A tag housing assembly for attaching an electronic tag to an extending neck of a bottle with a perimetrical undercut thereabout. The tag housing assembly includes a tag housing, at least one electronic tag and a retaining device. The tag housing includes a perimetrical exterior side wall extending between a top surface and a base plate to define an interior and an opening extending through the top surface and base plate for receiving the extending neck of the bottle. The at least one electronic tag is located in the interior. The retaining device extends into the opening and defines an adjustable aperture for engaging the extending neck of the bottle. When the tag housing is in a closed position, the retaining device is secured to the neck of the bottle.

A secure shipping container includes an inner sleeve formed in the shape of a tray that can be inserted into an outer sleeve formed as a tube with one closed end and one open end. The inner sleeve is sized to be shorter than the outer sleeve so that when full inserted into the outer sleeve the contents of the tray are not accessible, and the inner sleeve is not removable without a special opening tool. Each sleeve includes a slot into which an opener can be inserted to permit a user to slide the inner sleeve out of the outer sleeve in order to access the contents of the container. A method of assembly of the components and use to ship materials is also described.

A soft- or hard-sided apparatus for temporarily storing a plurality of electronic devices that transmit electromagnetic signals that would, if not suppressed, interfere with other electronic devices or make the devices accessible to outsiders. The apparatus includes a container, such as a soft-sided bag, that is sized for holding the plurality of electronic devices and is specially adapted to be normally RF-tight to suppress the electromagnetic signals transmitted by the plurality of electronic devices to prevent them from interfering with other electronic devices. The container further includes a small opening assembly in the container that opens and closes, such as a trap door, outfitted with magnets. The first small opening assembly is adapted to be RF-tight when closed so that a user can push an electronic device through the assembly, into the container, after which all the electronic devices are silenced inside of the container. The container further includes a second larger opening assembly to allow removal of all of the electronic devices as a group. The soft-sided container can be located in a cardboard shipping box, ready to be emptied nearby or returned to a third-party when full so that the devices can be refurbished and re-used.

A reusable sealing bottle cap assembly comprises a cap for placement onto the mouth of a bottle and an annular ring. The cap comprises an enclosed upper portion for enclosing the open mouth of the bottle, a circumferential area or recess adjacent to the enclosed upper portion of the cap, an extended ledge, and a circumferential lip on the underside of the cap for placement of the cap into the inner edge of the mouth of the bottle. The annular ring is receivable around the circumferential area of the cap for securing and sealing the cap onto the open mouth of the bottle. The annular ring comprises an outer flexible material and an inner rigid material. The cap and annular ring may be separate pieces or connected by a strap. The bottle cap assembly may be made of plastic resins; metals; silicones; bio-degradable materials; and/or oxygen absorbing materials.

A system of reusable and nestable containers for consumer-packaged goods comprising modular components including different size and configuration cup portions configured to nest with one another to be stackable for storage and shipping; bottle top portions removably coupled to the cup portions and nest with one another to be stackable for storage and shipping; and lid portions removably coupled to the cup portions and being configured to nest with one another to be stackable for storage and shipping. The containers allow for shared or pooled packaging across brands designed to nest for reverse logistics.

The present application provides a bottling facility for filling a refillable package. The bottling facility may include a filler for filling the refillable package, a radio frequency identification tag positioned on the refillable package, a radio frequency identification reader, and a data processing system in communication with the radio frequency identification reader. The radio frequency identification reader identifies the radio frequency identification tag when the refillable package is refilled and the data processing system tracks the number of times the refillable package is refilled.

A reusable shipper container has a container body with a payload chamber for holding goods and a lid operable to access the payload chamber. The reusable shipper container also has one or more sensors in the payload chamber to senses a humidity or temperature of the payload chamber or the goods. The reusable shipper container also has a tablet display screen detachably coupled to the container body that wirelessly communicates with the sensors in the payload chamber and that displays one or more of an electronic shipping label, packing instructions, return instructions and maintenance status.

A package intended to contain one object, including: a box; a lid which can adopt, with the box, a closed or an open package configuration, a device for detecting the closed or open configurations, one image sensor relating to said object, one electronic display device accessible from the exterior of the package, a computing unit, intended to receive images from the image sensor and to transmit to the electronic display instructions to display said images, and mechanism for triggering the image sensor. The triggering mechanism is presented on an external faade of the package. The computing unit is connected to the detection device and is parameterized to authorize a display of the images from the image sensor in the closed package configuration and, conversely, prohibit the display in the open package configuration.

A modular tumbler, vessel and plates made with a durable material that includes a NFC and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon for commercial trade and item location purposes. The invention includes a modular tumbler, vessel and plate holder with accessories that will avoid usage of disposals items. The volume and size of the tumblers, vessel & plate can change according to market needs, lids and tumblers holders includes modular features as well to be able to fit the different accessories. The present invention include multiple modular features and accessories and allow tumblers, vessels and plates to be merge with Internet of things solutions by using the NFC & BLE chips to exchange data with Smart devices like Tablets, smart phones, computers, others.

The present disclosure relates to arrangements for attaching an RFID tag to a liquid container, and particularly to a blood components container. The RFID tag may be inserted in an enclosure, such as peel tab, or in a sealed cup attached to a container port. The tag could alternately be embedded in a molded plug or component attached to a port. The RFID antenna could be painted or stamped on the surface of the container. Or the tag could be inserted into the container to float freely in the liquid components. The RFID source may be secured around the neck of a rigid or semi-rigid container, attached with a tether or attached to a connector assembled in association with a blood component or other fluid flow path.