Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Package integrity indicating closure
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Application No.: US16149863Application Date: 2018-10-02
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Publication No.: US11027892B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Deborah Lyzenga , Jeffrey Thomas Weber , Scott William Huffer , Benjamin Michael Davis
- Applicant: Deborah Lyzenga , Jeffrey Thomas Weber , Scott William Huffer , Benjamin Michael Davis
- Applicant Address: US NJ Long Valley; US IL Lake Zurich; US SC Hartsville; US SC Columbia
- Assignee: Deborah Lyzenga,Jeffrey Thomas Weber,Scott William Huffer,Benjamin Michael Davis
- Current Assignee: Deborah Lyzenga,Jeffrey Thomas Weber,Scott William Huffer,Benjamin Michael Davis
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Long Valley; US IL Lake Zurich; US SC Hartsville; US SC Columbia
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: B65D43/00
- IPC: B65D43/00 ; B65D43/02 ; B65D75/58 ; B65D77/20

Abstract:
A resealable closure for a container in which package integrity is indicated by a structure which connects the closure to a remaining portion of the container which must be broken in order to gain access to the contents of the container for a first time. The package integrity feature, in one form, includes a structure associated with the closure, wherein upon opening the closure for a first time, the structure stretches, increasing a length of the structure until the structure eventually breaks, leaving one or both residual ends of the broken structure rippled or curved upward from the remainder of the container. In one alternative form, the structure is associated with a pull tab of the sealing panel, which comprises the closure, whereby either the structure must be broken first, prior to pulling back the sealing panel, or while pulling back the sealing panel for a first time, the structure breaks, prior to gaining access to the contents therein. Advantageously, the package integrity feature is integrally formed with the closure and a remaining portion of the container. Integrity of the package is indicated by visually observing an intact breakable structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190031402A1 Package Integrity Indicating Closure Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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