Tamper-evident package, in particular child-proof package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11827438-B2
Application number	US-202017782213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2020
Priority date	Dec 6, 2019
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 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 ( 12 ), and
wherein the package ( 10 ) has an anti-tamper feature having at least one securing means for impeding or preventing opening of the package, 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 inner package ( 12 ) and the outer package ( 11 ) each are assigned a 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 assigned to the inner package ( 12 ) is or are assigned to a security card ( 16 ) which is fastened to a lateral wall of the inner package ( 12 ) by being adhesively bonded to an external side of the lateral wall of the inner package ( 12 ).

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 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 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.

6. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the securing means assigned to the security card ( 16 ) are configured as tabs ( 29 ) which, as a result of pressure from a spring element ( 30 ) of the security card ( 16 ), 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 ).

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 in each case one base wall ( 20 ) and one end wall ( 19 ) that connect the front wall ( 17 ) and the rear wall ( 18 ) to one another, and in that the outer package ( 11 ) has two side walls ( 21 ) which in each case connect the front wall ( 17 ), the rear wall ( 18 ), the end wall ( 19 ) and the base wall ( 20 ) to one another.

8. The package as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the outer package ( 11 ) on the end wall ( 19 ) opposite the base wall ( 20 ) has a pivoting lid ( 61 ), and in that the package ( 10 ) upon opening the pivoting lid ( 61 ) of the outer package ( 11 ) is structured to enable access to the inner package ( 12 ) disposed in the outer package ( 11 ), so as to be able to partially extract the inner package ( 12 ) from the outer package ( 11 ) and gain access to content ( 13 ) in the package ( 10 ).

9. The package as claimed in claim 7 , 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 ).

10. The package as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a lower closing edge ( 66 ) of the pivoting lid ( 64 ) of the inner package ( 12 ) that is contoured in an arcuate manner so as to facilitate introduction of the inner package ( 12 ) into the outer package ( 11 ) when closing the package ( 10 ).

11. The package as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the inner package ( 12 ) further comprises a front wall ( 23 ) on both sides of a central clearance ( 67 ) and a narrow-side wall ( 26 , 27 ), wherein the central clearance ( 67 ) protrudes at least partially beyond adjacent narrow-side walls ( 26 , 27 ) of the inner package ( 12 ).

12. The package as claimed in claim 7 , 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 in that one slot ( 68 ) which serves as a detent for a lower edge of the pivoting lid ( 64 ) of the inner package ( 11 ) in the closed position is in each case provided in the outer lateral tabs.

13. The package as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the inner lateral tab in a region of the one slot ( 68 ) has a peripheral clearance ( 69 ).

14. The package as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the security card ( 16 ) is composed of a long-fiber cardboard material, or of plastics material.

15. The package as claimed in claim 14 , wherein at least one spring element ( 30 ) is formed by elongate-hole punched cuts ( 77 ) in the material of the security card ( 16 ), wherein a plurality of the punched cuts ( 77 ) are disposed in rows ( 78 ), and the rows ( 78 ) with the punched cuts ( 77 ) are disposed so as to be mutually parallel, and wherein the punched cuts ( 77 ) of adjacent rows ( 78 ) are disposed so as to be mutually offset from each other.

16. 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 ( 12 ),
wherein the package ( 10 ) has an anti-tamper feature having at least one securing means for impeding or preventing opening of the package, 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 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 in each case one base wall ( 20 ) and one end wall ( 19 ) that connect the front wall ( 17 ) and the rear wall ( 18 ) to one another, and in that the outer package ( 11 ) has two side walls ( 21 ) which in each case connect the front wall ( 17 ), the rear wall ( 18 ), the end wall ( 19 ) and the base wall ( 20 ) to one another,
wherein the inner package ( 12 ) has an articulated tab ( 54 ) which is fastened to the f

Assignees

• Focke & Co

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B65D77/0413 Primary

  the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer 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

• B65D85/10564

  having means for holding the lid in a closed position · CPC title