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US 9,051,097 B1Granted
Apparatus for deterring and detecting tampering with a bottleneck cap of a bottle and method for the same
OwnerRichard J. Michielinventor
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus and a kit that provides for deterring and for deterring and detecting the tampering of a bottle. A latex covering is placed over a bottleneck of a bottle and a zip tie is then wrapped around the circumference of the bottleneck. The zip tie preferably has a custom name and serial number thereon.
Claims8
A method for determining and detecting tampering activity of a bottleneck of a bottle, the steps comprising:
- placing a latex covering over a bottleneck of a bottle, said latex having an interior surface free of adhesive material that makes contact with said bottleneck of said bottle;
- and
- securing said latex covering of said bottleneck of said bottle with a zip tie by wrapping and tying said zip tie around a circumference of said bottleneck so as to prevent opening of said bottleneck by requiring an authorized user to remove said latex covering and said zip tie, said zip tie having a custom name and a serial number placed on a surface area of said zip tie so that an authorized user knows if said zip tie has been replaced with another zip tie after said zip tie has been removed by an unauthorized user.
An apparatus for deterring and detecting tampering of a bottleneck of
- a bottle by an
- unauthorized user, comprising:
- a latex covering for firmly covering a bottleneck of a bottle, said latex having an interior surface that is adhesive free and makes contact with said bottleneck;
- and
- a zip tie for securing said latex covering to said bottleneck by wrapping said zip tie around a circumference of said bottleneck so that when said bottleneck is covered by said latex covering and said zip tie is undetected opening of said bottleneck is prevented by other than an authorized user, said zip tie having a custom name and a serial number placed on a surface area of said zip tie so that an authorized user knows if said zip tie has been replaced with another zip tie after said zip tie has been removed by an unauthorized user.
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A kit for deterring and detecting tampering of a bottleneck of a bottle by an unauthorized user, comprising:
- a plurality of latex coverings each for firmly covering a bottleneck of a bottle each of said latex coverings having an interior surface that is adhesive free and makes contact with said bottleneck;
- and
- a plurality of zip ties, each for securing said latex covering to said bottleneck by wrapping said zip tie around said circumference of said bottleneck, each of said zip ties each having a custom name and a unique serial number placed on a surface area of each said zip tie so that an authorized user knows if said zip tie has been replaced with another zip tie after said zip tie has been removed by an unauthorized user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.