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Pwp Industries Corporation

Smart-Tab, LLC

Leon Rosen

Terry Vovan

Jane Vovan

Jimmy Pho

Lauren Yee

Craig Broude

A tamper-evident container has a lid () that can be opened only by lifting and pulling a tab (). Pulling of the tab breaks a breakable joint (, FIG.) that connects the tab () to a hold-down () that is fixed to the lid, so when the tab is released from the hold-down the tab springs up (FIG.) to an upward incline J to indicate that the container was opened.

Enhanced tamper-evident container

A container has a lid that can be opened only by lifting and pulling a pull tab, with lifting of the pull tab resulting in an evident change. The pull tab is held down by attachment (interference fit, weld, glue) to a lid surface by a hold-down that is joined to the pull tab by a pair of bridges. When the pull tab is lifted, the bridges are broken. Thereafter, the pull tab springs up slightly from the lid plane, under the force of one or more spring walls and a hinge, which makes it evident that the container has been opened.

Containers with tamper-evident features

A container has a lid () that can be opened only by lifting and pulling a pull tab (), with lifting of the pull-tab resulting in an evident change. The pull tab () is held down by attachment (interference fit, weld, glue) to a lid surface () by a hold-down () that is joined to the pull tab by a pair of bridges (). When the pull tab is lifted, the bridges are broken. Thereafter, the pull-tab springs up slightly from the lid plane, under the force of one or more spring walls () and a hinge (), which makes it evident that the container has been opened.

Tamper evident pull-tab container

A container of sheet plastic reveals when it has been opened after a clerk loaded it with food. The container has a base () and lid () that remain latched together until they are separated at an initial opening region () where the lid has a radially-outward projecting lid tab () and the base has a tear-away part () with a blocker () that blocks access to the lid tab. The blocker surrounds the radially outward edge and opposite sides of the tab. The blocker prevents access to the lid tab to lift it to open the container until the tear-away part () is torn along a tear line (). The fact that the tear-away part is torn away, reveals that the container has been tampered with.

Enhanced secure container

The driver of a vehicle () is protected from glare caused by the bright lights of an oncoming vehicle at night, or by the Sun lying low in the sky. The vehicle windshield () is divided into pixels () whose transparency can be reduced. The transparency of a limited area of the windshield is controlled by reducing the transparency of windshield pixels that lie along the light path () of bright light that passes through an area () of the windshield to the driver's eyes. In one system, a small sensor () includes a sensor plate () with an array of sensor pixels (), and a lens () that forms an image of a forward portion of the environment on the sensor pixel array. An electronic circuit () couples sensor pixels to corresponding windshield pixels, and reduces the transparency of windshield pixels when corresponding sensor pixels are brightly illuminated. In another system, a sensor is provided that senses a finger () of the driver touching one of the windshield pixels to reduce the transparency of that window pixel for a selected time period.

Enhanced glare reduction

Food containers formed of sheet plastic are latchably stackable on one another. Each container has base () and lid () elements, with one of them having an outer rim part with a pair of long handle sections () that can be pivoted up to form a handle assembly for carrying the container. The sections that form handles are formed in the lid element () rather than in the base element (), so a person does not have to contend with long bouncing sections if the person eats a meal out of the base. One of the elements has vertically undercut grooves () and the other element has horizontal projections () that slide into and along the grooves. The grooved element has vertical passages () along which the projections can move vertically until they can slide into and along the grooves.

Enhanced container system

Stackable twist-top container system

A device for applying a predetermined color coded identification marking onto a perpetrator of a crime. The device is a glove to be worn on the hand of the victim and includes plural color applicators located on respective finger tips of the glove. Each applicator applies a respectively colored dye onto the perpetrator when the applicator is brought into contact with him/her. Thus, a plurality of different colored markings are left on the perpetrator. This can facilitate his/her apprehension and identification. The dyes can be provided to the applicators via conduits from respective reservoirs or may be microencapsulated in beads on the glove's finger tips.

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Santa Monica, CA, United States of America

Leon Rosen