Container including an inlet having an IC chip and an antenna for monitoring tamper events of the container

• US 9,617,038 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2015
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yagishita, Toshiaki, Nakabayashi, Takamitsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Blount, Eric M
• Application Number:
  US14/827,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20150353234A1
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 3405728, 206216, 292307 R
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/10 Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2401/00 Tamper-indicating means relating to aerosol containers B65D83/224
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/02 Internal fittings of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/44
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 55/0818 Destructible or permanently removable bands, e.g. adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 55/0854 Shrink-film bands B65D41/54, B65D41/62 take precedence
• 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 19/07798 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

This container includes a container main body, an inlet including a substrate, an IC chip and an antenna, and a covering film that covers a part of an outer surface of the container main body and has a brittle part. The brittle part is a part easily torn by an external force than parts other than the brittle part in the covering film. At least a part of the inlet is positioned between the covering film and the outer surface of the container main body and adhered to the covering film. The brittle part covers at least a part of the antenna.

Claims

1. A container comprising:

a container main body;

an inlet having an IC chip supported by a substrate and an antenna supported by the substrate; and

a covering film that covers a part of an outer surface of the container main body and has a first brittle part, the first brittle part being more easily torn by an external force than parts other than the first brittle part in the covering film, at least a part of the inlet is positioned between the covering film and the outer surface of the container main body and adhered to the covering film, and the first brittle part covers at least a part of the antenna,

wherein the substrate includes a second brittle part and the second brittle part is more easily torn by an external force compared to parts other than the second brittle part in the substrate, and

wherein the first brittle part covers at least a part of the second brittle part.

2. The container according to claim 1,

further comprising a lid for closing an opening formed in the container main body, and

wherein the inlet and the covering film are positioned extending over the outer surface of the container main body and the lid.

3. The container according to claim 1, wherein,

the substrate is a paper.

4. The container according to claim 1,

further comprising a supporting member that supports the antenna;

and

wherein the supporting member has an overhanging portion overhanging from the outer surface of the container main body along a direction intersecting the outer surface of the container main body, and includes the overhanging portion as a portion for supporting the antenna.

5. The container according to claim 4, wherein,

the container main body accommodates a content including a liquid;

and

a portion within the inlet positioned between the covering film and the outer surface of the container main body is positioned above a liquid level of the liquid when the container main body is at rest.

6. The container according to claim 1, wherein,

the container includes a buffer member attached to the container main body that has a portion positioned between the outer surface of the container main body and the inlet.

7. The container according to claim 6, wherein,

the container main body has an edge portion surrounding the opening formed in the container main body, and the edge portion is fitted to the buffer member.