Recyclable container closure having informational and/or anti-counterfeiting capabilities
AssigneeRieke Packaging Systems Limited
InventorSimon Christopher Knight
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Abstract
A “smart” closure system, apparatus, and method are described. The closure includes mechanical solution, used in conjunction with wireless technologies and/or web-based or remote authentication, verification, and serialization via a mobile computing device, to provide information about the closure and the contents concealed within that closure. Further, the construction of the closure allows for any and all non-recyclable components of the wireless technologies to be removed so as to enable the closure to be recycled and/or converted to post consumer resin.
Claims14
A smart closure, rotatably attachable to a container, comprising:
- a cap, the cap having a panel, a peripheral skirt extending axially away from a bottom facing of the panel and a sealing flange, plate engagement features, and a plurality of tag engagement posts all positioned on the bottom facing, said sealing flange being arranged coaxially within the skirt and said plate engagement features and plurality of tag engagement posts being arranged within an area defined by the sealing flange;
- a sealing plate having at least one peripheral stopper to engage a corresponding stopper formed on a container, and cap engagement features provided on a top facing, said sealing plate being sized to be received within the skirt of the cap;
- a wireless tag having at least one frangible appendage, said wireless tag being positioned between the cap and the plate so that the tag is carried on the engagement posts;
- wherein the cap and sealing plate are coupled together via the cap and plate engagement features to form a closure with the wireless tag held between the cap and the sealing plate;
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- wherein, after the closure has been tightened onto a container, the frangible appendage ruptures when the closure is thereafter loosened by rotation relative to the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.