Abstract: Sheets used to indicate when tampering has occurred are described. Such sheets are composed of envelopes with generally thin cross sections containing compressed resilient cores which expand upon envelope breach. Expansion of the resilient core results in an obvious visual change to all or some of the envelope surfaces. Such envelopes may also contain a translucent liquid which greatly aids in amplifying the visual changes such envelopes may exhibit. Embodiments may take the form of applied labels, adhesive tape, wrapping paper, mail envelopes, bottle caps, document enclosures, blister packs, etc. Applications include not only signaling tampering but decorative and other applications as well. Processes for fabrication of embodiments are also described.

Abstract: The invention is a child resistant and easy to use blister package for containing a solid medicament that utilizes a push through and peel mechanism as an opening feature. The multi-section blister card package has an opening mechanism featuring a cut-out in the blister container sheet which is adjacent to the cavity containing the product and a corresponding weakened area such as a perforation or score in the closure sheet positioned slightly inside and adjacent to the edge of the cut-out in the container sheet. The blister is opened by pushing through the closure sheet at the perforation to form a pull-tab which can be used to peel the closure sheet from the container sheet towards the product cavity thereby exposing the product cavity to remove the product.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multilayer tamper-evident label comprising: (A) a first and second layer of polymeric film, wherein each layer has an upper and lower surface and the lower surface of the first layer contacts the upper surface of the second layer at a separation interface, (B) a heat-sealable layer, having an upper and lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the heat-sealable layer is bonded to the upper surface of the first layer, and (C) an adhesive layer, having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is bonded to lower surface of the second layer. In another aspect the invention relates to an article overwrapped in a packaging wrap material and having the tamper evident label inside and bonded to the packaging wrap.

Abstract: Batteries are displayed for consumer purchase in a package which provides a means for spacing an electronic article surveillance sensor from the batteries contained within the package. By spacing the sensor away from the metal case of the batteries the interference typically caused by metal in close proximately to an electronic article surveillance sensor is eliminated. Two ways of accomplishing the spacing of the sensor from the batteries are disclosed. The first is a strip of cardboard placed between the surveillance sensor mounted on the side of the box and the batteries. The second is a specially designed box which has a box panel which divides the box into two compartments: one to hold the batteries and a second which creates a space between the batteries and the side of the box on which a surveillance sensor is mounted.

Abstract: A packaging label includes a first portion with permanent pressure sensitive adhesive on its bottom face and a second portion substantially perpendicular to the first portion and having permanent pressure sensitive adhesive on the bottom face remote from the first portion. The second portion typically includes nutritional information and bar coding since the label is typically used with clam shell plastic packages for fruits or other food items. The first portion of the label is adhesively secured to the lid of a clam shell container and after the container is filled with food items, the lid is closed, the second portion of the label is unfolded from a compact position which facilitates stacking and transportation, and the adhesive on the second portion is secured to the bottom of the container, holding the lid closed. The bar coding is preferably on the top face of the second portion opposite the adhesive so that it can be scanned merely by dragging the bottom of the container over a scanner (e.g.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention reveals a multi-layered storage container that changes color in response to acid gases. The storage container is comprised of at least one layer of a plastic and at least one layer of a gas-barrier polymer. Furthermore, the multi-layered storage container is provided with a color-changing indicator to show the presence of acidic gases. The other aspect of the present invention reveals a diaper which, as the result of chemical and/or electrical processes, can indicate when the diaper is wet.

