EP1103473A1 - Papier-, Papp oder Kartonbehälter mit aufdruckbarem Sicherungcode - Google Patents

Papier-, Papp oder Kartonbehälter mit aufdruckbarem Sicherungcode Download PDF

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EP1103473A1
EP1103473A1 EP00122997A EP00122997A EP1103473A1 EP 1103473 A1 EP1103473 A1 EP 1103473A1 EP 00122997 A EP00122997 A EP 00122997A EP 00122997 A EP00122997 A EP 00122997A EP 1103473 A1 EP1103473 A1 EP 1103473A1
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Thomas Leo Mulcahy
D. David Mulligan
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2405—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting characterised by the tag technology used
    • G08B13/2408—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting characterised by the tag technology used using ferromagnetic tags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4233—Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2428—Tag details
    • G08B13/2437—Tag layered structure, processes for making layered tags
    • G08B13/2445—Tag integrated into item to be protected, e.g. source tagging

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  • This invention relates to printed security codes which can be applied to paper/paperboard materials used in the construction of cartons and containers.
  • Such structures of this type generally, provide a simple, low-cost security system which acts as a shipping manifest, warehousing check list, and sales conformation.
  • A visual/video observation or monitoring of the act of theft
  • B prohibiting customer contact with items until paid for
  • C alarms, if the unpaid-for items are taken out of the front door.
  • surveillance is the traditional method for limiting theft in stores. Initially, surveillance was only by vigilant employees, but today it may involve discrete video cameras and/or paid security personnel. This traditional security approach is losing adherents because of: (1) increasing cost of maintaining constant surveillance; (2) difficulty in keeping the entire store under surveillance because of limited funds or personnel, as well as high, bulky displays; (3) lost service time and the possible leaving of good personnel, when employees are diverted from serving to do spying on customers; (4) limited effect of monitoring, if there is employee theft; and (5) the fact that monitoring may be resisted because of its unpopular "image.”
  • EAS Electronic Article Surveillance
  • RF radio frequency
  • EM electromagnetic
  • EAS tags or labels reportedly cost "only a few cents each," but they are not being used on all items. They appear usually on items that are expensive and large (coats, electronics), or less valuable and pocketable (liquor, tools, pharmaceuticals).
  • the present EAS approach relies on catching theft at usual customer exits, but it does not address thefts by employees or support personnel.
  • To overcome employee theft sophisticated monitoring by cameras and/or limiting movement of sale items by employees in areas, such as warehouses, may be required.
  • Electronic EAS circuitry is typically either inserted in tags attached to an item or hidden under applied tags that are conventionally bar coded.
  • this plastic-laminated, metal tag resists recycling efforts or can be removed by diligent thieves.
  • the '494 reference identifies each part of a process by "detentes" to follow film-processing steps.
  • the '948 reference defines maintenance done or needed using crude mnemonic coding.
  • the '073 reference attempts to ensure a grocery list is followed and the coupons are used.
  • none of the '494, '307, '948, or '073 references disclose a means for overcoming security losses.
  • this invention fulfills these needs by providing a printed security code assembly for paper/paperboard cartons or containers, wherein the method is comprised of the steps of: attaching a paper/paperboard substrate to a security code, wherein the code contains information related to the manufacturing of the product located within the carton or container, the warehousing of the product located within the carton or container, the shipping of the product located within the carton or container, the stocking of the product located within the carton or container, and the retailing of the product located within the carton or container; and discreetly locating the substrate and the code within the carton or container such that the various information contained within the code can only be observed by a code reader.
  • the printed security code can be a two-dimensional code or a stripe code.
  • the use of the printed security code drastically reduces the price of security of the carton or container. This would make security tagging available for every carton, container and item being sold.
  • the preferred printed security code offers the following advantages: lightness in weight; ease of assembly; good durability; excellent economy; excellent theft protection; and excellent inventory control. In fact, in many of the preferred embodiments, these factors of economy, theft protection, and inventory control are optimized to the extent that is considerably higher than heretofore achieved in prior, known printed security codes.
  • FIG. 1 With reference first to Figure 1, there is illustrated an advantageous environment for use of the concepts of this invention.
  • a printed security code assembly 2 for paper/paperboard cartons or containers is illustrated.
  • Assembly 2 includes in part, container 4, shipping manifest information 6, warehousing check list 8, and sales conformation information 10.
  • container 4 the concepts of this invention can also be applied to any type of paper/paperboard carton or container including, but not limited to, envelopes, boxes, sheets or the like.
  • printed security code information 6, 8, and 10 are, preferably, located discretely on container 4 and consist of a two-dimensional print area 12.
  • print area 12 is discretely located, for example, on the inside of container 4.
  • Print area 12 which contains the information on manifest 6, warehousing check list 8, and sales conformation 10 is printed by conventional techniques.
  • print area 12 consists of magnetic inks which can be activated or switched "on" and "off” to indicate the stage the product is in. In this manner, with the print area 12 being located inside of or within container 4, the worker or customer is unaware that the container 4 includes such a theft deterrent and will be unlikely to attempt to by-pass it.
  • print area 12 can be conventionally electrically charged to activate or to turn “on” print area 12 and then subsequently conventionally deactivated or turned “off” by reversing the electrical charge.
  • the area sales clerk merely has to scan container 4 and print area 12 in order to switch "off” the portion of the print area 12 which relates to warehousing and switch "on” the portion of print area 12 related to retailing of container 4. In this manner, the security of container 4 is not comprised. Consequently, container 4 is monitored at each step from manufacturing to retailing.
  • a conventional code reader (not shown) is the only device that can scan or observe the information in print area 12.
  • print area 12 can also be formed onto a stripe 18.
  • stripe 18 can also be placed in a discrete location in or on the inside of container 4.
  • print area 12 can be located adjacent to the corrugated medium of a corrugated container, within the liner of a corrugated container or other types of paper/paperboard containers, or the like.

