US 11,874,266 B1
System and method to monitor and report condition of a consumable product
Babak Taheri, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Babak Taheri, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/220,497.
Application 17/220,497 is a continuation of application No. 16/278,124, filed on Feb. 17, 2019, granted, now 10,996,207.
Application 16/278,124 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/182,203, filed on Jun. 14, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/187,687, filed on Jul. 1, 2015.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 33/14 (2006.01); B65B 61/20 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/146 (2013.01) [B65B 61/202 (2013.01); B65D 51/245 (2013.01); B65D 51/248 (2013.01); G01N 21/27 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a cap attached to a container to hermetically seal the container;
a flexible wrap affixed to an outer surface of a neck of the hermetically sealed container containing a consumable product, the flexible wrap including a first laser-detector pair to pass light through a headspace inside the hermetically sealed container to reflect from a first reflector affixed to the outer surface of the hermetically sealed container opposite the first laser-detector pair to non-invasively sense a number of first parameters of the consumable product; and
a flexible label affixed directly to the outer surface of the hermetically sealed container, the flexible label including a second laser-detector pair to pass laser light through a liquid inside the hermetically sealed container to non-invasively sense a number of second parameters of the consumable product,
wherein the flexible wrap and flexible label form part of packaging of said consumable product and are affixed to the hermetically sealed container before sale to a consumer.