Tote Box Seal
OwnerRyan Hale, Brian Lyleinventors
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Abstract
A seal for tote boxes includes a post member of extended length which has an enlarged end portion and a housing which has locking fingers which flex to accept the enlarged end of the post member and then lock to prevent removal of the post member. The housing includes a pair of upwardly projecting flanges, and a downwardly projecting flange. When installed on tote box the upwardly projecting flanges maintain the position of the downwardly projecting flange so that it is visible past the handle of the tote box allowing visual access to indicia on the downwardly projecting flange and allowing an authorized user to cut the post portion to remove the seal.
Claims18
A tote box seal comprising:
- a post member comprising:
- a body portion having an extended length and having a first end, an intermediate portion and a second end;
- a cap portion formed on said first end;
- an enlarged end portion formed on said second end, and
- a housing comprising:
- a base portion;
- a plurality of locking fingers disposed on said base portion;
- at least one upwardly projecting flange disposed on said base portion, and
- a downwardly projecting flange disposed on said base portion.
The tote box seal as claimed in claim I wherein said enlarged end portion comprises:
- a rounded portion.
The tote box seal as claimed in claim I with said cap portion comprising:
- a flat portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.