Abstract: Batteries are displayed for consumer purchase in a package which provides a means for spacing an electronic article surveillance sensor from the batteries contained within the package. By spacing the sensor away from the metal case of the batteries the interference typically caused by metal in close proximately to an electronic article surveillance sensor is eliminated. Two ways of accomplishing the spacing of the sensor from the batteries are disclosed. The first is a strip of cardboard placed between the surveillance sensor mounted on the side of the box and the batteries. The second is a specially designed box which has a box panel which divides the box into two compartments: one to hold the batteries and a second which creates a space between the batteries and the side of the box on which a surveillance sensor is mounted.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a video tape case with lock is used to prevent shoplifting of video tapes. A case body is composed of a receiving body and a lid part. The receiving body and the lid part are connected flexibly. A lock part is an independent component of this video tape storage case. There are penetration holes on the receiving body and on the lid part respectively. The penetration holes overlap when they are closed together. Holding claws are disposed within the penetration holes. The lock part is structured with an abutting wall and a flexible holding part attached to a stud. When the case body is closed, the holding claw and the holding part are fastened by inserting the prop into the overlapped penetration holes until the abutting wall touches to the out side of the lid part. The case body is unable to open when the lock is attached to the case body.

Abstract: In the invention, a hexagonal lid is pivotably connected to a generally flat body. A number of conventional hex keys of different sizes are secured within a plurality of plastic retaining members molded to the body such that both ends of the hex keys project out of the lid through notches in opposing sides of the lid to allow the consumer to touch the hex keys. The long ends of the hex keys project downwardly out of the lid generally parallel to the side edge of the body, and the short ends of the hex keys project out of the lid onto the top portion of the body parallel to the top edge of the body. Unauthorized removal of the hex keys at the point of sale is prevented by a block secured to the top portion of the body by a clip which penetrates a slit defined in the body.

Abstract: A box for containing goods during storing, delivering, mailing, or shipping. The box has at least one closure panel secured to a body panel to selectively close an opening in the box. A locking tab on the box selectively engages a panel of the closed box, so that the box cannot be opened without separating the locking tab and thereby providing visible evidence of the opening. The locking tab includes an opening tab to separate at least part of the locking tab in a predetermined manner, by pulling the opening tab.

Abstract: A tag adapted to be attached to an article of clothing or the like with a fastener of the type comprising an elongated plastic member having a cross-bar at one end. In one embodiment, the tag comprises a continuous sheet of plastic material heat sealed to a backing sheet in a blister pack type configuration so as to define a pocket into which the cross-bar may be inserted, the pocket having a sidewall which includes a guide notch. The tag is attached to an article of clothing by inserting the cross-bar of the fastener first through the article of clothing and then through the plastic sheet into the pocket, using the needle on a tagger gun to penetrate the article of clothing and also to penetrate the plastic sheet and using the notch on the plastic sheet to assist in positioning the needle of the tagger gun.

Abstract: A seal (12) that provides visual evidence if the seal is forced open or cooled below a breakdown temperature. The seal (12) includes a plastic strip (20), a layer of ink (22) printed on a surface of the plastic strip (20), and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive (24). The seal (12) can be incorporated into a bag (10) for sealing the bag (10) closed. When the bag (10) is sealed closed, the ink layer (22) is sandwiched between the plastic strip (20) and the adhesive layer (24), and the adhesive layer (24) is adhered to a back wall (18) of the bag (10). If the seal (12) is forced open, the ink layer (22) visibly delaminates from the plastic strip (20). The adhesive layer (24) and the plastic strip (20) are chosen to have different rates of shrinking when cooled, so that when the seal (12) is cooled below its breakdown temperature, the ink layer (22) delaminates. In an alternative embodiment of the plastic strip (20'), two layers (60, 62) of ink are printed onto the plastic strip (20').

Abstract: A card holder has a frame which is rectangular in configuration with one open end through which a card can be inserted into and removed from the holder. A slide plate is slidably mounted in the frame. When the card is inserted into the frame, it slides along the slide plate and comes to a position where it abuts against a stop ridge formed along the inner edge of the slide plate. With insertion of the card into the holder, the slide plate is driven by the card further into the holder. With such motion of the slide plate, a spring connected thereto at one end and to the holder at the other end is brought to a retracted or loaded position. The spring and card are retained in the retracted position by a retainer detent formed in the holder which latches onto the slide plate and retains the slide plate in position.

