container described in claim 11 wherein: said lid tab has a radially outer edge and a pair of opposite side edges;said blocking part comprises an upwardly-deformed part of said at least one plastic sheet that lies above the height of said lid tab and that closely surrounds said lid tab outer edge and radially outer portions of said lid tab opposite sides. 13. The container described in claim 11 wherein: said base blocker has an overhang that lies above and vertically over said tab. 14. The container described in claim 11 including: a lid attachment that has primarily vertical side walls forming a downwardly-opening second cavity, with said primarily vertical side walls forming a hook shaped lower rim that includes an upwardly and radially outward projector latch part with a free end;said lid has an upwardly-opening groove with bottom, radially inner and radially outer groove walls and with said outer groove wall forming a radially inward projection forming an undercut, said hook shaped lower end lying in said groove with said latch part free end lying directly under said radially inward projection. 15. The container described in claim 11, wherein: said lid tab and said base each has a vertical projection that forms a locator that closely fits one into the other. 16. The container described in claim 15, wherein: a first of said locators forms an undercut recess with undercuts, and a second of said locators form a pair of projections that lie in said undercuts. 17. A container having a base and a lid formed of at least one sheet and having a vertical axis, said lid being openable on said base to gain access to a first food on said base, and said lid having a top; a lid attachment that has primarily vertical side walls forming a downwardly-opening cavity for holding a second food that rests on said lid top, with said primarily vertical side walls having a lower end forming a latch part;said lid has groove walls forming an upward-opening undercut groove;said latch part of said side wall lower ends lies in said undercut groove and is latched to walls of said undercut groove. 18. The container described in claim 17 wherein: said lower end of said lid attachment side walls form a hook that includes radially inner and outer hook sides and a bottom wall that connects lower ends of said inner and outer hook sides, said radially outer hook side extending at an upward and radially outward incline;said groove walls include a radially outer wall with a radially inward projecting projection, with said outer hook side lying under said projection. 19. The container described in claim 17 wherein said base and lid have latched-together portions that extend by an angle B of more than 180° around said axis and that cannot be separated until said base and lid are separated around an angle A of an initial opening region and wherein: said lower end of said lid attachment side walls form a hook that includes radially inner and outer hook sides and a bottom wall that connects lower ends of said inner and outer hook sides, said radially outer hook side extending at an upward and radially outward incline;said groove walls include a radially outer wall with a radially inward projection, with said outer hook side having an end that lies under and against said radially outer wall projection around at least part of said angle B, but said free end not lying against said radially outer wall along said angle A of said initial opening region. 20. A method for constructing a container, comprising: constructing a lid and a base to define said container having a vertical axis;providing the lid and the base with latched together portions that extend by an angle B of more than 180° around the vertical axis and that resist separation until the base and lid are separated at an initial opening region that lies at a periphery of the container that is away from the latched-together portions; andforming said base with a radially outward extending base tab and said lid with a radially outward extending lid tab;wherein one of said radially outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises a blocking tab joined by at least one tear line to a surrounding region of the corresponding base or lid, respectively, and the other of said radially, outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises an isolated tab, wherein the blocking tab prevents the isolated tab from being grasped until the blocking tab is torn along the at least one tear line to expose the isolated tab;said blocking tab comprises a tab having circumferentially opposite sides connected by radially elongated line areas to the surrounding region of said corresponding base or lid, respectively, to prevent said blocking tab from bending so as to expose said isolated tab; andsaid at least one tear line comprises line areas that can be torn to allow said blocking tab to be pivoted and expose said isolated tab. 21. The method described in claim 20, wherein: said radially outward extending lid tab comprises said isolated tab extending from a major part of the lid;said radially outward extending base tab comprises said blocking tab extending above and radially outward from the lid tab;said radially outward extending lid tab comprises a radially outer tab edge that is circumferentially narrower than the base tab; andsaid radially outward extending base tab comprises a raised outer blocking rib that projects higher than the lid tab and that forms a blocker, wherein the outer blocking rib closely surrounds the radially outer tab edge. 22. The method described in claim 20, wherein: said radially outward extending lid tab comprises said blocking tab extending from a major part of the lid, the lid tab having a top wall and a downward-opening recess; andsaid radially outward extending base tab comprises said isolated tab extending from the base that lies in the recess of the lid tab. 23. The method described in claim 20, wherein said blocking tab joined by at least one tear line to a surrounding region of the base or lid, respectively, comprises a blocking tab that is joined to the surrounding region of the corresponding base or lid, respectively, by a first line area, a second line area, and a third line area, wherein the first and second line areas are spaced circumferentially and extend largely radially, and said third line area extends largely circumferentially. 