Sms Group Gmbh

Drake & Dipello, Inc.

Lewis Barton

Robert R Guinta

Peter M Gandolfo

John J Mullins

A method for the production of flexible pouches each possessing a sealed product-containing pocket and incorporating an integral collar-shaped structure located externally of the pocket to enable suspending of the pouch from a support. More specifically, the method contemplates the sequential in-line production or manufacture of such flexible pouches which are essentially constituted from a sealable, flexible packaging material and which may consist of either a single-layer film material or of a multi-layered laminate so as to enable the containment in the pouches of the most varied types of products possessing widely different properties. In addition to the foregoing, also disclosed is a flexible pouch having a sealed product-containing pocket and incorporating an integral collar-shaped structure which is produced by the inventive method.

Method of producing flexible suspendible pouches and pouch produced

An antitheft security system is disclosed for automotive, marine, and other valuable personal articles such as objects of art and valuable collectible objects. A dealer/installer is provided with equipment comprising a main unit having a memory, a keyboard for data entry, and a visual screen for monitoring the data entry procedure and also for displaying to the dealer the precise locations on the article where it is to be marked. The unit randomly selects different marking locations on the article by calling up form its memory a programmed universe of several hundred possible marking sites for each particular type of item. An image of the item is displayed on the visual screen, which indicates the exact location where each marking is to be made. The security codes are applied by a portable hand-held marking head containing an electrostatic, noncontact ink jet spraying nozzle which invisibly microprints a unique, classified security code in a dot matrix format of alphanumeric characters onto the surface. After the marking is completed, the unit transmits the subscriber information, confidential registration code, and coordinates of all markings to a limited access national data base. The local dealer machine then automatically erases from its memory all confidential information pertaining to the transaction. The authorities will be cooperated with in any case of theft by providing the coordinates of all marked locations, as well as the unique registration number printed on the item, thereby allowing positive identification of either an intact item, or any one of its marked, dismembered parts.

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