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Dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-08-06
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Granted: 1989-03-14
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Expires: 2006-08-06
Abstract
Abstract A card for permitting selective access to an object. The card includes a formed section and a covering in sealing, overlying engagement with the formed section. A beaded, looped wire interconnected with the object is interposed with adhesive between the formed section and the covering, thereby preventing access to the object. Only after the code is read can the interposed portion of the beaded, looped wire be removed from its interposed relation thereby to permit access to the object.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas S. Moulding, Jr.
- 👤 Donald G. Ellis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 03:47
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/02; G09F3/03; G09F3/0305; G09F3/0347; G09F3/0358; A; A61; A61J; A61J1/00; A61J1/03; A61J1/035; A61J2205/00; A61J2205/10; A61J2205/60; A61J7/00; A61J7/0076; A61J7/0084; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T292/00; Y10T292/48; Y10T292/507
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 49
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
A device for controlling access to an object comprising two sheets of material disposed in an overlapping relation, said sheets being separably bonded together such that said sheets are capable of being separated substantially only with a tool whereby access to the object is permitted, at least one of said sheets bearing at least one machine readable code.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
58 words
A device for controlling access to an object comprising two sheets of material disposed in an overlapping relation, said sheets being separably bonded together such that said sheets are capable of being separated substantially only with a tool whereby access to the object is permitted, at least one of said sheets bearing at least one machine readable code.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 1 wherein said sheets are bonded together in a part of the area of overlap and are not bonded together in another part of the area of overlap and wherein said sheets are adapted to be severed by the tool in the non-bonded area of overlap.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 2 wherein said sheets are spaced from each other in a portion of the non-bonded area of overlap and wherein said sheets are adapted to be severed by the tool in the non-bonded area of spaced overlap.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 3 wherein one of said sheets is provided with a cupped shape depression and wherein said cupped shape depression forms the space.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 3 further comprising a substantially planar structure surrounding at least a portion of the non-bonded area of spaced overlap.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 5 wherein said structure comprises a ring.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 2 wherein said code is positioned in the non-bonded area of overlap.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 2 wherein said sheets can be separated to permit access to the object when the continuity of one of said sheets has been interrupted in the non-bonded area of overlap.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 2 wherein at least one of said sheets is fashioned in the non-bonded area of overlap of metal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 2 wherein the boundary between the bonded area of overlap and the non-bonded area of overlap is angular.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 1 wherein the tool is a cutting tool.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 11 wherein the tool is a knife.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
51 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 1 bearing at least two machine readable codes, one of said codes indicating the identity of the object and the other of said codes providing a reference of the position of the device relative to a machine including the tool.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 1 wherein the object comprises at least one cord.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 14 wherein said cord is provided with at least one protuberance interposed between said sheets.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
45 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 14 wherein the object comprises two cooperating cords, one of said cord provided with a ring, and the other of said cords provided with a tapered projection adapted for forceful insertion through the ring.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
53 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 1 wherein one of said sheets is provided with a cupped shape depression defining a portion of a cavity for containing the object and the other of said sheets covering the cupped shape depression and also defining a portion of the cavity.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
A device for controlling access to an object according to claim 17 wherein said machine readable code is located on a portion of one of said sheets remote from said depression.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
115 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object comprising: a backing section; a covering separably bonded to said backing section such that said covering and said backing section are capable of being separated substantially only with a tool; a machine readable code positioned on the card; and means for permitting access to the object, at least a portion of said access permitting means being interposed between said backing section and said covering, and said access permitting means being substantially incapable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is so interposed and being capable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is removed from such interposition relation.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
115 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object comprising: a backing section; a covering separably bonded to said backing section such that said covering and said backing section are capable of being separated substantially only with a tool; a machine readable code positioned on the card; and means for permitting access to the object, at least a portion of said access permitting means being interposed between said backing section and said covering, and said access permitting means being substantially incapable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is so interposed and being capable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is removed from such interposition relation.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
48 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 wherein said backing section includes a depression inwardly from the edges thereof, wherein the code is positioned in the region of the depression and the region of said covering disposed over the depression.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 wherein said covering and said backing section are separably bonded with an adhesive.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
37 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 wherein the interposed portion of said access permitting means includes at least one cord, said cord including at least one bulbous section.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
36 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 22 wherein said cord includes a series of spaced bulbous sections and wherein said bulbous sections are formed integral with said cord.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
22 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 23 wherein said cord is fashioned of metal.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
51 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 wherein said access permitting means includes a cord, said cord having a portion thereof interposed between said formed section and said covering and having a portion thereof in a noninterposed relation and formed in a loop.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
40 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 25 wherein the interposed portion of said cord includes a series of spaced bulbous sections and wherein said bulbous sections are formed integral with said cord.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
