Trunk security seal
AssigneeMorgan Adhesives Company
InventorsDavid M. Rennels, Jr., Ralph J. Madonia
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Abstract
A tamper-evident seal for application to interior surfaces of motor vehicle hoods, trunks and other portals, the seal formed as an elongate strip of stock material having a band of pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) affixed to a side of the strip near each end thereof; and transverse perforations between the bands of PSA. When the hood or trunk is opened, the perforation or weakened area will tear, before the PSA detaches from the inside trunk surface where it is adhered.
Claims7
In combination, a portal comprising a first and a second member, said first and second members interacting to provide an open portal when the members are in a separated relationship and to provide a closed portal with a gap between the members when the members are in a proximate relationship, each said member having an inner surface that is exposed only when the members are in the separated relationship and an outer surface that is exposed regardless of whether the members are in the separated or proximate relationship, and a device for providing a tamper-evident seal for the portal, said device comprising:
- a strip of material having two ends provided with a means securing the first said end on the interior surface of the first member and the second said end on the interior surface of the second member, a middle portion between the ends lacking said means for securing, and two sides;
- wherein the middle portion is sufficiently long to extend outwardly through the gap to allow visual observation thereof;
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- wherein the middle portion has a transverse weakened portion that will preferentially tear or break prior to the securing means dislodging from either of the interior surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.