Abstract: A reclosable package having visible evidence of tampering, where the package has a first portion, a second portion joined to the first portion along a common edge by a hinge integral to the first and second portions and thereby forming the package, and closure portions for locking the package, where the closure portions are removably connected to each of the first and second portions respectively. Upon first closure of the package, the closure portions engage each other, and upon first opening of the package, the closure portion become detached from the package.

Abstract: A reusable plastic package for securely holding and displaying a rectangular article such as a compact disc. This reusable plastic package includes a housing having large and small compartments formed on opposite ends for selectively storing an article in the larger of the compartments. The large compartment has an access opening for inserting and removing the article into and out of the compartment. The small compartment functions as a lock compartment whereby a slide plate is slidably mounted thereon and selectively movable across a portion of the access opening of the larger storage compartment for releasably securing the article in the larger storage compartment. Magnetically releasable locking levers are formed within the lock compartment and interengage with mating projections formed on the slide plate when the slide plate is in a selected locked position for securing the article within the package due to a portion of the slide plate blocking the access opening.

Abstract: An easy-opening blister card package is disclosed having a rigid container sheet with cavities formed in it and a closure sheet to seal the cavities. Between the cavities are finger tabs that are accessible by detaching individual sections of the blister card package. Once a section is detached, a finger tab is exposed which is pulled to form a larger pull tab. The pull tab is sufficiently large to allow the user to comfortably grasp it to peel apart the sealed layers. An alternate embodiment of the invention discloses a child-resistant blister card package wherein an additional seal must be broken to form the pull tab.

Abstract: A packaging system for displaying articles such as wallets in a manner such that the wallets are readily accessible to shoppers, but are relatively difficult to shoplift. The packaging system comprises three main elements: a box, a box insert, and an attachment mechanism which secures the article to the box insert. The box insert is then adhesively attached to the box. In a first embodiment, the article is secured to the box insert using a filament loop. In a second embodiment, the article is attached to the box insert using a flat loop.

Abstract: A tamper-indicating label which includes (i) light-transmissive facestock, (ii) a light-transmissive imaged release coating covering a portion of the facestock so as to provide indicia, (iii) a contrast enhancement coating over the release coated surface of the facestock, and (iv) an adhesive coated upon the contrast enhancement layer where the indicia provided by the release coating is not visible until the facestock is forcibly separated from the release coating after which the indicia becomes permanently visible and the label is provided with sufficient assembly cohesive strength to keep the label together as a single unit after the facestock is separated from the release coating and the indicia is rendered visually perceptible.

Abstract: A port and cap assembly for a solution container is provided. The port includes a tubular wall having a first end and second end, the first end securable to the container and the second end being open and opposite to the first end. An annular flange extends perpendicularly outward from the cylindrical wall between the first end and the second end to define a neck portion of the cylindrical wall. A circumferential sleeve extends longitudinally downward from the annular flange. A radial lip extends generally perpendicularly inward from the sleeve. A resilient cap is also provided which includes a first portion resiliently stretched to cover the open end of the port and a second portion removably captured between the annular flange and the radial lip. The second portion of the cap after being removed from between the annular flange and the radial lip is not recapturable between the annular flange and the radial lip so as to indicate that the port has been uncovered.

Abstract: A case storing therein a commodity is made to be only difficultly opened, so that a theft of only the commodity inside the case is prevented. Around a case storing therein a commodity, a blocking member for preventing the case from being opened is slidably fitted thereon. The case is provided with a locking pawl that is caught by the blocking member and is able to be thrust inward, so that the blocking member is mounted to the case while being unable to slide by an engagement between the blocking member and the locking pawl of the case. With this arrangement, the case is made to be only difficultly opened so as to prevent the occurrence of a theft unless the blocking member is removed.

