US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 29 for "Systems and methods for indicating tampering of a container" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,075, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for indicating tampering of a container" was invented by Gregory Thomas Eisele (Seattle), Sean Michael Flinn (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and Derrick Brian Pruitt (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for indicating tampering of a container (such as a life vest box within an internal cabin of a vehicle) includes a base configured to be secured to a door of the container. A retainer is configured to be secured to a portion of a housing of the container. A tamper indicator includes a flag coupled to the base, and a tether extendin...