Tamper/child resistant bag

Abstract

A child-resistant tamper-resistant bag is provided, of the type which may be used for prescription medicine and other products. The bag includes front and rear walls with a product-side-only opening zipper which defines a product compartment within the bag. The mouth of the bag includes a one-time close-only zipper thereby allowing a pharmacist or other person to easily and securely fill the bag with product and securely close the bag. A line of perforations or other line of weakness may be provided between the two zippers, in order to provide consumer access to the product-side-only opening zipper. The consumer then grasps the walls of the bag on the product side of the product-side-only opening zipper and pulls the walls away from each other thereby opening the product-side-only opening zipper and providing access to the product compartment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bag or container, including:
 a front wall and a rear wall;   the front wall and rear wall being joined together at edges thereof, thereby forming a mouth;   a first zipper attached to the front wall and the rear wall proximate to the mouth, wherein the first zipper is a one-time close-only zipper;   a second zipper attached to the front wall and the rear wall, wherein the second zipper is more resistant to consumer side opening than to product side opening; and   wherein the first zipper is between the second zipper and the mouth, whereby the second zipper defines a product compartment within the bag.   
     
     
         2 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein the front and rear walls are co-extensive with each other and each have a top, first and second sides and a bottom. 
     
     
         3 . The bag or container of  claim 2  wherein the first side of front and rear walls are sealed together by a first side seal, the second side of front and rear walls are sealed together by a second side seal and the bottom of the front and rear walls are sealed together by a bottom seal. 
     
     
         4 . The bag or container of  claim 3  wherein the product compartment is bounded by the second zipper, at least a portion of the first and second side seals, and the bottom seal. 
     
     
         5 . The bag or container of  claim 4  wherein the first zipper is parallel to the second zipper. 
     
     
         6 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein a line of weakness is formed between the first and second zippers in at least one of the first and second walls. 
     
     
         7 . The bag or container of  claim 6  wherein the line of weakness is parallel to the first and second zippers. 
     
     
         8 . The bag or container of  claim 7  wherein the line of weakness is a line of perforations. 
     
     
         9 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein a line of weakness is formed between the first and second zippers in the first wall and in the second wall. 
     
     
         10 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein the second zipper includes a male profile and a female profile, wherein the male profile includes a stem terminating in an enlarged element, and further includes a detent groove at an intersection of a consumer side of the stem and the enlarged element. 
     
     
         11 . The bag or container of  claim 10  wherein the female profile includes a consumer side extending arm and a product side extending arm, wherein the consumer side arm terminates in a detent hook which engages the detent groove of the male profile. 
     
     
         12 . The bag or container of  claim 11  wherein an intersection of a product side of the stem and the enlarged element includes a first relatively flat portion, the product side extending arm includes a second relatively flat portion, and wherein, when the male and female elements are interlocked with each other, the first and second relatively flat portions are positioned against each other. 
     
     
         13 . The bag or container of  claim 12  wherein the male profile and the female profile each include a base for attachment to the front and rear bag walls. 
     
     
         14 . The bag or container of  claim 2  further including first and second gussets on the respective first and second sides. 
     
     
         15 . The bag or container of  claim 2  further including a gusset on the bottom. 
     
     
         16 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein the front and rear walls are formed from polymeric material. 
     
     
         17 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein the first zipper is formed from material which is sufficiently stiff to substantially prevent opening of the first zipper after the zipper has been closed. 
     
     
         18 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein the second zipper includes a male profile and a female profile, and wherein at least one of the male profile and the female profile is asymmetric. 
     
     
         19 . The bag or container of  claim 1  wherein the second zipper includes an asymmetric male profile and an asymmetric female profile. 
     
     
         20 . The bag or container of  claim 1  including a plurality of the second zippers.