EP3231726B1 - Hinged lid container with frangible tamper-evidence means - Google Patents

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EP3231726B1
EP3231726B1 EP16001230.8A EP16001230A EP3231726B1 EP 3231726 B1 EP3231726 B1 EP 3231726B1 EP 16001230 A EP16001230 A EP 16001230A EP 3231726 B1 EP3231726 B1 EP 3231726B1
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Albert Hsieh
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/02—Removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/0235—Removable lids or covers with integral tamper element
    • B65D43/0237—Removable lids or covers with integral tamper element secured by snapping over beads or projections before removal of the tamper element
    • B65D43/0254—Removable lids or covers with integral tamper element secured by snapping over beads or projections before removal of the tamper element only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth of the container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/024—Closures in which a part has to be ruptured to gain access to the contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
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    • B65D43/16—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/245—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with decoration, information or contents indicating devices, labels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
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    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
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    • B65D2543/00259—Materials used
    • B65D2543/00296—Plastic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
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    • B65D2543/00833—Integral tabs, tongues, handles or similar
    • B65D2543/00842—Integral tabs, tongues, handles or similar outside of the lid

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  • the present invention relates to container, and more particularly to a container that prevents from an unauthorized opening and can be easily identified after being unauthorizedly opened.
  • Vacuum-formed plastic containers are usually made to have a box-shaped or a cup-shaped containing structure and used in the supermarkets for keeping food fresh.
  • the plastic container is transparent for buyer to clearly see the contents, such as jelly-like, fruit or liquid foods and provided to stimulate customer's buy intent.
  • the conventional plastic containers focus on the function of water-tightly seal.
  • the conventional plastic container usually includes a hollow body and a body for selectively closing the hollow body.
  • some businesses provided a snapper for temporarily positioning the cover on the casing of the container and a puller extending from cover for upwardly lifting the cover.
  • the snapper is maintained in a cavity when the puller is lifted for opening the cover and a pre-broken line, formed on the puller is broken.
  • the conventional plastic container is transparent and the cover is flexible such that the cover may be reinstated. Consequently, the manager and the checkout staff is difficultly to identify whether the container A has unauthorizedly been opened or not.
  • the altered plastic container cannot effectively prevent from an unauthorized opening and cannot be easily identified after being unauthorizedly opened.
  • the present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantages of the conventional plastic container.
  • the main objective of the present invention is to provide an improved container that prevents from an unauthorized opening and can be easily identified after being unauthorizedly opened.
  • a cover 20 is selectively mounted onto the casing 10 for closing the opening 12, wherein the cover 20 has a second abutting edge 22 laterally extending therefrom and abutting against the first abutting edge 11 when the cover 20 closes the opening 12.
  • a puller 30 extends from the second abutting edge 22 of the cover 20. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the puller 30 extends from one of multiple corners of the cover 20.
  • a snapping device 40 is formed between the casing 10 and the puller 30.
  • the snapping device 40 includes a plug 41 formed on the puller 30, a socket 42 defined in the casing 10 for temporarily receiving the plug 41 and holding the plug 41 in place.
  • a pre-broken line 43 is formed on the puller 30 and surrounds a root of the plug 41, wherein the plug 41 is maintained in the socket 42 when the pre-broken line 43 is broken and the cover 20 is lifted from the casing 10.
  • a weakened portion 50 is formed on at least one place of the puller 30 such that the puller 30 is irreversibly curved after being lifted due to the weakened portion 50 and the curved puller 30 is used as a basis for easily identifying whether the container A has unauthorizedly been opened or not, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 .
  • the pre-broken line 43 is separated from a periphery of the plug 41 and the weakened portion 50 is formed between the pre-broken line 43 and the opposite sides of the puller 30.
  • the pre-broken line 43, surrounding the plug 41, is broken, the puller 30 forms a pull-tab and, when the puller 30 is lifted, the puller 30 is curved along the weakened portion 50.
  • the weakened portion 50 is formed with a fold edge 51 and the pre-broken line 43 has multiple connecting sections 431, wherein the fold edge 51 aligns with a corresponding one of the connecting sections 431 of the pre-broken line 43.
  • the fold edge 51 provides a greater resistance during lifting the puller 30 such that the operator more hardly forces the puller 30 and the puller 30 is more clearly curved, as shown in Fig. 11 .
  • At least one connecting plate 60 is provided to connect two corresponding sides of the cover 20 and the casing 10 such that the cover 20 is upward and inclined relative to the casing 10 after being lifted from the opening 12 in the casing 10.
  • the connecting plate 60 is not absolutely necessary to the container A in accordance with the present invention.
  • the first abutting edge 11 is formed with a first wall 13, wherein an outer periphery of the second abutting edge 22 of the cover 20 is laterally engaged to the first wall 13.
  • a groove 14 is laterally defined in a root of the first wall 13 and the outer periphery of the second abutting edge 22 of the cover 20 is laterally engaged into the groove 14.
  • the first wall 13 is provided to prevent an outer periphery of the first abutting edge 11 from an unauthorized dig relative to a fingernail.
  • the groove 14 has two opposite ends and a free section 70 is formed between the snapping device 40 and each of the two opposite ends of the groove 14.
  • the sides of the cover 20 are moved along the free section 70 when the puller 30 is upwardly lifted.
  • the deforming area of the cover 20, after being lifted, is expanded for easily identifying after being unauthorizedly opened.
  • a second wall 80 is form on the cover 20 along the second abutting edge 22 for prevent the abutted first abutting edge 11 and the second abutting edge 22 from being detached from each other by pinching with one's fingers because the fingers touch the second wall 80 during pinching.
  • the manager and the checkout staff can easily identify whether the container A has unauthorizedly been opened or not due to the irreversibly curved puller 30 that is deformed when being pulled relative to the weakened portion 50. Consequently, the effect of preventing the container in accordance with the present invention from an unauthorized opening is promoted.

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PL3231726T3 (pl) 2020-09-21
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