CN102272805B

CN102272805B - Security packaging

Info

Publication number: CN102272805B
Application number: CN2010800041158A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M.G.隆多; S.L.比卢普斯; C.S.洛夫丁; R.K.哈拉尔德森; W.J.克劳泽
Original assignee: Meadwestvaco Corp
Current assignee: WestRock MWV LLC
Priority date: 2009-01-07
Filing date: 2010-01-06
Publication date: 2013-12-11
Anticipated expiration: 2030-01-06
Also published as: CN103786968A; EP2359352B1; WO2010080770A1; CN102272805A; EP2359352A1; EP2442283A1

Abstract

A package comprises a security device wherein a security loop is formed integrally with the package for detecting a breach of the package. Additionally, the security loop may be formed with a portion to be interrupted if the contents are removed from the package.

Description

Safety packaging

Technical field

The present invention relates to the release mechanism for packing, comprise the packing of the member of this release mechanism and/or this release mechanism, and the method for manufacturing this packing and release mechanism.More specifically, but exclusively non-, the present invention relates to a kind of safety feature, at least one safety link and packing form, for detection of the destruction of integral packaging.In addition, safety link can also be formed with parts, if content removes from packing, these parts will disconnect.

Background technology

At packaging field, usually require to maximize the displaying of main (costliness) article, in Zhong market, retail market and advertising goal, also must ensure that these master item are not stolen or damage simultaneously.Electric theft-proof system (EAS) is to prevent a kind of known method of stealing in retail shop.Special label is fixed on commodity, and these labels are removed or nullified at check out counter usually when article are purchased.If safety feature be not removed or nullified and attempt in the situation that not payment take article away from retail shop, in the outlet in shop, the detection system alarm of can sounding.

In antitheft another kind of method, can also use wired alarm intermediate plate.These wired intermediate plates are wound around around the outside of article or packing.Yet these known theft preventing methods may be larger and may hinder the displaying of product, if and/or safety label or wired alarm only is fixed on the packing that comprises article rather than article originally with it this theft preventing method may be fragile.In this layout, by article are removed from packing, and safety label is removed, can take article away from shop and not be detected so.In addition, owing to safety feature directly can not being fixed on article, for example, in the situation that exquisite article or breakables need different solutions.

A kind of such solution is packed to provide by Natralock, the Natralock packing is a kind of product that the applicant manufactures, but adopting, it prevents that tearing polymkeric substance lamination recycle cardboard is combined to produce a kind of visual packing with APET or RPET thermoforming thing, this packing may manually be torn hardly, stops thus the theft in shop.Yet this packing can easily also be opened safely with household scissors, require to use scissors to bring trouble for the consumer.In addition, this packing also requires the external security module to prevent the theft to whole packing.

The present invention attempts alleviate or overcome these and other problem relevant to known safety feature and/or the improvement to known safety devices is provided.

Summary of the invention

According to first aspect, the invention provides a kind of packing of holding master item, described packing comprises the security feature with first component and second component, described first component can detect described packing and when be opened together with second component, and be opened and send electric signal in response to detecting, described electric signal causes and gives a warning.Preferably, this warning is the audible alarm of directly being sent by security feature.

According to second aspect, the invention provides a kind of packing of holding master item, there is the first component that is incorporated into the security feature in described packing, the described first component of described security feature can be connected to the second component of security feature, when make the described first component of described security feature can detect described packing together with second component is opened, and can open and send electric signal in response to what detect, described electric signal is operable as to cause and gives a warning.

Preferably, the described first component of described security feature is the safety link be combined in described packing, described safety link is arranged so that with respect to described article described article remove and will cause the disconnection of described safety link from described packing, described safety link can be connected to the second component of described security feature, and described second component is for detection of the disconnection of described safety link and be operable as by giving a warning this detected disconnection is made a response.

Optional feature according to above aspect, described safety link forms the integral part of described packing, and comprise two ends, each described end can be connected to the described second component of described security feature, and the described second component of described security feature is operable as by sounding alarm and/or make lamp luminous and/or transmit electromagnetic signal and give a warning.Preferably, described safety link forms the integral part of described packing, and conducts electricity, and by conductive printing ink, conductive strips, conductive foil and/or conductor wire form.

According to the preferred feature of the first and second aspects of the present invention, the variation of the resistance of the circuit of described security feature by detecting described security feature detects opening of described packing.Preferably, the described first component of described security feature is the safety link be combined in described packing, and wherein, the variation of resistance is the increase of resistance, and this increase is due to following one or more causing: disconnection, the disconnection in safety link or the breakage of safety link in packing integral body.

The described second component of described security feature is formed in described packing or forms the separate modular that can be connected to described packing and can remove from described packing.

