Goods & Services

Plastic containers and covers for the food industry; Plastic containers and covers sold as a unit to the fast food industry for made to order food products; Plastic containers for commercial use, namely, for storing and dispensing bulk foods; Plastic storage containers for commercial or industrial use

Goods & Services

(1) Plastic containers and covers for the food industry;

Abstract

A container has a lid that can be opened only by lifting and pulling a pull tab, with lifting of the pull tab resulting in an evident change. The pull tab is held down by attachment (interference fit, weld, glue) to a lid surface by a hold-down that is joined to the pull tab by a pair of bridges. When the pull tab is lifted, the bridges are broken. Thereafter, the pull tab springs up slightly from the lid plane, under the force of one or more spring walls and a hinge, which makes it evident that the container has been opened.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65B 7/28 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
• B65B 25/04 - Packaging fruit or vegetables
• B65D 50/14 - Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable only by means of special opening member
• B65D 55/06 - Deformable or tearable wires, strings or strips (caps or cap-like closures with tear-strips )Use of seals