Product holder

• US 10,133,977 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2016
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wavemark, Inc. (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wavemark, Inc. (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Inventors: Billington, James Barry, Leitermann, Richard Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Seung
• Application Number:
  US15/210,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20160321532A1
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 235385, 235492
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 10/02 for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets A47F10/06 takes precedence; hand-carts B62B; baskets B65D
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 2010/005 using RFID elements
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 2010/025 using stock management systems
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/205 Means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like; cards or coupons for the other types of rigid or semi-rigid containers B65D25/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0772 Physical layout of the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0776 the adhering arrangement being a layer of adhesive, so that the record carrier can function as a sticker

Abstract

A holder for a product package includes a substrate having an inside surface, with opposing end portions of the substrate being folded upwards. The holder also includes a securing member disposed on at least one of the end portions, the securing member configured to secure the product package within the end portions of the substrate. The holder also includes a RFID tag disposed on the substrate.

Claims

1. A holder for a product package, the holder comprising:

a substrate having an inside surface, opposing end portions of the substrate being folded upwards;

a securing member disposed on each one of the end portions, each securing member configured to secure one of the end portions to the product package such that the product package is disposed between the end portions of the substrate when the end portions are secured to the product package;

a perforation disposed on at least one of the end portions underneath the securing member; and

a RFID tag disposed on the substrate.

2. The holder of claim 1, wherein the substrate is at least partially transparent.

3. The holder of claim 1, wherein the holder generally has a U-shape when the end portions of the substrate are each folded.

4. The holder of claim 1, wherein at least one of the securing members includes an adhesive.

5. The holder of claim 4, wherein each one of the securing members includes an adhesive.

6. The holder of claim 1, wherein the RFID tag is disposed on an outside surface of the substrate.

7. The holder of claim 1, further comprising a block disposed on the inside surface between the end portions, the product package configured to rest on the block when disposed in the holder.

8. The holder of claim 7, wherein the block includes a groove to receive an edge of the product package, allowing the product package to stand upright within the holder.

9. The holder of claim 7, wherein the RFID tag at least partially opposes the block.

10. The holder of claim 1, wherein the substrate includes two spaced folds in a first direction along one of a length or a width of the substrate, the end portions of the substrate being folded upwards along the folds.

11. The holder of claim 10, wherein the holder includes more than two folds, the end portions of the substrate being folded upwards along any two of the folds.

12. The holder of claim 10, wherein the folds are generally in a middle of the substrate along the first direction.

13. The holder of claim 1, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of the perforations spaced in a first direction along one of a length or a width of the substrate.

14. The holder of claim 13, wherein the perforations extend along substantially an entirety of the substrate in the first direction.

15. The holder of claim 13, wherein the perforations are substantially parallel.

16. The holder of claim 1, wherein the length of the substrate is at least double the width of the substrate.

17. A holder for a trackable product package, the holder comprising:

a substrate having an inside surface, and including two spaced perforations in a first direction along one of a length or a width of the substrate;

a block disposed on the inside surface between the two perforations, the product package configured to rest on the block when disposed in the holder;

an adhesive disposed on a portion of the inside surface between one of the two perforations and an adjacent one of the ends of the substrate, the adhesive configured to secure the product package within the ends of the substrate; and

a RFID tag disposed on the substrate.

18. A system for storing a trackable product, the system comprising:

a product disposed in a container, the container including foil; and

a holder for the container, the holder comprising;

a substrate having an inside surface, and including two spaced perforations in a first direction along one of a length or a width of the substrate, the folds dividing the substrate into a first portion, a second portion, and a middle portion in between the first and second portions and in between the two perforations;

an adhesive disposed on the first and second portions on the inside surface, the adhesive configured to secure the first and second portions to opposing sides of the container such that the container is disposed between the first and second portions when the first and second portions are secured to the container; and

a RFID tag disposed on the substrate,

wherein a lower surface of the container is spaced from the middle portion of the substrate when the container is disposed in the holder.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the holder further comprises a block disposed on the inside surface between the end portions, the container configured to rest on the block when disposed in the holder.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the block includes a longitudinal slot to receive an edge of the container, allowing the container to stand upright within the holder.