Alternatively, described second component forms the separate modular that can remove from described packing, and described packing also comprises for keeping and discharge the one holding device of described module.

According to the third aspect, the invention provides a kind of security module, be used for as in the aforementioned section described packing of any one, described security module comprises the second component of security feature, and described second component can be connected to the first component that is arranged on the security feature in described packing.

Preferably, the described first component of described security feature is the safety link be combined in described packing, and the second component of described security feature can detect the disconnection in described safety link, and the disconnection that can detect this by giving a warning is made a response.

According to another aspect, the invention provides a kind of blank that is used to form packing, described blank comprises the safety link formed, described safety link has for being connected to the end of security module, and/or described blank comprises the parts of safety link, described parts are joined together to form safety link, and described safety link has end, once described blank forms cardboard case or packing, described end is connected to security module.

Alternatively, described blank comprises that described integrated device comprises one or more bump bondings for keeping the integrated device of security module, and is configured so that described security module can be connected to the described end of described safety link.

Alternatively, in where face in office, described safety link can be formed with the part be associated with the content of packing, makes from packing and removes content or make content break away from and will make the safety link breakage with packing.

Alternatively, in some aspects, security module can cover or hide the feature of easily opening, and such as indentation or tearing port on packing, by this feature, packing can be opened after removing security module.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a set of parts of the packing that is used to form the security feature with one, described a set of parts comprise the one or more blanks that are used to form described packing, and at least one in described blank has the first component that is combined in the security feature in described packing; Be included in the one or more article in described packing; The second component of described security feature, described second component comprises circuit, described circuit can be connected to the described first component of described security feature, and can detect the whole destruction of described packing and send electric signal in response to detected destruction, and described electric signal causes and gives a warning.

The accompanying drawing explanation

With reference to accompanying drawing, exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described, in accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 has shown the planimetric map according to the first component blank that is used to form packing of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 has shown the planimetric map according to the second component blank that is used to form packing of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 schematically shows the circuit in security module that is included according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the skeleton view according to the security module of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 has shown the second component blank that is used to form packing according to a second embodiment of the present invention and the planimetric map of key according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 has shown the planimetric map of the first component blank that is used to form packing according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 has shown the planimetric map of the first component blank that is used to form packing of a third embodiment in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 8 has shown the planimetric map of the packing that is formed with safety link, and this safety link is for monitoring the existence of the product in packing; And

Fig. 9 has shown the planimetric map of the packing that is formed with safety link on extra play.

Embodiment

Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 has shown the first embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 have shown the second embodiment, and Fig. 7 has shown the 3rd embodiment, and Fig. 8 has shown the 4th embodiment, and Fig. 9 has shown the 5th embodiment.This paper has also described other embodiment.Should understand, above stated specification and accompanying drawing have only represented how to implement non-limiting example of the present invention.

The first component blank 10 of the packing that is used to form the release mechanism with at least part of one has been shown in Fig. 1.First component blank 10 is formed by cardboard; Can use in an alternative embodiment other suitable sheet material, for example: paper, clamp, plastic material, the cardboard of coating and polymeric layer pressboard (such as Natralock).The second component blank 8 formed by cardboard has been shown in Fig. 2.Use in an alternative embodiment other suitable sheet material, for example: paper, clamp, plastic material, the cardboard of coating and polymeric layer pressboard (such as Natralock).

First component blank 10 forms the front portion of composite packaging (not shown), sandwiches bubble-cap (for example, APET or RPET thermoforming thing) between the second component blank 8 of this composite packaging by the first component blank 10 at Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 and forms.This composite packaging is well known in the art; and provide a kind of cost efficient and environmentally conscious packing solution, the displaying that it provides the packing of safety and protectiveness and remains on the article in bubble-cap (fixing by the first and

second blanks

10,8).The present invention describes with reference to this packing, but should understand, the present invention can be applied to security feature need to be attached in packing in order to provide when packing is compromised in the packing of other type of alerting signal.This different packaging structure comprises: CD box-like formula, cardboard case form, the package shape of medical slide file box form and any other expectation or size.

Packing of the present invention also comprises security module 70 as shown in Figure 4, and it remains on second component blank 8.Security module 70 comprises circuit as shown in Figure 3.

First component blank 10 is limited by edge 22, and comprises that aperture 20, bubble-cap (not shown) can give prominence to by this aperture 20, also comprises safety link 12 and first and second contact element 14,16.Also provide and hang aperture 18, only for instant packed suspension, show or hang and store.Hanging aperture feature 18 is optional fully.Aperture 20 is optional features, when the present invention is applied to not comprise the packing of other form of bubble-cap, can there is no aperture 20.Safety link 12 is formed by the conductive ink be printed onto on cardboard panel 10.In an alternative embodiment, safety link is printed on bubble-cap itself or bubble-cap and panel 10.Can use stamping technology to be printed onto on bubble-cap, but compare with the cardboard type material, be printed onto on plastics and need higher cost.