63 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19, wherein said access permitting means includes a pair of cooperating cords, each cord having a portion thereof interposed between said formed section and said covering and having a portion thereof in a noninterposed relation, wherein said access permitting means further includes means for joining the noninterposed cord portions.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
85 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 27 wherein said joining means includes a retaining ring and a substantially conically shaped projection, the materials and shapes of said retaining ring and said projection being selected such that said projection may be forcefully inserted through said retaining ring but is substantially prohibited from said retracted back through said retaining ring, and wherein said retaining ring and said projection are connected to a corresponding one of the noninterposed cord portions.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
34 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 28 wherein said retaining ring and said projection are formed integral with a corresponding one of the noninterposed cord sections.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
68 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 28 further comprising a dual layered tag, said tag including a tag backing section, tag covering for said tag backing section sealing engaging said tag backing section, said retaining ring and said projection being interposed between said tag backing section and said tag covering, and a machine readable tag code positioned on said tag.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
24 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according claim 27 wherein said cord is fashioned of an electrically conductive material.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
41 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 31 further comprising means for permitting an electrical charge to be applied to one of said cords and to be removed from the other of said cords.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
31 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 wherein said access permitting means comprising two overlapping sheets of materials capable of being peeled apart.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
37 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 33 wherein said backing section is secured to one of said sheets and said covering is secured to the other of said sheets.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
35 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 wherein said access permitting means includes an end of a tube and a cap adapted for sealing the tube end.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
34 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 wherein said machine readably code is located on a portion of said card remote from said access permitting means.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
54 words
A dual layered card for permitting selective access to an object according to claim 19 further comprising a second machine readable code, one of said codes indicating the identity of the object and the other of said codes providing a reference of the position of the package relative to a machine including the tool.
Claim 40
Independent Claim
169 words
A system for selectively providing access to an object including: a dual layered card including (a) a backing section; (b) a covering separably bonded to said backing section such that said covering and said backing section are capable of being separated substantially only with a tool; and (c) a machine readable code positioned on the card; means for permitting access to the object, at least a portion of said access permitting means being interposed between said backing section and said covering and said access permitting means being substantially incapable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is so interposed and being capable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is removed from such interposition relation; and a machine including (a) means for guiding the code bearing portion of the card to a selected position; (b) means for reading the code when the code bearing card portion is in the selected position; and (c) a tool for separating said covering and said backing section.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
169 words
A system for selectively providing access to an object including: a dual layered card including (a) a backing section; (b) a covering separably bonded to said backing section such that said covering and said backing section are capable of being separated substantially only with a tool; and (c) a machine readable code positioned on the card; means for permitting access to the object, at least a portion of said access permitting means being interposed between said backing section and said covering and said access permitting means being substantially incapable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is so interposed and being capable of permitting access to the object when the portion thereof is removed from such interposition relation; and a machine including (a) means for guiding the code bearing portion of the card to a selected position; (b) means for reading the code when the code bearing card portion is in the selected position; and (c) a tool for separating said covering and said backing section.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
39 words
A system for selectively providing access to an object according to claim 38 wherein the object is disposed in a container having a closure and wherein said access permitting means is connected to the closure and to the container.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
32 words
A system for selectively providing access to an object according to claim 38 wherein said machine readable code is located on a portion of said card remote from said access permitting means.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
49 words
A system for selectively providing access to an object according to claim 38 further comprising a second machine readable code, one of said codes indicating the identity of the object and the other of said codes providing a reference of the position of the package relative to said machine.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
111 words
A package comprising a formed section and a covering for the formed section, the formed section including a first cupped shaped depression disposed toward an associated end thereof and inwardly from the edges thereof and including a second cupped shape depression containing an object and disposed inwardly from the edges thereof, said covering sealingly engaging the formed section except in the area of the depressions and in a portion of the area surrounding the first cupped shape depression, the package further comprising at least one machine readable code positioned in the region of the first cupped shaped depression and the region of said covering disposed over the first cupped shape depression.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
111 words
A package comprising a formed section and a covering for the formed section, the formed section including a first cupped shaped depression disposed toward an associated end thereof and inwardly from the edges thereof and including a second cupped shape depression containing an object and disposed inwardly from the edges thereof, said covering sealingly engaging the formed section except in the area of the depressions and in a portion of the area surrounding the first cupped shape depression, the package further comprising at least one machine readable code positioned in the region of the first cupped shaped depression and the region of said covering disposed over the first cupped shape depression.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
45 words
A package according to claim 42 further comprising a first substantially planar structure substantially surrounding at least a portion of the first cupped shape depression and further comprising a second substantially planar surface substantially surrounding at least a portion of the second cupped shape depression.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
13 words
A package according to claim 43 wherein each said structure comprises a ring.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
48 words
A package according to claim 42 bearing at least two machine readable codes, one of said codes indicating the identity of the object and the other of said codes providing a reference of the position of the package relative to a machine for reading the machine readable codes.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-03-13 | 1992-09-12 | 1993-03-14 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-03-13 | 1996-09-12 | 1997-03-14 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-03-13 | 2000-09-12 | 2001-03-14 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |