Tamper-proof package and method
OwnerFrank Marusiak, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A tamper-proof package for articles, such as medicine, is disclosed. The package comprises a first container into which the articles to be protected are placed. A second container made of a substantially gas impermeable material encloses the first container. The space between the first and second containers is filled with a pressurized gas such as air and the second container is sealed. Two elastic layers are tightly stretched about the second container and sealed.
Claims17
A package for an article comprising:
- a first container into which the article is placed;
- a substantially gas impermeable, flexible second container completely enclosing said first container, a void existing between said first and second containers, said void being pressurized with a gas;
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- a first elastic layer surrounding said second container, said elastic layer tightly stretched about said second container.
A method for packaging an article comprising the steps of:
- completely enclosing a first container containing the article with a flexible gas impermeable second container, a space existing between the first and second containers;
- pressurizing the space between the first and second containers with a gas;
- removing the source of pressurized gas and simultaneously sealing said second container so that a quantity of the pressurized gas is maintained therein;
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- surrounding said second container with a first elastic layer tightly stretched about said second container.
A method for tamper-proofing a container for an article comprising the steps of:
- completely enclosing the container containing the article with a flexible gas impermeable second container, a space existing between said containers;
- pressurizing the space between said containers with a gas so as to inflate said second container;
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- sealing said second container so that a quantity of the pressurized gas is maintained therein, said second container thereby being in a normally inflated state, said second container deflating upon puncture to thereby give a visual indication of tampering.
A method for packaging an article comprising the steps of:
- completely enclosing a first container containing the article with a flexible gas impermeable second container, a space existing between the first and second containers;
- pressurizing the space between the first and second containers with a gas;
- sealing said second container so that a quantity of the pressurized gas is maintained therein;
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- surrounding said second container with a first elastic layer tightly stretched about said second container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.