WO2012034175A1 - A tamper evident container - Google Patents
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- WO2012034175A1 WO2012034175A1 PCT/AU2011/001182 AU2011001182W WO2012034175A1 WO 2012034175 A1 WO2012034175 A1 WO 2012034175A1 AU 2011001182 W AU2011001182 W AU 2011001182W WO 2012034175 A1 WO2012034175 A1 WO 2012034175A1
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- collar
- container
- strap
- tamper evident
- pouch
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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
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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
- B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
- B65D73/0007—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being attached to the plane surface of a single card
- B65D73/0014—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being attached to the plane surface of a single card by means of separate fixing elements, e.g. clips, clamps, bands
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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
- B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
- B65D73/0064—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being supported by or suspended from a tag-like element
- B65D73/0071—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being supported by or suspended from a tag-like element the tag-like element being doubled-over to engage the upper part of the article
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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
- B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
- B65D75/52—Details
- B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
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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
- B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
- B65D75/52—Details
- B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
- B65D75/5861—Spouts
- B65D75/5872—Non-integral spouts
- B65D75/5883—Non-integral spouts connected to the package at the sealed junction of two package walls
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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
- B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
- B65D2401/05—Tearable non-integral strips
Definitions
- This invention relates to containers and, more particularly, to a tamper evident container for the display or storage of items.
- Hair care items such bobby pins and elastic bands for pony tails are often sold in small transparent plastic containers.
- One form of prior art container includes an elongated pouch which is closed at one end and open at the other end, an inner collar connected to the inside of the open end of the pouch, an outer collar connected to the outside of the open end of the pouch around the inner collar and a lid pivotally connected to the inner collar so as to seal the items within the container.
- the pouch is often made from a single sheet of transparent plastic in order to display the items which are stored within the container to prospective purchasers.
- Such a form of prior art container may be used to store a variety of items other than hair care items, including, but not limited to, keys, jewellery, coins, memory sticks, digital storage devices for cameras, stationary, nuts, washers and bolts.
- This form of prior art container may be readily opened and closed to allow purchasers to access the items stored therein.
- shoplifters often open such containers and steal one or more items from within the containers, without purchasing the entire container of items. Given that there are often over twenty items stored in such containers, the absence of one or two items from the container would not be readily noticed by a prospective purchaser of the container.
- a tamper evident container for the display and storage of items, the container comprising
- the collar comprises an inner collar connected to the inside of the open end of the pouch, and an outer collar connected to the outside of the open end of the pouch around the inner collar.
- the lid is pivotally connected to the inner collar.
- the strap extends around the outer collar.
- the flange has a channel for receiving the strap, so that the strap may not be pulled downwardly off the container.
- the inner collar and the outer collar are adapted to be mateably connected through one or more apertures in the elongated pouch.
- the strap is joined at both ends by a buckle.
- the strap is not adapted to be removed by hand without the aid of a tool.
- a backing card is attached to the strap of the container, the arrangement being such that if the strap is removed, the card will no longer be attached to the container and this will serve as evidence of tampering.
- the backing card may have retail information printed thereon about the product stored within the container.
- the backing card has a hanger aperture.
- Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a tamper evident container
- Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the container shown in Fig. 1 ,
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lid of the container shown in Fig. 1 ,
- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the inner collar of the container shown in Fig. 1 ,
- Fig. 5 is a front perspective close up view of the bottom of the container and attached backing card of Fig. 1 ,
- Fig. 6 is a rear perspective view of the container and attached backing card of Fig. 1 ,
- Fig. 7 is a rear perspective close up view of the bottom of the container and attached backing card of Fig. 1
- Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the bottom of the container shown in
- Fig. 9 is a front elevation view of a tamper evident container according to another preferred embodiment of the invention along with an alternative backing card arrangement, and
- Fig. 10 is a front elevation view of a similar container to that shown in Fig. 9 along with another alternative backing card arrangement.
- Fig. 1 shows a tamper evident container 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- a backing card 12 is attached to the container 10.
