Method and System for Tracking Containers Having Metallic Portions, Cover for Containers Having Metallic Portions, Tags for Use With Container Having Metallic Portions and Methods of Calibrating Such Tags
AssigneeCheckpoint Systems, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Appalucci, David McGoldrick, Paul Roberts, George West
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a novel procedure and system for making a security tag for an aluminum-pressed, cardboard container. The method employs a system of distancing the tag from the container and a method of calibrating the tag. The tag is then inserted into a specially designed cap and spaced a given distance from the container. The product is sealed and then sold to the consumer.
Claims20
-96. (canceled)
A security device for attachment to a container having a sidewall, a generally planar metallic portion located adjacent the sidewall and a bead having regularly shaped periphery connecting the generally planar metallic portion to the sidewall, said security device comprising:
- a security tag that responds to a magnetic or an electromagnetic field of a particular frequency or frequencies by providing a discernable electromagnetic return signal;
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- a non-conductive tag holder for mounting said security tag adjacent, but spaced from, the generally planar metallic portion of the container, said non-conductive tag holder comprising:
- a portion to which said security tag is secured;
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- a recess of corresponding shape to the regularly shaped periphery of the bead of the container arranged for receipt of the bead of the container to secure said security device to the container adjacent, but spaced from, the generally planar metallic portion of the container.
A method of tagging a container with a security tag, the container having a sidewall, a generally planar metallic portion located adjacent the sidewall and a bead having regularly shaped periphery connecting the generally planar metallic portion to the sidewall, said method comprising:
- providing a security tag that responds to a magnetic or an electromagnetic field of a particular frequency or frequencies by providing a discernable electromagnetic return signal;
- disposing said security tag between two members of non-conductive material to form a tag holder;
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- coupling said tag holder to the bead of the container to maintain said security tag a predetermined distance away from the generally planar metallic surface of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.