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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Mission Produce, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles Nelson, Oxnard, CA (US);
Leonardo Lira, Camarillo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mission Produce, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/22 (2006.01); B65D 85/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 43/0204 (2013.01); B65D 1/22 (2013.01); B65D 85/34 (2013.01); B65D 2401/10 (2020.05); B65D 2543/00148 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00574 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for storing, shipping, and displaying produce in a box which has a tamper-evident closure. The box may be formed of folded cardboard and a transparent plastic lid which engages top edges of the box. The lid has a plurality of tabs around its periphery that may be bent and inserted into slots or notches formed in the box edges, and then expand to a larger relaxed size. The slots or notches have perforated lines enabling the lid to be ripped upward to open the box, thus indicating that the container has been tampered with.