24. The method described in claim 23, wherein the third line area is a through cut, the first line area forms a tear line, and the second line area forms a hinge. 25. The method described in claim 23, wherein the third line area forms a hinge, the first line area forms a tear line, and the second line area forms a tear line. 26. The method described in claim 23, wherein the third line area is a through cut, the first line area forms a tear line, and the second line area forms a tear line. 27. A method for constructing a container, comprising: constructing a lid and a base to define said container having a vertical axis;providing the lid and the base with latched together portions that extend by an angle B of more than 180° around the vertical axis and that resist separation until the base and lid are separated at an initial opening region that lies at a periphery of the container that is away from the latched-together portions; andforming said base with a radially outward extending base tab and said lid with a radially outward extending lid tab;wherein one of said radially outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises a blocking tab joined by at least one tear line to a surrounding region of the corresponding base or lid, respectively, and the other of said radially outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises an isolated tab, wherein the blocking tab prevents the isolated tab from being grasped until the blocking tab is torn along the at least one tear line to expose the isolated tab;said radially outward extending lid tab comprises said isolated tab extending from a major part of the lid;said radially outward extending base tab comprises said blocking tab extending above and radially outward from the lid tab;said radially outward extending lid tab comprises a radially outer tab edge that is circumferentially narrower than the base tab; andsaid radially outward extending base tab comprises a raised outer blocking rib that projects higher than the lid tab and that forms a blocker, wherein the outer blocking rib closely surrounds the radially outer tab edge. 28. A method for constructing a container, comprising: constructing a lid and a base to define said container having a vertical axis;providing the lid and the base with latched together portions that extend by an angle B of more than 180° around the vertical axis and that resist separation until the base and lid are separated at an initial opening region that lies at a periphery of the container that is away from the latched-together portions; andforming said base with a radially outward extending base tab and said lid with a radially outward extending lid tab;wherein one of said radially outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises a blocking tab joined by at least one tear line to a surrounding region of the corresponding base or lid, respectively, and the other of said radially outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises an isolated tab, wherein the blocking tab prevents the isolated tab from being grasped until the blocking tab is torn along the at least one tear line to expose the isolated tab;said radially outward extending lid tab comprises said blocking tab extending from a major part of the lid, the lid tab having a top wall and a downward-opening recess; andsaid radially outward extending base tab comprises said isolated tab extending from the base that lies in the recess of the lid tab. 29. A method for constructing a container, comprising: constructing a lid and a base to define said container having a vertical axis;providing the lid and the base with latched together portions that extend by an angle B of more than 180° around the vertical axis and that resist separation until the base and lid are separated at an initial opening region that lies at a periphery of the container that is away from the latched-together portions; andforming said base with a radially outward extending base tab and said lid with a radially outward extending lid tab;wherein one of said radially outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises a blocking tab joined by at least one tear line to a surrounding region of the corresponding base or lid, respectively, and the other of said radially outward extending base tab or said radially outward extending lid tab comprises an isolated tab, wherein the blocking tab prevents the isolated tab from being grasped until the blocking tab is torn along the at least one tear line to expose the isolated tab;wherein said blocking tab joined by at least one tear line to a surrounding region of the base or lid, respectively, comprises a blocking tab that is joined to the surrounding region of the corresponding base or lid, respectively, by a first line area, a second line area, and a third line area, wherein the first and second line areas are spaced circumferentially and extend largely radially, and said third line area extends largely circumferentially.
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