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US5151684A (en) 1991-04-12 1992-09-29 Johnsen Edward L Electronic inventory label and security apparatus
US5238307A (en) 1992-01-28 1993-08-24 Tri-Combined Resources, Inc. Ore sample bag
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DE19543333A1 (de) * 1995-11-21 1997-05-22 Holland Letz Horst Dipl Ing Verfahren zur oberflächigen Ausrüstung mit einem Reaktionselement für Diebstahl-Sicherungssysteme
US5671362A (en) 1995-04-04 1997-09-23 Cowe; Alan B. Materials monitoring systems, materials management systems and related methods
US5706948A (en) 1994-07-21 1998-01-13 Hughes; D. Michael Method for identifying a characteristic of an object or contents of a container
US5727686A (en) 1995-07-31 1998-03-17 Kristal; Boaz Tamper-evident security envelopes
US5774876A (en) 1996-06-26 1998-06-30 Par Government Systems Corporation Managing assets with active electronic tags
US5777884A (en) 1995-10-16 1998-07-07 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Article inventory tracking and control system
US5788073A (en) 1996-11-07 1998-08-04 Suryk; Kaye Shopping organizer
US5821859A (en) * 1996-06-07 1998-10-13 Ibm Corporation Concealed magnetic ID code and antitheft tag
US5879784A (en) 1996-12-17 1999-03-09 Docusystems Inc. Tickets with extruded security stripe and method of making same

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US3945494A (en) 1972-12-07 1976-03-23 Agfa-Gevaert Ag Carrier for film cartridges or the like
US5290066A (en) * 1990-12-06 1994-03-01 Mody Hemant K Magnetic label and use thereof
US5151684A (en) 1991-04-12 1992-09-29 Johnsen Edward L Electronic inventory label and security apparatus
US5238307A (en) 1992-01-28 1993-08-24 Tri-Combined Resources, Inc. Ore sample bag
US5706948A (en) 1994-07-21 1998-01-13 Hughes; D. Michael Method for identifying a characteristic of an object or contents of a container
US5671362A (en) 1995-04-04 1997-09-23 Cowe; Alan B. Materials monitoring systems, materials management systems and related methods
US5727686A (en) 1995-07-31 1998-03-17 Kristal; Boaz Tamper-evident security envelopes
US5777884A (en) 1995-10-16 1998-07-07 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Article inventory tracking and control system
DE19543333A1 (de) * 1995-11-21 1997-05-22 Holland Letz Horst Dipl Ing Verfahren zur oberflächigen Ausrüstung mit einem Reaktionselement für Diebstahl-Sicherungssysteme
US5821859A (en) * 1996-06-07 1998-10-13 Ibm Corporation Concealed magnetic ID code and antitheft tag
DE29615476U1 (de) * 1996-06-26 1996-10-31 Herm. Weck Sohn Verpackungs- und Werbedruck GmbH, 42655 Solingen Warenverpackung
US5774876A (en) 1996-06-26 1998-06-30 Par Government Systems Corporation Managing assets with active electronic tags
US5788073A (en) 1996-11-07 1998-08-04 Suryk; Kaye Shopping organizer
US5879784A (en) 1996-12-17 1999-03-09 Docusystems Inc. Tickets with extruded security stripe and method of making same

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