Closure fasteners – Seals – Encasing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-22
2005-03-22
Estremsky, Gary (Department: 3676)
Closure fasteners
Seals
Encasing
C292S30700B
Reexamination Certificate
active
06869113
ABSTRACT:
Security seals (1) are used to indicate that a closed container has remained closed throughout a journey or during transport to show that its contents have not been tampered with. Once fixed such seals can only be removed by destroying them. A padlock-type security seal (1) includes a recess (10) in its body (2) accessible from the front face which houses a locking collet (11). The collet (11), in use, locks the leading end (4) of the hasp (3) of the seal (1) into the body (2). A cap (12) is welded onto the body (2) to close the recess (10) and seal the collet (11) into the body (2). Preferably, the body (2) of the padlock-type seal is chosen to be a color which will give a good contrast with a barcode (14) applied to it. The color of the cap (12) can vary from that of the body (2) to enable an audit trail of the seals (1).
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Estremsky Gary
ITW Limited
Lowe Hauptman & Gilman & Berner LLP
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