Trapped Element Security Container

摘要

A container has features to indicate tampering and to discourage reuse as a deterrent to use with counterfeit goods. A lid hinged to a thermoformed thermoplastic base defines a product compartment. A line of weakened material surrounds a retention tab within a base upper wall. The tab is secured to a lid upper wall such as by a weld. The retention tab is secured to the lid through an opening in an enclosure element such as a card of thermoformed sheet. When the lid is separated from the base the retention tab is detached from the base along the weakened line of material and retained by the secured connection to the lid with the enclosure element retained by the retention tab to the lid upper wall. The retention tab interferes with the removal of the enclosure element from the lid and its reuse with counterfeit goods.

主权项

1. A container comprising:
a thermoformed thermoplastic base having a bottom wall with an upwardly extending side wall and an upper wall which extends from the side wall, a product compartment being defined above the bottom wall; a weakened line of material formed in the base upper wall which surrounds a retention tab within the base upper wall; a thermoformed thermoplastic lid which overlies the base and the product compartment, the lid having an upper wall which overlies the base upper wall; an enclosure element positioned between the base and the lid and engaged between the lid upper wall and the base upper wall; and a secured connection between the lid and the retention tab which engages portions of the enclosure element between the retention tab and the lid, such that when the lid is separated from the base the retention tab is detached from the base along the weakened line of material and retained by the secured connection to the lid, the enclosure element being retained by the retention tab to the lid upper wall.