Single use secure travel bag with tamper-evident closure

Abstract

A single use secure travel bag with tamper-evident closure provided herein. In some embodiments, the secure travel bag may include first and second walls joined together along first and second side edges to form a flexible enclosure having an open end, a tamper-evident seal including a layer of adhesive secured to the first wall and adapted to secure the first wall to the second wall in a sealed condition of said enclosure to seal the open end, a handle portion disposed on one of the first or second side edge, and a removable identification portion coupled to the secure travel bag along a perforated edge.

1 . A single use secure travel bag with tamper-evident closure, comprising:
 first and second walls joined together along first and second side edges to form a flexible enclosure having an open end;   a tamper-evident seal including a layer of adhesive secured to the first wall and adapted to secure the first wall to the second wall in a sealed condition of said enclosure to seal the open end;   a handle portion disposed on one of the first or second side edge; and   a removable identification portion coupled to the secure travel bag along a perforated edge.   
     
     
         2 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second walls are formed from a single strip of flexible thermoplastic sheet material and folded along a bottom edge to form the first and second walls. 
     
     
         3 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second walls and the handle portion are formed from opaque polyethylene or polypropylene plastic. 
     
     
         4 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second walls and the handle portion are formed from transparent polyethylene or polypropylene plastic. 
     
     
         5 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the tamper-evident seal includes a tape portion, and wherein the tape portion includes a multi-layer structure including a plastic strip, an ink layer applied to an inner surface of the plastic strip, the layer of adhesive applied over the ink layer, and a peel-back strip covering the adhesive layer. 
     
     
         6 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the layer of adhesive contains a tampering message displayed when the tamper-evident seal is opened or tampered with. 
     
     
         7 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein a first scannable code is disposed on at least one of the first or second walls. 
     
     
         8 . The secure travel bag of  claim 7 , wherein the removable identification portion is coupled to one of the first side edge, second side edge, or the handle portion along the perforated edge. 
     
     
         9 . The secure travel bag of  claim 8 , wherein the removable identification portion includes a second scannable code identical to the first scannable code. 
     
     
         10 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the handle portion is formed from one of polyethylene or polypropylene plastic. 
     
     
         11 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the secure travel bag weighs about 0.25 pounds to about 0.55 pounds. 
     
     
         12 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible enclosure has a volumetric capacity of about 20 liters to about 100 liters. 
     
     
         13 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein a volume to weight ratio of the secure travel bag is flexible enclosure has a volumetric capacity of about 0.0055 pounds to liters to about 0.01 pounds to liters. 
     
     
         14 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the bag is made of recyclable and biodegradable material. 
     
     
         15 . The secure travel bag of  claim 1 , wherein the secure travel bag is at least one of water-proof or airtight when in a sealed condition. 
     
     
         16 . A single use secure travel bag with tamper-evident closure, comprising:
 first and second walls joined together along first and second edges by sheet welding or ultrasonic welding to form a flexible enclosure having an open end;   a tamper-evident tape secured to the first wall, the tape being spaced from the second wall in an open condition of the flexible enclosure and being secured to the second wall in a tamper-evident sealed condition of the flexible enclosure;   a handle portion disposed along the first edge; and   a removable identification portion coupled to the secure travel bag along a perforated edge,   wherein the first and second walls, the handle portion, and the removable identification portion are all formed from a single strip of flexible thermoplastic sheet material.   
     
     
         17 . The secure travel bag of  claim 16 , wherein the first and second walls, the handle portion, and the removable identification portion are formed from opaque polyethylene or polypropylene plastic. 
     
     
         18 . The secure travel bag of  claim 16 , wherein the first and second walls, the handle portion, and the removable identification portion are formed from transparent polyethylene or polypropylene plastic. 
     
     
         19 . The secure travel bag of  claim 16 , wherein the tamper-evident tape includes a multi-layer structure including a plastic strip, an ink layer applied to an inner surface of the plastic strip, a layer of adhesive applied over the ink layer, and a peel-back strip covering the adhesive layer. 
     
     
         20 . The secure travel bag of  claim 16 , wherein a first scannable code is disposed on at least one of the first or second walls, wherein the removable identification portion includes a second scannable code identical to the first scannable code, and wherein the removable identification portion is coupled to one of the first edge, second edge, or the handle portion along the perforated edge.