CONTAINER WITH COMBINED LOCKING AND INDICATING FASTENER
First Claim
1. A container comprising:
- a main body;
an opening in the main body through which the interior of the container can be accessed when the container is open;
a slide fastener passing along the opening and continuing past the opening along a strip projecting from the main body;
a plurality of lock engaging means disposed along the strip; and
a plurality of indicia, each indicia associated with one of the lock engaging means.
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Abstract
A container with a combined locking and indicating fastener is provided. A slide fastener (16), such as a zipper, used to seal the container continues along a strip (14) projecting from the main body (10) of the container. The strip (14) has numerous lock engaging means (30), such as apertures, and indicia (32) associated with each lock engaging means (30). The lock engaging means (30) and the strip (14) are dimensioned so that a lock (34) secured to one of the lock engaging means (30) prevents the slider (17) of the slide fastener (16) from passing the lock (34). In this way, a lock (34) may be used to both securely close the container and also to indicate information about the container by means of the position of the lock (34) relative to the indicia (32).
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21 Claims
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1. A container comprising:
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a main body; an opening in the main body through which the interior of the container can be accessed when the container is open; a slide fastener passing along the opening and continuing past the opening along a strip projecting from the main body; a plurality of lock engaging means disposed along the strip; and a plurality of indicia, each indicia associated with one of the lock engaging means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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