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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Frank A. Petlak, Antioch, IL (US);
Scott W. Follansbee, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
H. Bernard Kirkland, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Craig E. Cappel, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Frank A. Petlak, Antioch, IL (US);
Scott W. Follansbee, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
H. Bernard Kirkland, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Craig E. Cappel, Lake Villa, IL (US);
PACTIV CORPORATION, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
Container includes a base, a cover, and a pull tab. The base has a bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom, and a rim at an upper edge portion of the side wall. The cover has a closed condition and an open condition and an outer edge portion interengageable with the rim of the base when the cover is in the closed condition. The pull tab extends outwardly from at least one of the base or the cover. The pull tab having a deformable formation to be deformed when the cover is moved from the closed condition to the open condition, the pull tab remaining attached to the at least one of the base or the cover when moved from the closed condition to the open condition. Additional embodiments relate to a tamper evident feature for a container, and a method for containing product in a container.