Safety link 12 is printed as and makes it at least in part around the article that will remain in bubble-cap, and this bubble-cap will be arranged in aperture 20.The particular path of safety link or shape will be changed according to various considerations, and these considerations for example are: the character of applying packing of the present invention; The structure (that is, shape) of the article that kept by packing and be included in quantity and the orientation of the article in packing.To require safety link 12 to be arranged such that the article that remain in packing in order touching, to need the disconnection of safety link 12 or fully damaged or disconnection at least to heavens.Remove in the situation that packing is compromised that article safety link 12 will disconnect or damaged possibility higher, the security feature of packing is more effective.Safety link 12 is connected to external security module (see figure 4), and this external security module comprises the circuit (see figure 3), and this circuit structure one-tenth makes the disconnection of the safety link 12 detected to cause and gives a warning.

It is favourable using conductive ink, because safety link 12 can easily be printed onto on the inside surface of panel 10.This China ink can be used conventional printing process to be printed onto on plate.In described specific embodiment, the conductive ink of using has temperature and/or pressure sensibility.Preferably, during printing stage, the temperature of China ink should not surpass 70 ℃ (degree centigrade) or 160 ℉ (degrees Fahrenheit).Should allow China ink to become dry.Be completely fixed the condition of getting off according to conductive ink, this may need 5 minutes or 10 minutes or longer.In printing and fixedly after conductive ink, panel 10 is further processed, and carries out the pattern printing.During pattern printing process and ensuing packing forming process, must consider the temperature and pressure susceptibility of conductive ink.Should understand, can be with various tool, that pattern is applied to the packaging, every group of instrument can be realized suitable pressure and temperature scope, this suitable pressure and temperature scope can be applied in and not destroy the function of conductive ink.Can pack with the pressure up to 20psi with up to the temperature of 400 ℉.According to condition, equipment and material used, also can seal with the pressure and temperature of other scope with printed patterns and can not damage black conduction property.The damage of the conduction property of conductive ink material or change may cause security feature to lose efficacy.Material based on used, the pressure and temperature restriction can change.The development of conductive ink may change the consideration of these temperature and pressures.Will also be appreciated that according to the preference of manufacturing, can adjust the definite order of these steps.For example, pattern can be printed on outer packaging before conductive ink printing on the packaging.

Other appropriate device that for the conductive ink of the safety link of printed book embodiment, can be delivered to warning device with the disconnection that allows described ring replaces.Other conductive material can be easily for example, for replacing conductive ink or being combined with conductive ink: foil, line and conductive plastics or polymeric material.In this example, use conductive material, make the damaged of safety link 12 or disconnect the resistance that causes the rising in the circuit connected with safety link 12, this causes alarm to sound.Referring to Fig. 3, this mechanism is described in more detail.Safety link 12 can be formed by avulsed material easily, once make product purchased, the safety link be combined in packing can not hinder the article that the consumer obtains them.Should understand, the module that is connected to safety link can also be designed to shop in other anti-theft device interact.For example, remove (for example, when packing when being positioned at the safety detection device on door) from building and sound if it can also be designed to whole packing.

The second component blank 8 of rear panel of packing that is used to form this example is shown in Figure 2.Second component blank 8 comprises single panel 24, and the optional suspension aperture 18 of similar shape and formation and security module keep feature 68.Security module keeps feature 68 to comprise otch and the fold line of a series of shapings.Fold line illustrates by a dotted line in Fig. 2.Security module keeps feature 68 to comprise that junction surface, ，Gai top, junction surface, top comprises

fold line

66,64a, 64b, 26a, 26b and protrusion 58.Triangular portion is limited by the lower limb at fold line 26a/64a and junction surface, top.Another triangular portion is limited by the lower limb at fold line 26b/64b and junction surface, top.It is hinged around fold line 66 that upper bond section can be used as a unit.Triangular portion and projection 58 produce connected structure, and it remains on security module in packing.

Keep feature 68 also to comprise two side engagement portion, its each comprise respectively a pair of

fold line

56a, 54a and 56b, 54b, and comprise respectively protruding 60a and 60b.Cut line 62 limits the lower limb that security module keeps feature 68.Aforementioned fold line, cut line and projection are shaped and are arranged as the module 70(Fig. 4 that holds and firmly keep comprising circuit of the present invention (Fig. 3)).Holding the shape of security module 70 of circuit and the example of pattern is presented in Fig. 4.Module 70 has upper recess 74 and

sidepiece

72a, 72b.