Abstract: An apparatus and associated method which detects breaks and irregularities in a sealing arrangement, especially in heat-sealed, sterile packages by providing a standardized verification bar on the package adjacent a color coded sealing area. The verification bar may indicate examples of a proper seal, an underseal, and an overseal, as well as common seal problems such as bubbles, hairline voids and regular coextensive voids. The package which is especially useful as a sterilization pouch can be visually inspected both by the user of the package contents just prior to use and by the vendor of articles in the packages post assembly of the article into the sealed and sterilized package.

Abstract: A tamper-evident envelope has a first layer of paper-containing material and a second layer of paper-containing material attached to each other along a number of seams. Each seam includes a pattern embossed and/or perforated through both layers along a major part of the seam. If the envelope is opened and resealed along one of these seams, the embossed or perforated pattern is corrupted, thereby making the unauthorized opening of the envelope readily apparent to an intended recipient.

Abstract: A sterilizing container is provided with a seal. The container has a lower part, a cover sealingly placeable thereon, and a closure for securing the cover on the lower part. A seal secures the closure in the closed position. The seal is formed in a planar substrate, such as paper or paperboard, and includes a bar or finger insert element that is insertable into a loop that projects from the closure of the container. The seal is provided with a region adjacent to the free end of the insert element that is coated with contact adhesive. This region is foldable along a fold line to form an unreleasable seal with the free end of the insert element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lock container for compact disks and the like comprising a casing having an opening to permit a compact disk to get in or out on its rear side, and a push button-like locking means provided to the top side of the casing to prevent the compact disk from getting out of the rear opening in locking condition. The push button-like locking means comprises a lateral spring strip and an associated movable push piece. The lateral spring strip is responsive to depression of the push piece for catching the step-like projection of the push piece, thereby fastening the compact disk with the latch, and is responsive to application of magnetic force for releasing the step-like projection of the push piece from the lateral spring strip. Thus, the lock container can be locked simply by depressing the push piece, and can be unlocked simply by applying a magnet to the casing.

Abstract: A storage container for elongated pieces of jewelry, such as necklaces and bracelets, having a base member, a cover attached to the upper surface of the base member, and a plurality of jewelry support rods also attached to the upper surface of the base member and positioned within the cover. The distal end of each upwardly depending jewelry support rod has a hooked configuration and the cover is removable from the base for display of the jewelry upon the support rods. The cover is also rotatable upon the base member with an opening therein to provide easy access to all jewelry stored therein without removal of the cover. It is also contemplated for the base member and the cover to be configured and decorated as a object d'art or a lamp to conceal and safeguard the jewelry while the cover is positioned upon the base member. Applications may include, but are not limited to, both the displaying of elongated pieces of jewelry and its safeguarding from damage and loss.

Abstract: The invention provides a container for a sample comprising a hollow body having a base, a side wall and an open end opposite the base, a closure for that body, the closure being arranged to fit to the body to close the open end thereof; and locking means for locking the closure to the body, in such fashion that the contents of the container cannot be removed without it being apparent on subsequent observation of the container. Preferably said closure is provided with a tear-off portion defined thereon by a line of weakness in the material of the closure, removal of the tear-off portion by tearing along said line of weakness allowing removal of the sample from the body.

Abstract: A cassette for compass saw blades (5) is provided with a base part (1) and a lid part (2) movable in relation to the base part (2). Furthermore housing devices for the compass saw blades (5) are provided. The housing devices for the compass saw blades (5) are constructed as at least two sawtooth shaped support members (3), which are mounted parallel to one another on the base part (1) and transversally to the direction of displacement of the lid part (2) displaceable in relation to the base part (1). The support members (3) in each case contain several supporting faces (6) for the compass saw blades (5), which are inclined towards the plane of the base part (1) and are separated from one another.

Abstract: A device for delivering an audible message is described. It includes a housing adapted for releasable emplacement on an externally threaded bottle neck. The housing includes a substantially disc-shaped main body, and a downwardly depending skirt around the perimeter thereof. Circuit means are located within the housing and include means for securing thereto a source of electrical energy, and programmable means for encoding an audible message on the circuit means. A speaker is provided within the housing, electrically connected to the circuit means for delivering the audible message. Switch means are associated with the circuit means adapted to maintain the circuit in an open state whilst said housing is in releasable emplacement on a bottle, and to close the circuit upon removal of the housing from the bottle. Removable of the housing from the bottle causes the audible message to be delivered via the speaker.

