# US 11,897,642 B2 · Security vacuum packaging and method for closing the security vacuum packaging > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,642 B2 - Document ID: US11897642B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/429,994 - Filed: 2019-05-13 - Published: 2022-05-12 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-26 - Applicants: Tepotec Mavins SàRl (GmbH, LLC) - Inventors: Fabian Wyss; Jad Zeidan; Douglas Bakkum - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897642B2 ## CPC - B65B 31/02: Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers {or wrappers} in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas - B65B 31/04: Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied - B65B 57/145: {for fluent material} - B65D 81/2015: {in an at least partially rigid container (B65D81/2038 takes precedence)} - B65D 81/2023: {in a flexible container (B65D81/2038 takes precedence)} - G06V 20/95: {Pattern authentication; Markers therefor; Forgery detection} - B65D 2401/00: Tamper-indicating means - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - 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 - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A method for closing and securing a safety vacuum packaging in which an object to be secured and a plurality of particles are arranged in an interior space of a container of the safety vacuum packaging. Subsequently, the safety vacuum packaging is vacuumed via a vacuum seal, and the plurality of particles is fixed in a random immobile state. The safety vacuum packaging is closed, and the random immobile state of the particles is captured. The captured random immobile state of the particles is stored for later comparison. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for closing and securing a safety vacuum packaging the method comprising: providing a safety vacuum packaging; arranging an object to be secured in an interior space of a container of the safety vacuum packaging; arranging a plurality of particles in the interior space of the container; vacuuming the safety vacuum packaging via a vacuum seal, the plurality of particles being fixed in a random immobile state; closing the safety vacuum packaging; capturing the random immobile state of the particles; and storing the captured random immobile state of the particles. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising re capturing the random immobile state of the particles; and comparing and verifying the re-captured random immobile state of the particles with a stored random immobile state of the particles. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the particles corresponds to 10 to 1000 particles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the capturing of the random immobile state of the particles includes capturing via an optical method. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the capturing of the random immobile state of the particles includes capturing via a spectroscopic method. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing the random immobile state of the particles includes storing in a database. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the capturing of the random immobile state of the particles including capturing photographically by a camera and the storing includes storing in a secure database. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The safety vacuum packaging for closing and securing by the method according to claim 1, safety vacuum packaging comprising: the container having an interior space for receiving an object to be secured; the plurality of unconnected particles arranged in the interior space of the container; and the vacuum seal configured to vacuum and seal the interior space of the container. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 8, further comprising a particle container arranged in the interior space of the container for receiving the particles, the particles at least partially arranged in the particle container. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 9, wherein the object to be secured has a surface, and the particle container comprises a first attachment device by which the particle container is attached to the surface of the object to be secured. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 10, wherein the particle container comprises a second attachment device by which the particle container is attached to the container in the interior space. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 10, wherein the particle container is an air-permeable particle container configured to form an open system with the interior space of the container. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 9, wherein the particle container has at least a transparent particle container part. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 9, wherein the particle container includes a thin rigid material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 8, wherein the particles are microparticles with a diameter between 0.01 mm and 5 mm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 8, wherein the container has at least a transparent container part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 8, wherein the particles are spherical particles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 8) The safety vacuum packaging according to claim 8, wherein the particles include white plastic or rubber or sugar or glass or ceramic or polystyrene. ### Claim 19 (depends on 8) A safety vacuum packaging according to claim 8, wherein the container has a completely transparent container side. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A computer program product for verifying a random immobile state of the particles captured by a method according to claim 1, by comparing the re-captured random immobile state of the particles with the stored random immobile state of the particles in a safety vacuum packaging.