Security module 70 is loaded in packing by the first rise projection 58 and adjacent triangular portion, thereby limits upper shed.Then module 70 aims at upper shed, by using sliding action, is loaded in upper shed, makes after sidepiece 72a, the 72b of security module 70 respectively slide into adjacent protruding 60a, 60b.Once module 70 slides between the front panel 10 and rear panel 8 of packing, each in

projection

58,60a and 60b can be operating as with the corresponding recess 74 of security module 70 and engage, thereby module 70 is fixed in packing.Module 70 comprises two electric contact pieces of the

end

14,16 that is connected to safety link 12, and this contact element is kept by the joint of

projection

58,60a, 60b, and module 70 is remained in position.

Security module 70 is arranged so that the initial contact element 14 of safety link and end contact element 16 electrically contact with the circuit remained in module 70.Referring now to the exemplary circuit in Fig. 3.With the symbol of standard carry out the various members of indication circuit, each of these members has been endowed label, following table has been listed various members by label.

Table 1: for the label of the circuit diagram of Fig. 3

30	Warning horn
		32	LED (2 volts of diodes that send ruddiness)
34	The first resistance (330)
		36	Field effect transistor (FET) (product coding: 2N7000)
38	The FET drain electrode
		40	The FET source electrode
42	The FET grid
		44	Electric capacity (0.1 μ F)
12	Safety link
		46	The second resistance (4.7M)
48	The 3rd resistance (100k)
		50	3 to 6 volts of direct supplys (battery)
52	Switch

Circuit comprises two parts, first comprises the power supply 50 that is connected to optional switch 52, switch 52 is connected to the second resistance 46(in this example, the second resistance is 4.7M), the second resistance 46 is connected to safety link 12 by the 3rd resistance of 100k, and the other end of this safety link 12 is connected to the negative pole of power supply.The second portion of circuit comprises transistor (FET) 36, lamp 32(red LED) and warning horn 30.If switch 52 is arranged, switch 52 closures are so that circuit working so.

Therefore, the first and second parts of circuit are connected in parallel to each other, and the voltage in first is assigned on the second resistance 46 and the 3rd resistance 48.In normal running, the 3rd resistance 48 is compared less with the second resistance, and grid 42 effective groundings of FET, by the negative pole of safety link 12 arrival power supplys 50.Therefore, FET remains non-conductive state, stops electric current to flow through the second portion of the circuit that comprises warning horn 30.

When safety link 12 is damaged or disconnect or be affected by any way, the resistance of safety link 12 raises, so the voltage of the grid of FET is because minute electromotive force in the first of circuit raises.The combined resistance of safety link 12 and the 3rd resistance 48 and the ratio of the resistance of the second resistance 46 have been indicated the number percent at the electrical source voltage at grid 42 places of FET.

If the resistance of safety link 12 rise enough the high voltage with the grid that causes FET reach the threshold value " forward voltage " of FET and conducting, FET will allow electric current to flow through to comprise the second portion of the circuit of LED32 and warning horn 30 so.Therefore, LED32 and warning horn 30 will be worked.

Security module 70 comprises all members of aforementioned circuit, and except safety link 12, this safety link 12 is formed in packing by the inside surface that is printed to panel 10.Security module in the present embodiment is reusable, and is detachably connected to the rear panel 8 of packing as above.Alternatively, security module can be operating as support or the stilt for packing, for showing and storage purpose (therefore not needing to hang aperture 18).Security module can be taked sizes and/or shape and be not limited to shown.Must suitably design to be connected to the

end

14,16 of safety link 12.Circuit is printed on anterior card and still on the card of rear portion, has determined where module need to be connected to or contact packing.Module can magnetically be opened or be closed, or uses key, also can use and close or other device of opening module.Security module can be connected to packing in many ways, comprising: sandwich, slip into, be strapped to packing upper, fixed and/or bonding by other mechanical hook-up.

Described circuit is formed by the known members of standard.Should understand, other structure of electric components and layout and type also are applicable to form application security module of the present invention, and the circuit of security module can be formed on the integrated semiconductor chip.The key factor of circuit is, in response to being arranged on, packing the damaged of interior safety link 12 or disconnects, and circuit can cause and give a warning.This warning can be such as the illuminating of the lamp of LED, and/or the sounding of warning horn or hummer.Additionally or alternatively, warning can be the transmission of signal, for example, be connected to the RF(radio frequency of the receiver that is arranged on other places in shop) signal, it may remind the staff to take action.The signal transmitted can for example cause the alarm of sounding in security guard office, maybe can cause Major, Alarm in shop to sound rather than the little warning horn itself that is included in security module sounds.Aforementioned warning has represented some in the option of a lot of imaginations, and application according to the present invention can be combined with or use separately.

