Meadwestvaco Corporation

Westvaco Packaging Group, Inc.

Robert Larry Flowers

Michael Andrew Parrotta

The invention teaches a container formed from a synthetic substrate. The synthetic substrate is substantially tear resistant and includes polyethylene and inorganic minerals. The synthetic substrate is cut and scored to form a container blank of desired shapes and sizes. At least some portion of the container blank is coated with an adhesive. The container blank is folded and or otherwise manipulated so that at least some portion of the container blank is secured to another surface of the container blank to form a partially closed container with at least one opening.

Tear resistant container

An electronic article surveillance tag is described, in which a resonant circuit tuned to be detectable by a sensor is fabricated onto the upper and lower surfaces of a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate includes a membrane that provides insulation between a first circuit component fabricated onto the upper surface of the dielectric substrate and a second circuit component fabricated onto the lower surface of the dielectric substrate. When a deactivation voltage is applied across the electronic article surveillance tag, the membrane fails, causing the resonant circuit to become detuned.

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Coatesville, PA, United States of America

Robert Larry Flowers