Carton sealing tape with a plurality of security features
AssigneeIntertape Polymer Corp.
InventorsShawn P. Nelson, James Apap Bologna, Allison Duffy, Jeffrey Scott Coats
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Abstract
Various carton sealing tapes are disclosed that have a plurality of security features, at least two of which include nanomarker particles having identification indicia visible under about 100 to about 400 times magnification and taggants visible upon exposure to a pre-selected wavelength outside the visible spectrum included in the same or different layers of the tape structure depending upon the selection of the backing material for the substrate of the tape. The carton sealing tapes are also printable for inclusion of a consecutive sequence of coded identification information in the form of a barcode or a 2D code.
Claims19
A carton sealing tape comprising:
- a polymeric film backing having a major top surface and an opposing major bottom surface, wherein the top surface comprises a material configured to receive an ink composition,
- a layer of adhesive generally covering the bottom surface of the backing;
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- taggants visible upon exposure to a pre-selected wavelength outside the visible spectrum and nanomarker particles invisible to the human eye having company identification indicia visible under about 100 to about 400 times magnification dispersed together throughout the backing or the layer of adhesive, or the taggants in the backing and the nanomarker particles in the layer of adhesive, or the nanomarker particles in the backing and the taggants in the layer of adhesive.
A carton sealing tape comprising:
- a backing having a major top surface and an opposing major bottom surface,
- a layer of adhesive generally covering the bottom surface of the backing;
- a clear coat layer generally covering the top surface of the backing;
- an ink composition printed on the clear coat layer;
- wherein at least one of the backing, the clear coat layer, or the ink composition comprises taggants visible upon exposure to a pre-selected wavelength outside the visible spectrum;
- wherein when the backing comprises the taggants, the clear coat layer or the ink composition comprises nanomarker particles having company identification indicia visible under about 100 to about 400 times magnification;
- wherein when the clear coat layer comprises the taggants, the clear coat layer or the ink composition comprises the nanomarker particles having the company identification indicia visible under about 100 to about 400 times magnification;
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- wherein when the ink composition comprises the taggants, the clear coat layer or the ink composition comprises the nanomarker particles having the company identification indicia visible under about 100 to about 400 times magnification;
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- wherein the nanomarker particles are invisible to the human eye.
A carton sealing tape comprising:
- a paper backing having a major top surface and an opposing major bottom surface,
- a layer of a water activatable adhesive generally covering the bottom surface of the paper backing;
- an ink composition printed on the top surface of the paper backing, the ink composition comprising nanomarker particles invisible to the human eye having identification indicia visible under about 100 to about 400 times magnification;
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- taggants visible upon exposure to a pre-selected wavelength outside the visible spectrum in either the paper backing or the ink composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.