Can remove security module by instrument or other mechanism that can be used for opening switch 52.Once remove, security module 70 can remove from packing (by

operating projection

60a, 60b, 58 and module 70 be disengaged), this security module 70 can after reused.Attempted before security module 70 is closed security module 70 and packing (and therefore with safety link 12) are disconnected and give a warning causing.

In Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, show the explanation model of the first embodiment.A lot of features are identical for all embodiment, and these features are denoted by the same reference numerals, but front has added ' 100 ' or ' 200 ', illustrate second or the feature of the 3rd embodiment.Because a lot of features are identical to each described embodiment, therefore only describe difference in detail.Complete composite packaging is not shown, and shows front part 110 and the rear member 108 of packing.In a second embodiment, the safety link 112 that is printed onto front panel 110 comprises breach or lacks section 200.Rear panel 108 is provided with slot 190 and attached conductor portion 192 near lacking section 200.After assembling, front panel 110 and rear panel 108 are arranged so that slot 190 aims at vertically with lacking section 200, and at least outside part of attached conductor portion 192 contacts with safety link 112 near lacking section 200.Key 196 also is provided separately.This key comprises conductive part 198, once key 196 fits into slot 190, conductive part 198 can make safety link 112 become complete.For example, at least one that key 196 can be in its front surface or rear surface, there is conductive layer, in order to be communicated with the breach 200 in safety link 112, or be communicated with the breach in attached conductor portion 192, or be communicated with the two.Key can be made by enough thin so that materials slided between plate 110 and rear panel 108 in front.Key can be thin sheet of metal, or metallic coating, paper tinsel, or the film on cardboard or plastic-substrates.Plate can provide more reliably and contact with the conductor that close breach 200 all is provided on rear panel in front; Yet the conduction breach that only provides in plate or rear panel may be just enough in front.Key 196 can be provided with relief section 194 and to assist, key 196 be remained in slot.According to the design of key 196, can omit slot 190 in some cases, but slot 190 provides a kind of short-cut method of suitable normal key.Perhaps, key 196 can be with the key slot (not shown) slided on the packing outside surface, in this case, slot 190 can be across lacking section 200 and/or 192 extensions of attached conductor portion, make conductive part in the key slot and lack section 200 and/or attached conductor portion 192 contacts, and making its connection.

The purpose of key 196 is that packing is assembled and do not destroy or damage the example model that makes safety link 112 breakages in the situation of packing by removing key 196.Once illustrate how the release mechanism be wholely set operates, key 196 can easily be put back to (not needing to disturb mutually with the switch 52 of security module) to stop warning (that is, closing LED and warning horn).Can carry out the explanation of repetition and not need all to damage packing at every turn, also not need to open and close security module.

(see figure 7) in the 3rd embodiment illustrated, safety link 212 or conductive trace are followed so that the fluctuation mode is wrapped and are filled roundabout path, make safety link cover around 22 path, He Rao edge, aperture.Only comprise an independently continuous loop in the circuit of described example, therefore, in the embodiment that adopts this circuit or analogous circuit, safety link must be initial at the first contact element 214, and the single continuous loop finished at the second contact element 216.The advantage of this snakelike fluctuation circuitous path 212 is the impact of the damaged and breakage that start at the outward flange of packing that this design protection packing can not be subject to locating near center (at bubble-cap and article position).

The 4th embodiment has been shown in Fig. 8, has shown second component blank 308(or the rear panel 308 of the packing that is used to form the release mechanism with at least part of one).Blank 308 is limited by edge 322 and safety link 312.Also can provide and hang aperture 318, for instant packed suspension, show or hang and store.Aperture 320 is optional features, when the present invention is applied to not comprise the packing of other form of bubble-cap, can there is no aperture 320.Safety link 312 can be formed by the conductive ink be printed onto on cardboard panel 308.

Safety link 312 is printed as and makes it at least in part around the zone 320 corresponding to bubble-cap, and this bubble-cap can be arranged on the front panel (not shown).The particular path of safety link or shape can change according to following consideration, such as: the character of applying packing of the present invention; The structure (that is, shape) of the article that kept by packing and be included in quantity and the orientation of the article in packing.Safety link 312 can be arranged such that the article that remain in packing in order to touch, and needs the disconnection of safety link 312 or fully damaged or disconnection at least to heavens.Safety link 312 can be by for example contact element 314,316(or other device) be connected to external security module (see figure 4), this external security module comprises the circuit (see figure 3), and this circuit structure one-tenth makes the disconnection of the safety link 312 detected to cause and gives a warning.

