Tamper evident shipping box such as for garments

Abstract

A shipping container including a generally elongated and three dimensional rectangular body, such as adapted for holding at least one garment. A door hingedly secured along a forward outer edge of the body and, upon pre-placing within the box the items to be shipped, being secured over a forward perimeter edge of the top panel by an adhesive in tamper evident fashion. Tear-away strips configured into the door inwardly spaced from the tamper evident adhesives and, upon removal, leaving the outer rim portion of the door affixed by the tamper evident adhesive, with the inwardly spaced portion of the door permitted to be reopened to reveal a central opening defined within the top panel of the enclosure. A hanger is supported along a top underside location of the open interior for supporting clothing within the interior of the shipping container.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A shipping container, comprising:
 a generally elongated and three dimensional rectangular body adapted for holding at least an article of clothing;   a door hingedly secured over a front panel of the body and including adhesive portions for securing said door in tamper evident fashion against said front panel; and   a plurality of interconnected tear-away strips configured into said door inwardly from said tamper evident adhesives and, upon removal, leaving outer rim extending portions of said door aligning with said adhesives remaining affixed to an outer rim of said front panel, an inwardly spaced portion of said door being permitted to be reopened to reveal a central opening defined within said front panel for accessing the article.   
     
     
         2 . The shipping container of  claim 1 , further comprising peel away strips covering said adhesive portions. 
     
     
         3 . The shipping container of  claim 1 , said body further comprising a flattened blank construction including a plurality of hinged panels defining each of a front, back, top, bottom and sides. 
     
     
         4 . The shipping container of  claim 3 , said top further comprising first and second pairs of inter-assembleable side and end flaps. 
     
     
         5 . The shipping container of  claim 4 , further comprising aligning hand-hold apertures configured in an uppermost interconnecting one of each of said pairs of top side flaps. 
     
     
         6 . The shipping container of  claim 1 , further comprising ventilation apertures configured in said body. 
     
     
         7 . The shipping container of  claim 1 , further comprising a structurally supported underside portion for receiving an upper most hook inserting portion of a hanger. 
     
     
         8 . The shipping container of  claim 7 , said underside portion further comprising a central planar support portion with hinged end portion extending from said front panel downwardly past said central opening. 
     
     
         9 . The shipping container of  claim 8 , said underside portion further comprising pairs of folding portions extending from opposite edges of said central portion planar support portion, cutout profiles configured into said pairs of folding portions and, upon assembly of the interior structure with the addition of inwardly folded latch portions, providing a sufficient interior structural support for receiving a hook end of the hanger. 
     
     
         10 . The shipping container of  claim 7 , said hanger further comprising a corrugated paperboard material.