Trays for use in security screening

• US 20070132580A1
• Filed: 11/22/2006
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Securitypoint Holdings LLC (Securitypoint Media LLC)
• Original Assignee: Securitypoint Holdings LLC (Securitypoint Media LLC)
• Inventors: Ambrefe, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/603,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20070132580A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/34 Trays or like shallow containers B65D81/3813 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/10 Transponders
• 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: B65D 85/00 Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials B65D71/00, B65D83/00 take precedence; hand implements or travelling equipment A45C; cosmetic or toiletry equipment A45D; packages for surgical knives, scalpels or blades therefor A61B17/3215; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00; paint cans B44D3/12; oil cans F16N3/04; containers for carrying small arms F41C33/06; packaging of ammunition or explosive charges F42B39/00; containers for record carriers, specially adapted for cooperation with the recording or reproducing apparatus G11B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 5/22 Active interrogation, i.e. by irradiating objects or goods using external radiation sources, e.g. using gamma rays or cosmic rays
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0272 Labels for containers
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/00 Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes on or in vehicles G09F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/02 Forms or constructions layered products B32B
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0297 including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00

Abstract

The present invention the present invention relates to methods and systems for performing security screening using trays which may be identifiable by a unique tray identification number.

Claims

1. A tray adapted for use in a security screening system comprising:

a base;

walls extending upwardly from said base;

a tray identification number; and

information on said walls or on said base visible to a user of said tray.

2. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said upwardly extending walls terminate in an upper lip extending therefrom.

3. The tray according to claim 2, wherein said upper lip is formed into a cut out handle.

4. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said base has a flat top surface.

5. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said information is advertising.

6. The tray according to claim 5, wherein said advertising is attached to said tray using a method selected from the group consisting of being printed upon said tray, being molded directly into said tray, being attached to said tray using a temporary adhesive substance, and being attached to said tray using a permanent adhesive substance.

7. The tray according to claim 5, wherein said advertising is located on the top surface of said base of said tray.

8. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said identification number is a barcode.

9. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said identification number is x-ray readable.

10. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said identification number is a radio frequency identification number.

11. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said tray further comprises a reference point that may be seen using a security scanning device.

12. The tray according to claim 11, wherein said reference point is about four inches long.

13. The tray according to claim 1, wherein said tray comprises non-metallic materials.

14. The tray according to claim 1, wherein one of said walls or said base comprises a first layer and a second layer and one of said first layer and said second layer is transparent, wherein said information is positioned between said first layer and said second layer so that said information is visible through said transparent layer.

15. A method comprising using the tray of claim 1.

16. A method comprising using a tray in a security screening system,

wherein said security screening system comprises a security scanning device having a proximal end and a distal end;

wherein said tray comprises a base having upwardly extending walls, a tray identification number, and advertising visible to a user of said tray; and

wherein said tray is passed through said screening device from said proximal end to said distal end.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein said advertising is attached to said tray using a method selected from the group consisting of being printed upon said tray, being molded directly into said tray, and being attached to said tray using a temporary adhesive substance, and being attached to said tray using a permanent adhesive substance.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein one of said walls or said base comprises a first layer and a second layer and one of said first layer and said second layer is transparent, wherein said advertising is positioned between said first layer and said second layer so that said information is visible through said transparent layer.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein said identification number is x-ray readable.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein said tray further comprises a reference point that may be seen using a security scanning device.