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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2023
J.s.t. Corporation, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David Demaratos, Wixom, MI (US);
J.S.T. CORPORATION, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A hidden releasable barcode or QR code for indicating mating or non-mating of two elements, which includes a concealing feature which indicates the non-mating of said two elements, and an indicating feature which indicates the mating of said two elements. The concealing feature and the indicating feature are one and the same structure with no relative motion between the concealing feature and the indicating feature. The conceiling feature is an upper side of the rotatable platter, while the indicating feature is an underside of the rotatable platter having the barcode or QR code thereon. When a rotatable platter becomes unblocked, a spring or a mechanical linkage rotates the platter from the upper side of the platter (concealing feature) to the underside of the platter containing thereon the barcode or the QR code (indicating feature).