Material Containment System
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Abstract
Containment packages (10) having utility for transport of hazardous gases and security systems for controlling access to packages, e.g., hazardous gas containment packages (20). In a specific implementation, a containment package includes an overpack (11) for improving the safety and security of gas-containment vessels during transportation, e.g., air shipment, in which the overpack is pressurized by a protective gas at pressure in excess of the pressure in the gas-containment vessels, and a global positioning system (GPS) coordinated programmable lock and key system (30) is integrated with the containment package for controlled access to the gas-containment vessels only when the GPS component indicates that the containment package is at a specific geographic location.
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90 Claims
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71. A container package useful for transport of fluid storage and dispensing vessel(s), comprising an overpack defining an interior volume adapted for holding at least one fluid storage and dispensing vessel in an environment of containment gas in the interior volume of the overpack at pressure that is above pressure of fluid contained in the at least one fluid storage and dispensing vessel, wherein the overpack includes at least one of:
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(i) an anti-tamper system adapted to restrict access to the at least one fluid storage and dispensing vessel therein; (ii) a thermal management system for maintaining the at least one fluid storage and dispensing vessel at temperature within a predetermined temperature range; and (iii) a tracking system adapted for communication with a communication system. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A supply chain management system, comprising
(a) a communication system comprising at least one system selected from the group consisting of (1) active RFID systems, (2) GPS communication systems, (3) global digital communications networks and (4) cellular telephony communication systems; - and
(b) a container package adapted for transport of fluid storage and dispensing vessel(s), comprising an overpack defining an interior volume adapted for holding at least one fluid storage and dispensing vessel in an environment of containment gas at pressure that is above pressure of fluid contained in the at least one fluid storage and dispensing vessel, wherein the container package is adapted to communicate with said communication system. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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