Pilfer resistant reclosable container

Claim 1

A pilfer-resistant reclosable container comprising: a. a body member including a boxlike central cavity and a substantially flat peripheral lip provided with a shallow rectangular recess surrounding said central cavity, b. a thin flexible rectangular transparent lid member supported by the reception of its edges in said recess and covering said cavity, c. a substantially flat card member provided with a central window, said card member being sealed to said peripheral lip of said body member in overlapping relation to all four edges of said transparent lid member received in said rectangular recess thereof with said window in alignment with said cavity of said body member, and d. means providing a separation line in said card member the opposite ends of which respectively intersect said window along opposite lateral edges thereof and define a removable portion adjacent one end of said central window which removable portion overlies an edge of the transparent lid permitting viewing of the contents of said container through said central window, said removable portion being adapted to be torn away to provide an opening in said card member through which the adjacent portion of said transparent lid member can be bent out of said recess through said card member to allow said lid member to be slid along said recess, and e. means providing a depression interrupting and extending below and beyond said recess in alignment with said removable portion of said card member to provide finger-gripping access to the lower surface of the corresponding end of said lid member received in said recess when said removable portion of said card member has been torn away.