Abstract: A tamper evident system for indicating when a closed enclosure (24) has been opened comprises a window (21) and a sensor (22) colour sensitive to presence of a gas. The sensor (22) is located in the enclosure (24) so as to be visible through the window (21). Any compositional change of gas in the enclosure (24) is signalled by a change of colour of the sensor (22).

Abstract: A container, such as the type having a base portion, and an upper neck portion, a shoulder portion between the neck and base portion and a removable closure applied to the neck portion in a sealed relation therewith, is provided with an anti-counterfeit multi-layer label construction. The multi-layer construction includes a label which is adhesively applied to the back side of a container. A printed indicia is provided on the front side of the label so as to be readable by the customer upon removal of an overlying sleeve which is placed over the label. The sleeve is in the form of a protective film which is heat shrunk into a conforming, sealed relationship around the container and which covers at least a portion of the label. A release coat is provided over the underlying printing. A background coat is provided over the release coat so as to cover the underlying printing. Top indicia is provided on the background coat with a varnish thereon.

Abstract: A closure for wine bottles comprising a rigid head 1 and a tear-off safety portion 10, 11. The tear-off portion 10, 11 is in the form of a skirt having an upper ring 10 and a lower truncated conical portion 11 narrowing in the direction of the ring 10. This ring 10 is connected to the head 1 of the closure by a tear-off zone 17 and a generatrix of the skirt 11 is provided with a tearing off portion 33.

Abstract: A security package having a locking mechanism capable of securely encompassing an audio cassette, a video cassette, compact disc, or the like within the security package, wherein the security package has an internally disposed pocket for receiving an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag therewithin. The EAS cavity or pocket is completely sealed and tamper-proof while in the audio-video article is locked within the security package and the locking mechanism does not interfere or intrude within the EAS cavity.

Abstract: A protective container is provided for substantially cuboidal objects which is in the form of a hollow cuboid case which is open on one side. A case part is provided for covering the open side, the case part is U-shaped or partially U-shaped in this position. A closure arrangement is provided which connects the hollow cuboid case and the case part reveals when the container is opened for the first time. This container is especially well-suited for use with cassettes of all types, as well as other substantially cuboidal articles.

Abstract: A blister pack, particularly adaptable for use with batteries, is designed to incorporate a space for holding an electronic article surveillance sensor. The package consists of a blister of clear thermoformed plastic which has a thermoformed recess which holds the displayed product. The blister is then heat-sealed to a paperboard backing card which forms the backing of the blister pack. In order to incorporate the sensor the cavity of the blister is made deeper so the product is spaced away from the cardboard blister. This space is filled by a thin thermoformed thermoplastic tray. The tray has a surface which engages and supports the product, such as batteries, and a second surface which engages the card and a third surface which is spaced from the batteries towards the card which supports the electronic article surveillance sensor out of engagement with the batteries.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tamper-evident tape for applying over the flap or other opening in cellulosic substrates such as paper products, corrugated containers, cardboard boxes, shipping cartons and the like, which tape will provide evidence of tampering with its contents over a wide temperature range from above to below the Tg of the adhesive layer adhering the tape to the substrate. The tape has a transparent backing layer carrying on one side thereof a discontinuous layer of deposits of a transparent barrier material which is bonded to the backing layer and which prevents bonding of an underlying colored layer to the backing layer in areas where the barrier material is present.

Abstract: A multi-seal flexible recloseable package having a tapered product cavity formed in one of the package sidewalls has a generally wedged-shaped cavity into which a doubled-over shingled stack of the food product slices are sealed. The package has a first, peelable hermetic seal located next to an access edge of the product cavity and a second, recloseable seal positioned directly above the peelable seal. Vertical extensions of the package sidewalls are sealed together at their tops to form a third package seal which has a tamper-evident tear strip. One or more openings in the vertical package extensions allow the package to be supported on a display hook.

