Tamper-evident package, in particular child-proof package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11820573-B2
Application number	US-202017782248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2020
Priority date	Dec 6, 2019
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

A tamper-evident, child-proof package, having an outer package and having an inner package, the inner package being at least partially received in the outer package, and the inner package for opening and closing the package being disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package, and the package has at least one securing structure as an anti-tamper feature for impeding or preventing the opening of the package, or the access to the products disposed in the inner package. The at least one securing structure is effective between the inner package and the outer package so as to impede or prevent the inner package being displaced in the outer package in order for the package to be opened.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tamper-evident package ( 10 ) having an outer package ( 11 ) and having an inner package ( 12 ), wherein the inner package ( 12 ) is at least partially received in the outer package ( 11 ), and wherein the inner package ( 12 ) for opening and closing the package ( 10 ) is disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package ( 11 ), and
wherein the package ( 10 ) has an anti-tamper feature having at least one securing means for impeding or preventing opening of the package ( 10 ), or the access to products disposed in the inner package ( 12 ),
wherein the securing means is or are effective between the inner package ( 12 ) and the outer package ( 11 ) so as to impede or prevent the inner package ( 12 ) being displaced in the outer package ( 11 ) in order for the package ( 10 ) to be opened,
wherein the inner package ( 12 ) and the outer package ( 11 ) each are assigned corresponding one of the securing means in the event of a closed package ( 10 ) being mutually engaged and specified to be able to be disengaged in order for the package ( 10 ) to be opened,
wherein the securing means is or are assigned to a security card ( 16 ) and is or are configured as tabs ( 29 ) which latch into corresponding clearances ( 32 ) in the outer package ( 11 ) and which, in the event of a closed package ( 10 ), the tabs ( 29 ) are able to be disengaged from the clearances ( 32 ) in order to open the package ( 10 ) by application of pressure to the tabs ( 29 ).

2. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the package ( 10 ) has a plurality of the securing means, and in that the package ( 10 ) is structured such that at least the plurality, of the securing means have to be disengaged in order to be able to open the package ( 10 ).

3. The package as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the plurality of the securing means are disposed on opposite sides of the package ( 10 ).

4. The package as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the plurality of the securing means are disposed in mutually offset planes which run so as to be perpendicular or parallel to a longitudinal central axis of the package ( 10 ).

5. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the securing means assigned to the inner package ( 12 ) are assigned to a security card ( 16 ) which is fastened to a lateral wall of the inner package ( 12 ) by being adhesively bonded to the external side of the lateral wall of the inner package ( 12 ).

6. The package as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the security card ( 16 ) is configured as a planar member which extends across a major part of the lateral wall of the inner package ( 12 ), the securing means being disposed on a periphery of said planar member.

7. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer package ( 11 ) has a cuboid shape with six sides, and in that the outer package ( 11 ) has a front wall ( 17 ) as well as a corresponding opposite rear wall ( 18 ), and in that the outer package ( 11 ) has side walls ( 21 ) which in each case connect the front wall ( 17 ) and the rear wall ( 18 ) to one another, and in that the outer package ( 11 ) is configured as a sleeve and is open in a region of a base side of the outer package ( 11 ) and of an end side of the outer package ( 11 ) opposite the base side.

8. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner package ( 12 ) has a pivoting lid ( 64 ), and in that the package ( 10 ) is structured such that the pivoting lid ( 64 ) of the inner package ( 12 ), when in a closed position, at least partially bears on a wall of the outer package ( 11 ) so that the pivoting lid ( 64 ) of the inner package ( 12 ) cannot be opened when the inner package ( 12 ) has not been at least partially extracted from the outer package ( 11 ).

9. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner package ( 12 ) on a rear wall ( 24 ) possesses incisions ( 71 ) which extend across substantially an entire width of the rear wall ( 24 ) and transversely to a longitudinal direction of the package ( 10 ), said incisions being disposed at a mutual spacing.

10. A tamper-evident package ( 10 ) having an outer package ( 11 ) and having an inner package ( 12 ), wherein the inner package ( 12 ) is at least partially received in the outer package ( 11 ), and wherein the inner package ( 12 ) for opening and closing the package ( 10 ) is disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package ( 11 ),
wherein the package ( 10 ) has an anti-tamper feature having at least one securing means for impeding or preventing opening of the package ( 10 ), or access to products disposed in the inner package ( 12 ),
wherein the securing means is or are effective between the inner package ( 12 ) and the outer package ( 11 ) so as to impede or prevent the inner package ( 12 ) being displaced in the outer package ( 11 ) in order for the package ( 10 ) to be opened,
wherein the securing means is or are assigned to a security card ( 16 ) and is or are configured as tabs ( 29 ) which latch into corresponding clearances ( 32 ) in the outer package ( 11 ),
wherein the security card ( 16 ) is able to be deformed by pressure on the tabs ( 29 ) in such a way that the tabs ( 29 ) are able to be disengaged from the clearances ( 32 ).

11. The package as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the security card ( 16 ) between two of the incisions ( 71 ) is connected to a region of the rear wall ( 24 ) of the inner package ( 12 ) by adhesive bonding, and in that the region of the rear wall ( 24 ), conjointly with the security card ( 16 ), is able to be deformed by pressure on the tabs ( 29 ).

12. A tamper-evident package ( 10 ) having an outer package ( 11 ) and having an inner package ( 12 ), wherein the inner package ( 12 ) is at least partially received in the outer package ( 11 ), and wherein the inner package ( 12 ) for opening and closing the package ( 10 ) is disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer package ( 11 ),
wherein the package ( 10 ) has an anti-tamper feature having at least one securing means for impeding or preventing opening of the package ( 10 ), or access to products disposed in the inner package ( 12 ),
wherein the securing means is or are effective between the inner package ( 12 ) and the outer package ( 11 ) so as to impede or prevent the inner package ( 12 ) being displaced in the outer package ( 11 ) in order for the package ( 10 ) to be opened,
wherein the securing means is or are assigned to a security card ( 16 ) and is or are configured as tabs ( 29 ) which latch into corresponding clearances ( 32 ) in the outer package ( 11 ),
wherein the tabs ( 29 ) of the security card ( 16 ) and the associated clearances ( 32 ) are in each case disposed in a region of the side walls ( 21 ), and in that the tabs ( 29 ) are disposed in a transition region between the side walls ( 21 ) and the rear wall ( 18 ) of the outer package ( 11 ), and in that one of the tabs ( 29 ) is disposed closer to the base side and another one of the tabs ( 29 ) is disposed closer to the end side of the outer package ( 11 ).

13. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner package ( 12 ) has a pivoting lid ( 64 ) and wherein a lower closing edge ( 66 ) of the pivoting lid ( 64 ) of the inner package ( 12 ) is contoured in an arcuate manner so as to facilitate the introduction of the inner package ( 12 ) into the outer package ( 11 ).

14. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner package ( 12 ) has a pivoting lid ( 64 ), the inner package ( 12 ) further comprising narrow-side walls ( 26 , 27 ) that are at least partially configured in two tiers, specifically by an overlap of in each case one outer lateral tab and one inner lateral tab, and i

Assignees

• Focke & Co

Inventors

• Steinkamp Irmin
• Buse Henry
• Engel Gisbert
• Hein Viktor

Classifications

• B65D77/042 Primary

  the inner container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton · CPC title

• B65D5/38 Primary

  Drawer-and-shell type containers · CPC title

• B65D85/1054

  combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid · CPC title

• B65D85/1081

  Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers (B65D85/1009 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D2215/02

  requiring the combination of simultaneous actions · CPC title