Rfid security label for packaging
AssigneeAvery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
InventorsPedro GARZA, Julie VARGAS, Jayne BLAIR
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a closure mechanism, such as a label construction, for a wide variety of packages. The closure mechanism may provide for a security means as well and can be provided with a radio frequency identification (RFID). The closure mechanism may comprise at least one label having at least one RFID device on either a first or second face of the label such that the label is applied to a package wherein the package is subject to a first and second state conditional upon the positioning of the at least one label positioning. The present invention also provides for a method of making and utilizing the label on at least one packaging.
Claims25
A closure system for a package comprising:
- a package having an area and at least a first and second section;
- at least one of the first or second sections having an opening;
- at least one label with at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) device associated with the package
- wherein the package is subject to a first and second state conditional upon an at least one label positioning.
A label for packaging comprising:
- a substrate having at least a top and bottom face;
- an adhesive layer adhered to the bottom face of the substrate;
- and
- a security label having a plurality of slits on the top face of the substrate.
A method of making and using a RFID label for a package comprising the steps of:
- providing a package with a top and bottom portion and a front and back section, the top portion having at least one opening;
- providing a label with a plurality of slits, each of the slits subject to tearing forces to indicate tampering,
- the label comprising a substrate having a first and second face and the label further able to be used in a plurality of environments;
- coating an adhesive layer on one of the first and second faces of the label;
- adhering a release liner to the adhesive layer;
- removing the release liner from the adhesive layer;
- folding a first area of the front and back section of the package creating a first folded section;
- and
- adhering the label to the first folded section and to a second area of the front section of the top portion of the package.
A label for indicating tampering, the label comprising:
- a substrate with a top face and bottom face;
- at least one RFID device comprising chip and connected antenna, the device being adhered either to the top or bottom surface of the substrate;
- an adhesive layer underlying the bottom surface of the substrate and a release liner underlying the adhesive layer;
- wherein the substrate bears one or more apertures;
- wherein the apertures are stress relief cuts and are angled, and
- wherein the label seals a package along an opening of the package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.