Abstract: A tag adapted to be attached to an article of clothing or the like with a fastener of the type comprising an elongated plastic member having a cross-bar at one end. In one embodiment, the tag comprises a sheet of material folded and sealed to define a pocket, the pocket being provided with an opening through which a cross-bar may be inserted. Both the pocket and the opening are appropriately sized and shaped so that, when a cross-bar of a fastener is inserted into the pocket through the opening, the cross-bar cannot easily be removed from the pocket without tampering with the pocket in a readily identifiable manner.

Abstract: A tamper evident seal and system for use on a variety of container and closure combinations providing a seal across the juncture of the container and closure or across the container opening and positive indication to consumers of tampering with the seal. The seal system comprises the combination of indicia specifically placed on the container and a seal means in the form of a heat shrink band or a foil sheet applied to the container in a manner so as to temporarily obscure the indicia. In a first embodiment the indicia is applied to the container in an area below the neck and the seal means comprises an opaque band adhered to the container and closure over the juncture of thereof and over the indicia. In a second embodiment, the indicia is applied to the lip around the container mouth and the seal means comprises a foil sheet adhered to the lip and covering the mouth.

Abstract: A security enclosure (20) includes an inner enclosure defined by a first electrically insulating sheet (60) carrying a layer (56) of electrically responsive material on an outer side, the sheet (60) being folded and having edges (100) in overlapping relation and adhered to one another to define the inner enclosure. A detector (80) is provided for detecting separation of the electrically responsive material (56) from the sheet (60) and is located inside the inner enclosure. An outer enclosure is defined by a second electrically insulating sheet (44) wrapped about and adhered to the inner enclosure and also having edges in overlapping relation.

Abstract: A apparatus for providing a tamper- or damage-indicating member, such as a tamper-evident glove. The apparatus comprises first and second layers, typically inner and outer glove-shaped bodies, of substantially liquid- and air-impermeable material, at least a portion of the second layer being of translucent material and having a contrasting color relative to the first layer. The apparatus further comprises means for sealing at least the portion of the second layer to the first layer, such that the portion surrounds a zone of the surface of the first layer, forming a space between the layers which is adjacent the zone and is substantially free of air. When the second layer is sealed to the first layer, breach in either layer adjacent the zone results in a change in perceived color in the area of breach.

Abstract: A one piece paperboard blank has plurality of adjacent sections four of which are folded over at creases to form an inner container a wall of which is bonded to a section of an outer sleeve. The sleeve is wrapped about the inner container to form a cavity in which the inner container is located. Identical top and bottom flaps are each formed of an inner flap member integral with a side of the inner container bonded to an outer flap member integral with a section of the sleeve. A locking tab depends from each inner flap member and is interlocked to dust flaps of the inner container at the container top and bottom interior the flexible sleeve which assumes the shape of the abutting outer flap member. The sleeve is interlocked by locking tabs at the sleeve end and inserted into the side of the sleeve to preclude tab removal by tampering.

Abstract: In order to facilitate the detection of any unauthorized opening of a sterilization container for surgical instruments or the like having a lower section, a cover sealingly placeable thereon, a locking member securing the cover in position on the lower section and pivotable between a closed position and an open position, and a card-like securing element which can be secured in position on the container and moves into the path of travel of the locking member near to the closed position of the locking member, it is suggested that the part of the securing element moving into the path of travel of the locking member be elastically bendable out of the plane of the securing element and move into the path of travel of the locking member only to such a depth that it slides back behind the locking member when the locking member is pivoted into the open position and during closing of the locking member is taken along with it and is covered by the locking member in the closed position thereof.