- the backing card 12 is used to display retail information regarding a product (not shown) which is stored within the container 10.
- the backing card 12 may have a hanger aperture 14 in order to enable the container 10 to be hung from a hook or in a shelf (not shown).
- Fig. 2 shows an exploded view of the components of the container 10.
- the container 10 has an elongated pouch 16, inner collar 18, an outer collar 20, a lid 22 and a strap 24.
- the elongated pouch 16 has a closed end 26 and an open end 28.
- the elongated pouch 16 may be constructed from 0.5 mm thick Poly-vinyl Chloride (PVC) plastic sheet material which has been formed by a longitudinal heat weld (not shown) and then sealed flat at the closed end 26 by heat welding. High frequency radio welding or other suitable process may be used.
- the sheet material is generally transparent in order to display the items which are stored within the container 10 to prospective purchasers, but the sheet material may also have a pattern thereon for aesthetic appeal.
- apertures 30 Towards the open end 28 of the pouch 16 there are apertures 30. Six apertures 30 are depicted in the Figures, but there may be any number of apertures 30 according to the present invention.
- the inner collar 18 also has apertures 32 which correspond to the position of the apertures 30 of the pouch 16.
- a ridge 34 on the inner collar 18 limits the entry of inner collar 18 into the pouch 16 and vertically aligns the apertures 30 of the pouch 16 with the apertures 32 of the inner collar 18.
- the apertures 30 and 32 are penetrated by lugs 36 of the outer collar 20 which mate with the apertures 32 of the inner collar 18.
- the inner collar 18 is connected to the inside of the open end 28 of the pouch 16 and the outer collar 20 is connected to the outside of the pouch 16 around the inner collar 18.
- the lid 22 has a flange 40 which extends over the outer collar 20 (see
- the strap 24 extends around both the outer collar 20 and the flange 40 of the lid 22 so as to bind the flange 40 to the outer collar 20 (see Fig. 5).
- the flange 40 may have a channel 42 for the strap 24, so that the strap 24 may not be pulled downwardly off the container 10 (see Figs. 3 and 5).
- the lid 22 has nodules 44 to engage a rim 46 of the inner collar 18.
- the lid 22 also has hinge components 48, 50 and 52 to engage corresponding hinge components 54, 56 and 58 (respectively) on the inner collar 18 (see Fig. 4), so as to enable the lid 22 to pivot on the inner collar 18 (see Fig. 8).
- the strap 24 is joined at both ends by a buckle 60 shown in Figs. 6 and 7.
- the strap 24 also fastens the backing card 12 to the container 10.
- the strap 24 is made of a hard form of plastic and is thereby adapted to be removed by a cutting tool (not shown). The effort required to remove the strap 24 is enough to deter shoplifters from opening the container 10 and stealing the items contained therein.
- the backing card 12 has a security tag (not shown) attached thereto. The security tag is adapted to activate an alarm if the shoplifter tries to steal the container 10 from a shop.
- the containers with backing cards shown in Figs. 9 and 10 represent alternative arrangements. Like features between the containers of Figs. 1 to 8 and the containers of Figs. 9 and 10 are identified by like numerals. Other arrangements may not include a backing card or may include an alternative device to a backing card, in a variety of configurations.
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Priority Applications (4)
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EP11824354.2A EP2616350B1 (en) | 2010-09-16 | 2011-09-15 | A tamper evident container |
US13/823,878 US20130308880A1 (en) | 2010-09-16 | 2011-09-15 | Tamper evident container |
JP2013528468A JP2013540656A (en) | 2010-09-16 | 2011-09-15 | Container with tamper evident mechanism |
AU2011301775A AU2011301775B2 (en) | 2010-09-16 | 2011-09-15 | A tamper evident container |
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AU2010904157A AU2010904157A0 (en) | 2010-09-16 | A tamper evident container |
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EP (1) | EP2616350B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2013540656A (en) |
AU (1) | AU2011301775B2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2012034175A1 (en) |
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