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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Ivan Neil Liverman, Middlesex, NC (US);
Mark Edmund Maresh, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Robert Tucker Sanders, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric Allen Stegner, Durham, NC (US);
Robert William Stegner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Ivan Neil Liverman, Middlesex, NC (US);
Mark Edmund Maresh, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Robert Tucker Sanders, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric Allen Stegner, Durham, NC (US);
Robert William Stegner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A product package clip has tamper evident protection which is formed integrally with the clip. Breakage of a frangible occluding portion indicates that the integrity of the package has been jeopardized.