EP1136375A1 - Sac de dépôt de sécurité - Google Patents

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EP1136375A1
EP1136375A1 EP00650015A EP00650015A EP1136375A1 EP 1136375 A1 EP1136375 A1 EP 1136375A1 EP 00650015 A EP00650015 A EP 00650015A EP 00650015 A EP00650015 A EP 00650015A EP 1136375 A1 EP1136375 A1 EP 1136375A1
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Bernard Meldon
Mary Meldon
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/34—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices with special means for indicating unauthorised opening

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  • the present invention relates to a device and method for indicating the potential tampering with portable articles deposited for temporary storage or safekeeping with third parties, or in places where the articles may be even left unattended and in particular to a tamper evident container.
  • the present invention is directed towards overcoming these and similar problems, by providing a method and apparatus for facilitating the temporary storage of portable articles when out of the owner's possession, whether in the care of third party or simply left unattended.
  • the invention is further directed towards providing a method for the safe-keeping of such articles when left in temporary storage and further for reassuring the depositor that the articles have not been tampered with during such temporary storage.
  • a tamper evident container for the temporary storage of articles of the type comprising a bag having front and rear side faces, an opening and a flap-like closure forming an extension of the rear side face for folding over the opening against the front side face and sealing means to close and seal the bag, characterised in that portion of the front side face of the bag is adapted to receive a depositor's signature.
  • the flap is of a translucent material and the sealing means if formed from an elongate strip of adhesive adjacent to the free edge of the flap, covered by a removable covered strip and in which the portion of the bag adapted to receive a depositors signature is covered by adhesive on closing the bag.
  • the bag is of a plastics heat sealable material and at least the flap is translucent and the sealing means is provided by a heat sealing device which forms an elongate fused strip across the flap and the front and rear side faces which also covers the portion of the bag adapted to receive the depositors signature.
  • the end of the bag remote from the opening includes a handle.
  • a handle can be quite useful.
  • the bag is of a clear plastics material and preferably has printed thereon unique identifying indicia.
  • unique indicia printed thereon - sequential numbering is a obvious way of doing this. Once the bag has been identified and sealed then if somebody else should remove the contents and then reseal them in another bag even where a signature has been placed in the bag attempting to duplicate the signature this tampering will be immediately apparent.
  • a dispensing apparatus for a tamper evident container comprising:
  • this dispensing apparatus includes a heat sealing means for use with the bag when formed by heat sealable plastics material.
  • a heat sealing means for use with the bag when formed by heat sealable plastics material.
  • the invention provides a method of depositing articles for temporary storage comprising the steps of:
  • a tamper evident container in this case a plastics bag, indicated generally by the reference numeral 1.
  • the plastics bag 1 is manufactured from a clear plastics material and comprises a front side face 2 and a rear side face 3 extending beyond the front side face 1 and forming therebetween an opening 4.
  • the front side face 2 and the rear side face 3 are sealed together along side edges 5 which may be manufactured from a suitable tubular plastics material. They are also sealed along a bottom edge 6 and again at a further edge 7.
  • a cut-out handle 8 is provided between the bottom edge 6 and the edge 7. Instructions on how to use the bag are printed at 10, while unique bag identifying indicia, probably a number, is printed at 11.
  • Portion of the front side face 2 is adapted to receive a signature and is provided by a delineated rectangle 12.
  • the rear side face 3 projects beyond the front side face 2 to form a cover flap 14 carrying a strip of adhesive 15 covered by a tear-off removable cover strip 16.
  • a ticket with the same number or indicia as at 11 is ideally contained in the bag as a receipt.
  • a depositor places valuable and other articles into the bag 1, signs in the delineated rectangle 12 and then removes the cover strip 16 and folds the flap 14 over the opening 4 to adhere to the front side face 2 across the rectangle 12.
  • the ticket carrying the same number as that as at 11 which if already placed in the bag may be removed from the bag prior to sealing.
  • the cloakroom attendant can verify the signature before returning the bag and at the same time the depositor can check the bag to ensure that the signature has not been disturbed or the bag not been tampered within any way.
  • the flap may be sealed across the delineated rectangle 12 and thus the signature by suitable heat sealing, which will secure not alone the flap 14 to the front side face 2, but will also secure the front side face 2 to the rear side face 3 thus sealing the bag securely with the signature underneath.
  • suitable heat sealing which will secure not alone the flap 14 to the front side face 2, but will also secure the front side face 2 to the rear side face 3 thus sealing the bag securely with the signature underneath.
  • the heat sealing is across the signature or not is a matter of choice. In many instances it may not be sealed across the signature in some position remote therefrom.
  • the container has been formed from a bag of clear plastics material which would generally be extruded so that it could be formed from any inelastic plastics material for example from the one rectangular sheet of material, but in general the bag will comprise a pair of inelastic transparent flexible sheets each having a substantially rectangular configuration with a periphery having a short top edge, a short bottom edge (6) and a pair of elongated side edges, the sheets each having a common width and including a first front sheet (2) having a first length, the top edges and side edges of the sheets being coupled to define an opening with the top edge of the second rear sheet (3) extending beyond that of the first front sheet (2), the sheets further being coupled together alone a line (7) parallel with and adjacent to the bottom edge (6), wherein an elongated cut out is formed in the sheets between and in parallel to the bottom edge (6) of the sheets and the line (7) to define a handle (8), said first front sheet (2) further including indicia situation thereon in the shape of a rectangle (12) for
  • suitable dispensing apparatus for the tamper evident container according to the present invention may be provided.
  • Such dispensing apparatus would generally comprise some form of body member for holding the containers, a delivery device for dispensing one container at a time out of the body member and a coin-release mechanism to operate the delivery device. In this way the cloakroom provider is not assuming the responsibility of providing a storage container.
  • the dispensing apparatus may also incorporate a heat sealing means when the bag is of a heat sealable plastics material.
  • a particular advantage of the dispensing device is that it will allow the articles and other valuables to be placed in a bag and to have everything ready when somebody arrives at the counter of a cloakroom, or the like place where articles are accepted for storage and safe-keeping.
  • the bag is made from a suitable plastics material, but indeed can be made from any totally opaque or indeed translucent material. However, if the bag is provided such that ideally a signature is provided on the bag, then at least one portion of the bag must have something on which the user can write.
  • the bag as mentioned is of a transparent material, but in many instances an opaque material may be preferable as people may not wish to have their possessions on view.
  • the bag does not have to have any particular size, but can vary from a size sufficient to contain relatively small articles of considerable value such as jewellery in a safe to much larger articles.
  • An example of the former use would be in hotels and the like places where people do not want to have individual safe-keeping boxes, but simply want to deposit their valuables with the hotel keeper for the duration of their say, or indeed may be prepared to pay a small sum each time they have to remove and open the tamper evident container.
  • the present invention provides safe and secure storage for small personal items such as wallets, purses, keys, scarves, gloves, etc. in a cloakroom, or other place of storage.
  • the container according to the present invention may be produced from any durable, clear and puncture resistant plastic, but there is no need for a relatively heavy bag, since once it can be easily ascertained whether a bag has been punctured or not, that is sufficient.

