Tamper-indicating label
OwnerBrian R. Morganinventor
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Abstract
A tamper indicating label is made of tear-resistant paper material which is cut to form an enlarged base area and an elongate tongue projecting from the base area. The base area has a signature area imprinted on its front face, and is at least partially coated with adhesive material on its rear face. The tongue is threaded through eyelets on two parts of a closure of a container or the like to be protected, and the projecting end portion of the tongue is placed against the adhesive coating of the base area while the base area is folded about a central fold line dividing the base area into two halves, and the two halves are pressed against each other with the adhesive layer innermost and the projecting end portion of the tongue trapped between the two halves.
Claims16
A tamper indicating label, comprising:
- a sheet of tear-resistant paper material cut to form an enlarged base area and an elongate tongue of predetermined length and of width less than a transverse dimension of the base area, the tongue extending from the base area and having a free end remote from the base area;
- the sheet having a front face having imprinted indicia defining a signature area for receiving a signature, a rear face, and a fold line extending across the base area to divide the base area into two halves;
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- an adhesive layer on the rear face of the sheet covering at least one half of the base area,
- whereby the tongue may be extended through eyelets on two parts of a container with a projecting end portion placed against the adhesive layer on one half of the base area, and the base area may be folded inwardly about the fold line with the rear face innermost and the two halves adhered together with the end portion of the tongue held between the two halves.
A tamper indicating security assembly, comprising:
- a label of tear-resistant paper material cut to form an enlarged base area and an elongated tongue of predetermined length extending from the base area, the tongue having a width less than a transverse dimension of the base area;
- the label having a front face with imprinted indicia in the base area forming a signature-receiving area and a rear face;
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- a layer of adhesive covering at least half of the rear face of the base area;
- the tongue comprising means for extending through eyelets on two parts of a container to be secured;
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- the base area comprising means for folding about a fold line dividing the base area into two halves with the adhesive layer innermost and a projecting end portion of the tongue trapped between the folded halves of the base area to secure the tongue between the adhered halves of the base area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.