US Patent Issued to A. Rifkin on March 18 for "Tamper-evident enclosure for zippers included on security carriers" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,303, issued on March 18, was assigned to A. Rifkin Co. (Hanover Township, Pa.).

"Tamper-evident enclosure for zippers included on security carriers" was invented by Paul D. Lantz (Kingston, Pa.), Donald R. Casterline (Mountain Top, Pa.) and Robert J. Cohn (Dallas, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tamper-evident security device to be used in conjunction with a slidable closure on a carrier bag comprises a bottom component (positioned within the bag itself) and a top component attached to a front panel of the carrier bag so to be located over the bottom component. The top and bottom components are fixed together in an immovable fo...