Packaging closures integrated with disposable RFID devices

• US 8,318,111 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Issued: 11/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Binforma Group Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Mingerink, Corey Benjamin, Madsen, Gary Fabian, Carey, Brian James, Ashenbrenner, Frederick Karl, O'Shea, Michael Donald
• Primary Examiner(s): Warden, Jill
• Assistant Examiner(s): Handy, Dwayne K
• Application Number:
  US13/006,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20110169614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 422/547, 422/549, 422/550, 422/555, 422/556, 206/205, 206/206, 206/216, 206/223, 206/459.5, 206/569, 340/571, 340/572.1, 340/572.3, 340/572.7, 340/572.8, 340/572.9
• US Class Current: 422/550
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0066 Blowers or centrifugal pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/06 Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/107 in the inspiratory path
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/1095 in the connecting tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3633 thermally insulated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/42 Reducing noise
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/0005 Components or details of single units wherein the flow is effected by a pump B05B11/1042
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/0029 Valves not actuated by pressure B05B11/0032, B05B11/0094 take precedence; automatically opened during actuation of a spray pump B05B11/1053
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1057 Triggers, i.e. actuation means consisting of a single lever having one end rotating or pivoting around an axis or a hinge fixedly attached to the container, and another end directly actuated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/10 Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/00 Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for closure-securing elements B65D45/00
• 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 33/1625 Small plates or the like made of one piece and presenting slits or a central aperture to jam the neck of the bag
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/2508 using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4212 Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing B65D5/522 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/52 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07381 with deactivation or otherwise incapacitation of at least a part of the circuit upon detected tampering
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07798 part of the antenna or the integrated circuit being adapted for rupturing or breaking, e.g. record carriers functioning as sealing devices for detecting not-authenticated opening of containers electronic seals G09F3/03

Abstract

A packaging system (20), has a container (22) which delimits a container volume which can hold at least one unit-measure or unit-quantity of a selected commodity or article (24). The container includes at least one access portion (26) that can provide a selective closed arrangement and a selective open arrangement. An electronic data mechanism (28) can be operatively connected to the container (22), and can be operatively configured to electronically transpond or otherwise transmit data to a reader mechanism (30). A deactivation mechanism (32) can be operatively connected to the container (22) and to the electronic data mechanism (28), and can be operatively configured to selectively disable the electronic data mechanism.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a container having an enclosure mechanism movable between an open position and a closed position; and

a data tag affixed to the container, the data tag having a first component and a second component, wherein the data tag is configured to communicate wirelessly at a first range if the first component is in a first position relative to the second component, and wherein the data tag is configured to communicate wirelessly at a second range smaller than the first range if the first component is in a second position relative to the second component,

wherein the first component is in the first position relative to the second component if the enclosure mechanism is in the closed position, and

wherein the first component is in the second position relative to the second component if the enclosure mechanism is in the open position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the enclosure mechanism comprises a frangible member that is ruptured if the enclosure mechanism is moved from the closed position to the opened position.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the data tag comprises an antenna portion and a data memory portion, and wherein the antenna portion and data memory portion are operably separated when the data tag is in the second position.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first component is moveable between the first position relative to the second component and the second position relative to the second component, and wherein the first component is further moveable between the second position relative to the second component and the first position relative to the second component.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the data tag is at least partially frangible.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first component comprises a first antenna portion and the second component comprises a second antenna portion, wherein when the first antenna portion is in the first position relative to the second antenna portion the data tag is configured to communicate electronically using the first and second antenna portions together as a single antenna, and wherein when the first antenna portion is in the second position relative to the second antenna portion, the data tag is configured to communicate electronically using one of the first or second antenna portions, but not both the first and second antenna portions.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the first antenna portion and second antenna portion are frangibly connected when the first antenna portion is in the first position relative to the second antenna portion.

8. A system, comprising:

a container;

means for accessing configured to provide access to the container, wherein the means for accessing can be moved between a closed position and an open position; and

means for communicating electronically carried by the container and configured to communicate electronically with a reader mechanism, wherein the means for communicating electronically is configured to move between a first position if the means for accessing is in the closed position, and a second position if the means for accessing is in the open position, and wherein the means for communicating electronically is operative at a first range if in the first position, and at a second range smaller that the first range if in the second position.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the means for communicating electronically is selectively movable between the first position and the second position.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the means for communicating electronically is selectively movable between the second position and the first position.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the means for communicating electronically can be moved from the first position to the second position, but cannot be moved from the second position to the first position.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the means for communicating electronically is configured to communicate wirelessly.