Security label
AssigneeAquasol Limited
InventorDavid Brian Edwards
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Abstract
A security label has a bar code on the outer surface of an outer layer which is permanently bonded to an inner layer. A pull tab defined in the material of the outer and second layers is joined to a detachable portion extending across the length of the label whereby removal of the pull tab will tear out the detachable portion to prevent recognition of the optically readable pattern.
Claims15
A security label for an article, having an outer layer (6) with a machine readable pattern (2) printed on its upper surface;
- and a second peelable adhesive layer (7) adjacent the outer layer;
- wherein the label is provided with a detachable portion (4) of the outer layer extending in a meandering path across the length and/or width of the machine readable pattern on the security label;
- the label further including an inner layer (8) in contact with the second layer (7) and able to be attached to an article.
A package characterized in that it comprises a carton having at one end a security label to indicate whether the package has been illicitly opened, said security label having an outer layer (6) with a machine readable pattern (2) printed on its upper surface;
- and a second peelable adhesive layer (7) adjacent the outer layer;
- wherein the label is provided with a detachable portion (4) of the outer layer extending in a meandering path across the length and/or width of the machine readable pattern on the security label;
- the label further including an inner layer (8) in contact with the second layer (7) and able to be attached to the carton, the carton further having a window along a sidewall at which the carton is sealed by bonding superposed panels to one another, said window being formed in the outer of said superposed panels and exposing a machine readable pattern on the inner of said panels;
- and that the machine readable patterns of said inner panel and said security label represent the same code number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.