In the embodiment of Fig. 8, safety link 312 or conductive trace are followed the peripheral path of wrapped dress.The path of this safety link can be as relatively level and smooth as safety link 312, or can safety link 212 as previously shown be snakelike or fluctuation.In addition, safety link can comprise one or more parts, the branch 300 be communicated with such as the zone 320 with under bubble-cap.In this zone, attached conductive path 302 can be provided, under at least a portion of this product of path 302 in being contained in bubble-cap or near pass through.Can provide breach 304 in attached path, its purpose is described now.

For the circuit that makes safety link is complete, breach 304 can be communicated with by conductive material, and conductive material is for example to be placed on breach 304 or across the conductive strips 306 of breach 304.Be with 306 can connect perpendicular to ring as shown, or connect along ring, or be connected at angle with ring, as long as breach 304 is communicated with by band.Also in the end opposite of band or along other position of band, be connected to the product be included in packing with 306, if particularly in the situation of use bilateral viscosity conductive strips.Should be than with 306 stronger to the connection of breach 304 with 306 connections to product, make and take out from packing as fruit product, be with 306 to break away from breach 304, cause and give a warning.By this way, if the robber cuts open bubble-cap, take out product, for example, even bubble-cap itself does not have the protection (, by the part printing by safety link or be stamped on bubble-cap) of safety link, also can give a warning.

Substitute by the conductive strip with shown in 306, conductive strips can adopt the form of paster, and such as the square that adheres to breach 304 or circular patch, product also can adhere to this paster, make to remove product and will make paster leave breach 304, and warning is sounded.

Can conduct electricity on the whole at it with 306, or can only conduct electricity near breach 304.Although the embodiment shown in Fig. 8 has used conductive strips 306 to be communicated with breach 304; but also can use non-conductive bringing that protection is provided; this non-conductive band is connected to product and adheres on the part of attached conductive path 302; make removing of product cause the disengaging of band and attached conductive path 302, in this process, cause attached conductive path 302 to occur damaged.In this embodiment, can omit breach 304, because be, by the connection that pulls off a part of path rather than pull off on the breach in path, make conductive path 302 breakages.

Ideally, anyly be with 306 can be connected to product or strongly adhere to product, but want after buying, not need undue effort just it can be removed from product, by peeling off, wipe off, opening, or otherwise will be with 306 to remove from product.

The 5th embodiment has been shown in Fig. 9, has for example shown the first component blank 410(of the packing that is used to form the release mechanism with at least part of one, front panel), second component blank 408(or rear panel) and the 3rd parts 409(or centre panel).Centre panel 409 can be clipped between blank 410 and 408.Centre panel comprises safety link 412, and this safety link 412 can be formed by the conductive ink be printed onto on centre panel 409.Centre panel 409 can be chosen as the material that packing is applied to desirable properties.For example, can form conductive trace (such as safety link 412) on polymkeric substance or plastic foil, therefore, centre panel 409 can be formed by polymkeric substance or plastic foil easier or more economically.This film can be more flexible than other substrate (such as cardboard), if folding, this film can break than cardboard is more difficult.In some cases, polymkeric substance or plastic-substrates can provide the safety link with more reliable electrical property.Form safety link and also can allow to assemble the more more options aspect packing on centre panel because outer panels can be according to intensity, pattern etc. is selected preferably, centre panel can be chosen as the better support to circuit (such as safety link).

Safety link 412 is printed or otherwise forms and makes it at least in part around the zone 420 corresponding to bubble-cap, and this bubble-cap can be arranged on front panel 410.As in other embodiments, the particular path of safety link or shape can change according to following consideration, such as: the character of applying packing of the present invention; The structure (that is, shape) of the article that kept by packing and be included in quantity and the orientation of the article in packing.Safety link 412 can be by for example contact element 414,416(or other device) be connected to external security module (see figure 4), this external security module comprises the circuit (see figure 3), and this circuit structure one-tenth makes the disconnection of the safety link 412 detected to cause and gives a warning.Safety link 412 can be formed on one or two surface of centre panel 409.For example, for security module, be positioned on rear panel 408 or its, safety link 412 can be formed on the rear surface of centre panel 409.To packing, can use such as the feature that hangs aperture 418.

Although the example shown in accompanying drawing combines single safety link, should understand, can use the safety link more than.For example, the individual security ring shown in Fig. 8 can be by the first safety link around the bubble-cap periphery and the second safety link under the bubble-cap zone and while being included alternatively tolerant being removed the breach of breakage replaced.The first and second safety links can respectively have the contact element of himself to be connected to the external security module.This security module can have for the pair of contacts of the first safety link and for the another pair of contacts of the second safety link.The circuit part (such as resistance measuring circuit) that can copy in security module is the second safety link service.The some parts of the circuit in security module can share between two rings, for example battery, switch and audible alarm.