Abstract: A box for containing goods during storing, mailing, or shipping. The box has at least one end panel secured to a body panel by a locking tab extendable through a slit in a closure flap of an end panel, so that the end panel cannot be unsecured without providing visible evidence of tampering. The locking tab is foldable for insertion through the slit, after which a surface of the locking tab engages the underside of the flap to prevent withdrawing the locking tab through the slit. Flanges on the locking tab engage the locked box, further preventing withdrawal of the locking tab. The locking tab is joined to the remainder of the box by perforated lines of selective weakness, which tear to provide visible evidence of tampering with the locking tab.

Abstract: A system for indicating that a container has been subjected to tampering includes a container having an outer surface with at least one central depressed region defined by opposed upstanding ledges extending sharply transverse to a plane of the depressed region and a continuous band of heat shrinkable material in general alignment with the central depressed region initially loosely encircles the container which, when heated, becomes shortened and congruently conforms to the outer surface of the container and is restrained against lateral movement beyond the upstanding ledges when removal from the container is attempted. The composition and dimensions of the band of heat shrinkable material are selected such that removal from the container cannot be accomplished without causing visibly apparent deformation or fracturing of either the band or of the container.

Abstract: A tamper-evident closure seal for containers such as syringes or syringes with an attached needle or the like is disclosed. The seal includes a plurality of slits therein which inhibit removal of the seal from the container once the seal has been placed thereon. The invention includes a method of manufacturing the seal which includes deformation of a portion of the slitted area of the seal in order to strengthen the seal in the area of the slits so as to improve removeability of the seal from its release liner prior to attachment thereof to the container, without inadvertent or premature destruction of the seal.

Abstract: A compact disc holder for a conventional jewel box has a unitary body and a closure plate. The unitary body has a chamber with a planar top for the jewel box and an attached tab. The tab has a ridge which rises out of the plane of the tab and is angled towards the planar top of the chamber. The ridged tab renders the compact disc holder resistant to folding and facilitates proper placement of the compact disc holder in a display box.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sealed tamper-evident container. The container comprises: a bottle having a side wall portion and an open mouth portion; a cap connected to the bottle mouth portion; a frangible label connected to the bottle side wall portion; a wrapper having an upper portion that overlies the cap and a lower portion that overlies the bottle and at least a portion of the label so that the cap is sealably fixed to the bottle; and means for securing the wrapper lower portion with the frangible label. The wrapper upper portion is removable from the container and the cap so that the cap can be separated from the container. Removal of the wrapper lower portion ruptures the frangible label; the label rupture serves as a visible indicia of the removal of the wrapper bottom portion from the bottle, and thus alerts the consumer to possible tampering.

Abstract: A reusable plastic package for holding a rectangular article includes a housing having first and second rectangular-shaped storage compartments formed on opposite ends for selectively storing an article in one of the compartments. Each of the compartments has an access opening for inserting and removing the article into and out of the compartments. The longitudinal length and transverse width of the first compartment is substantially equal to the transverse width and longitudinal length, respectively, of the second compartment, thereby enabling the article to be stored in various orientations in the selected compartments. A lock compartment is formed between the storage compartments, and a slide plate is slidably mounted thereon and selectively movable across the access openings of the storage compartments between locked and unlocked positions for releasably securing the article in one of the storage compartments.

Abstract: An anti-theft device has a plate for hanging it and a link. The link is arranged to form a closed loop over a bridge of a pair of eyeglasses. A fastener belonging to the plate receives a free end of the link. It is only releasable with a special tool. The link consists of an element of flexible plastic material and of a reinforcement.

Abstract: A substantially transparent or open window injection molded plastic security container having an integral locking mechanism comprising a plurality of locking fingers designed to interface with a plurality of locking bars. The locking mechanism is generally inaccessible to a customer without a special key, which is preferably retained in a location inaccessible to customers but accessible to employees of a retail establishment, such as in a location behind a counter. The locking mechanism is designed to be inserted onto a stable, fixed key and then rotated relative to the key, whereby the key provides preselected movement of the fingers to release them from the locking bars and open the security package to release the contents thereof.