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011089302A1 (fr) * 2010-01-25 2011-07-28 Grupo Sallen Tech S.L. Automate accepteur d'espèces avec sac de transport et système d'autoscellage

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US4720040A (en) * 1986-12-19 1988-01-19 Gurewitz Richard M Security deposit bag
GB2250011A (en) * 1990-11-21 1992-05-27 Decoflex Ltd Bag with reinforced handle
WO1998032351A1 (fr) * 1997-01-28 1998-07-30 Northwest Airlines, Inc. Conteneur durable pour bagages
WO1999018001A1 (fr) * 1997-10-07 1999-04-15 Britton Security Packaging Limited Sac a dispositif antivol
EP0965532A1 (fr) * 1998-05-22 1999-12-22 Britton Security Packaging Limited Sac de securité réutilisable

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4720040A (en) * 1986-12-19 1988-01-19 Gurewitz Richard M Security deposit bag
GB2250011A (en) * 1990-11-21 1992-05-27 Decoflex Ltd Bag with reinforced handle
WO1998032351A1 (fr) * 1997-01-28 1998-07-30 Northwest Airlines, Inc. Conteneur durable pour bagages
WO1999018001A1 (fr) * 1997-10-07 1999-04-15 Britton Security Packaging Limited Sac a dispositif antivol
EP0965532A1 (fr) * 1998-05-22 1999-12-22 Britton Security Packaging Limited Sac de securité réutilisable

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011089302A1 (fr) * 2010-01-25 2011-07-28 Grupo Sallen Tech S.L. Automate accepteur d'espèces avec sac de transport et système d'autoscellage
ES2363544A1 (es) * 2010-01-25 2011-08-08 Grupo Sallen Tech, S.L. Aceptador de efectivo con saca de transporte y sistema autosellado.

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