Can use a plurality of safety links in other embodiments.For example, the packing of box form can have six faces (that is, end face, bottom surface and four sides), and these six faces can respectively have safety link, maybe can use a plurality of safety links, and the some of them face shares a safety link.Enough using greatly and there is other not during desirable properties (for example, as antenna) when the individual security ring has too high resistance or resistance, can use a plurality of safety links.

It not the multipair contact element had for safety link (and security module), safety link can share public contact element to be connected to a pair of or several to contact element on security module, will adjust the security module circuit to detect the difference of the resistance that may occur when one or more safety links are destroyed simultaneously.When two or more safety links share a pair of common contact element, their combined resistance may be reduced to the independent resistance lower than any single ring in these two or more safety links.This can cause the combined resistance of more easily being measured by security module.

Alternatively, security module can cover or hide the feature of easily opening, and such as indentation, tearing port or otch on packing, by this feature, packing can be opened after removing security module.For example, packing can be formed with recess or the otch in one or more panels, and after installing, security module can cover or hiding this recess of alternate manner or otch, and prevents that this recess or otch are touched.Once security module is removed, packing can be used the feature of easily opening and open easily.Recess or otch can arrange on the packaging in the manufacture process of packing, then by security module, are covered.Perhaps, when security module is installed, security module can produce the tearing port in packing.

Can recognize, can carry out within the scope of the invention various variations, for example, can adjust bubble-cap and the article of size and dimension to adapt to different size or shape in panel and aperture.In other embodiments of the invention, the imagination packing will comprise more than two panels and/or article itself and can directly not show by bubble-cap or similar transparent material, but fully comprises and be enclosed in packing.Safety link can be printed onto on some panels of cardboard case blank, and when folding and glue connect when forming complete cardboard case, safety link is aligned to make and forms continuous safety link, and cardboard case open the disconnection that will cause safety link or fully damaged.

Imagination, in other embodiments of the invention, more than the circuit of the above type of, be accommodated in single module, and/or the single circuit that can detect more than the disconnection in a safety link is accommodated in individual module.In such an embodiment, more than the continuous safety link of, be combined in packing, for the protection of the article in packing.While comprising more than the article of in individual packaging, this is useful.Should understand, ring can be printed on the inboard of packing, with the external print of packing, does not disturb mutually thus.If the preference based on manufacturing and if required, ring can be printed on the outside of wrappage.Should understand, this location may cause wiping off from packing due to China ink the how unexpected alarm caused.

In order to prevent in the situation that safety link does not disconnect front panel 10 separates with rear panel 8 and take out article, first component and

second component panel

10,8 can adopt very strong bonding agent to adhere to, perhaps, the part of safety link 12 can be printed on the inside surface of each panel, makes panel not comprise whole ring 12.When

panel

10,8 is engaged in together, safety link 12 is complete, if then by separating front panel 10 and rear panel 8, damage packing, safety link, by breakage, will give a warning.

The term "off" means any disturbance of the packing of the resistance that affects safety link 12.In fact, may not need fully to make safety link 12 breakages, even also not need safety link 12 is partly torn, circuit is tearing of the responsive material with the detection packing enough, even otch does not directly cut off circuit ring, but for some restriction of size of the otch that can detect.Can the preference based on manufacturing carry out the susceptibility of adjusting module for the resistance change.

Disclosed rescue bag is equipped with various advantages, safety feature is placed on the packaging and activated the step number that safety feature carries out such as using conductive ink to reduce the retailer around the inside of packing and prevent from touching packing, this has saved the working time and has reduced contingent possible errors.Use conductive ink also to reduce the obstruction to the external print of packing, allow product more effectively to use this space for doing propaganda.

Should be realized that, as used herein, the referring to of directivity (such as " top ", " end ", 'fornt', 'back', " end ", " side ", " interior ", " outward ", " on ", D score) be not that each panel is restricted to this orientation, and only for these panels are distinguished from each other.Should not be understood to necessarily only refer to single fold line for hinged any referring to; In fact, imagination, in the situation that do not depart from scope of the present invention, hinged can be by following one or more formation: short seam, easily broken string or fold line.

It will be appreciated that, although provided some examples in above-mentioned instructions, but these illustrative examples are non exhaustive, only represented some suitable selections of modification of the present invention, should not be interpreted as by any way the limited restriction formed the limit of the present patent application.

Claims

1. a packing, described packing comprises the bubble-cap that holds master item, and comprise the security feature with first component and second component, described first component can detect described packing and when be opened together with second component, and be opened and send electric signal in response to detecting, described electric signal causes and gives a warning, and the described first component of described security feature comprises the safety link (12 be combined in described packing; 112; 212; 312; 412), described safety link is arranged so that with respect to described article described article remove and will cause the disconnection of described safety link from described packing, described safety link can be connected to the second component (70) of described security feature, described second component is for detection of the disconnection of described safety link, it is characterized in that, described bubble-cap is outstanding by the first panel (10; 110; 210; 410) aperture (20 in; 120; 320; 420), and described safety link at least in part around described aperture.

