Flexible anti-theft pack for tracking and location
First Claim
1. A flexible security device for tracking and location, the device comprising:
- a flexible housing having a hollow medial region;
a location tracking assembly housed, at least in part, within the hollow medial region, the location tracking assembly comprising a plurality of modules, including;
a wireless communications antenna module;
a wireless communications electronics module;
a global positioning system antenna module;
a global positioning system electronics module;
a power module; and
a plurality of interconnects configured among said plurality of modules, one or more of said interconnects comprising a flexible interconnect having sufficient flexibility to permit relative movement of at least one module relative to an adjacent interconnected module.
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Abstract
A flexible security device for tracking and location. The device comprises a flexible housing having a hollow medial region. A location tracking assembly is contained, at least in part, within the hollow region. The location tracking assembly comprises a plurality of modules, including a wireless communications antenna module, a wireless communications electronics module, a global positioning system antenna module, a global positioning system electronics module, and a power module. A plurality of interconnects are configured among the plurality of modules, with one or more of the interconnects having sufficient flexibility to permit relative movement of at least one module relative to an adjacent interconnected module.
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29 Claims
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1. A flexible security device for tracking and location, the device comprising:
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a flexible housing having a hollow medial region; a location tracking assembly housed, at least in part, within the hollow medial region, the location tracking assembly comprising a plurality of modules, including; a wireless communications antenna module; a wireless communications electronics module; a global positioning system antenna module; a global positioning system electronics module; a power module; and a plurality of interconnects configured among said plurality of modules, one or more of said interconnects comprising a flexible interconnect having sufficient flexibility to permit relative movement of at least one module relative to an adjacent interconnected module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28)
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25. A flexible security device for tracking and locating currency, the device comprising:
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a housing simulating a stack of bills of currency, the stack comprising a plurality of individual sheets of genuine currency having an outer edge, said individual sheets bound together with an elastic cord adjacent to but sufficiently spaced from the outer edges to permit riffling of the outer edges at opposite ends of said housing, the stack comprising a hollow medial region; a location tracking assembly positioned, at least in part, within the hollow medial region, the location tracking assembly comprising a plurality of modules including; a wireless communications antenna module comprising a flat periphery that extends beyond said cutout into a space between individual bills of said housing; a wireless communications electronics module; a global positioning system antenna module; a global positioning system electronics module; a power module; and a plurality of interconnects configured among said plurality of modules, at least two of said interconnects having sufficient flexibility to permit relative movement of adjacent interconnected modules relative to one another, permitting said tracking assembly to be flexed into an S shape; a first flexible sheet positioned adjacent a top side of said housing as a top cover for the hollowed cutout; a second flexible sheet positioned adjacent a bottom side of said housing as a bottom cover for the hollowed cutout, the top cover and the bottom cover each secured to said housing; one or more cushioning elements between the top cover and the location tracking assembly; one or more cushioning elements between said location tracking assembly and the bottom cover. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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29. A flexible security device for tracking and location, the device comprising:
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a flexible housing having a hollow medial region; a location tracking assembly housed, at least in part, within the hollow medial region, the location tracking assembly comprising a plurality of substrates or substrate portions separated by interconnects between each set of adjacent substrates or substrate portions, one or more of said interconnects comprising flexible interconnects having sufficient flexibility to permit relative movement of at least one substrate or substrate portion relative to an adjacent interconnected substrate or substrate portion, the location tracking assembly comprising; wireless communications means for conducting wireless communications between the assembly and a wireless communications receiver; positioning means for retrieving geographic location information about the device; power means for powering said wireless communications means and said positioning means; and control means for controlling said wireless communications means and said positioning means to transmit geographic location information about the device by wireless communications to the wireless communications receiver.
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