2. packing as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described warning is the audible alarm of directly being sent by described security feature.

3. packing as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein, described safety link (12; 112; 212; 312) be formed on described the first panel (10; 110; 210; 310) on inside surface.

4. packing as claimed in claim 3, wherein, the shape of described safety link (212) is snakelike.

5. packing as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein, described safety link (312) extends into the zone under described bubble-cap.

6. packing as claimed in claim 5, wherein, described safety link (312) is included near the breach (304) at least one article be contained in described packing, described breach is communicated with by conductive material (306), wherein, described conductive material is connected to described article, and wherein, removes described article from described packing and will open the described breach described safety link.

7. packing as claimed in claim 5, wherein, non-conductive band is connected to product and adheres to the part of described safety link (312) (302) upper, makes removing of product cause the disengaging of band and described part (302), and causes the breakage of described part (302).

8. packing as described as any one in aforementioned claim 1-2, wherein, comprise another panel (8,408), and described bubble-cap is clipped in described the first panel (10; 110; 210; 410) and described another panel (8; 308; 408) between, and wherein, described the first panel and described another panel are formed by cardboard, and described safety link is formed by the conductive ink on the cardboard of the cardboard that is printed on described the first panel or described another panel.

9. packing as claimed in claim 8, wherein, it is upper that described safety link is formed on centre panel (409), and described centre panel (409) is clipped between described the first panel and described another panel.

10. packing as described as any one in above claim 1-2, wherein, described safety link comprises two ends (14,16; 114,116; 314,316; 414,416), each described end can be connected to the described second component (70) of described security feature, and the described second component of described security feature is operable as by sounding alarm and/or make lamp luminous and/or transmit electromagnetic signal and give a warning.

11. packing as described as any one in above claim 1-2, wherein, the variation of the resistance of the circuit of described security feature by detecting described security feature detects opening of described packing.

12. packing as claimed in claim 11, wherein, the variation of resistance is the increase of resistance, and this increase is due to following one or more causing: the disconnection in packing integral body, described safety link (12; 112; 212; 312; 412) disconnection in or the breakage of safety link.

13. packing as described as any one in above claim 1-2, wherein, the described second component (70) of described security feature is formed in described packing or forms the separate modular that can be connected to described packing and can remove from described packing, and described packing also comprises for keeping and discharge the one holding device of described separate modular.

14. packing as claimed in claim 11, wherein, described packing also comprises one or more other safety links, wherein, each described safety link comprises a pair of end of himself, and every pair of end is separately connected to described security module, or wherein, at least two in described safety link share public a pair of end, and described public a pair of end is connected to described security module.

15. be used to form a set of parts of packing, described packing comprises the bubble-cap that wherein maintains one or more article, described packing has the security feature of one, described a set of parts comprise the one or more blanks that are used to form described packing, and described one or more blanks have the first component that is combined in the security feature in described packing; The second component of described security feature (70), described second component comprises circuit, described circuit can be connected to the described first component of described security feature, and can detect the whole destruction of described packing and send electric signal in response to detected destruction, described electric signal causes and gives a warning, and the described first component of described security feature comprises the safety link (12 in use be combined in described packing; 112; 212; 312; 412), in use described safety link is arranged so that with respect to described article described article remove and will cause the disconnection of described safety link from described packing, described safety link can be connected to the second component (70) of described security feature, described second component is for detection of the disconnection of described safety link, it is characterized in that, in use bubble-cap is outstanding by the aperture (20 of in described one or more blanks; 120; 320; 420), and in use described safety link is at least in part around described aperture.

16. be used to form a set of parts of packing, described packing comprises the bubble-cap that wherein maintains one or more article, described packing has the first component of the security feature of one, described first component can be connected to the second component of security feature, the whole destruction for detection of described packing, described a set of parts comprise:

Be used to form one or more blanks of described packing, described one or more blanks have the described first component of the described security feature be combined in described packing, and the first component of described security feature comprises safety link (12; 112; 212; 312; 412), in use described safety link is combined in described packing, and in use described safety link is arranged so that with respect to described article described article remove and will cause the disconnection of described safety link from described packing, described safety link can be connected to the second component (70) of described security feature, described second component is for detection of the disconnection of described safety link, it is characterized in that, in use bubble-cap is outstanding by the aperture (20 of in described one or more blanks; 120; 320; 420), and in use described safety link is at least in part around described aperture.