Electrical manually portable security case for the storage of theft attractive articles with an electrical mat having at least one elongated electrically conductive wire in a substantially continuous mesh, loop or eye structure

• US 6,215,397 B1
• Filed: 07/17/1998
• Issued: 04/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lindskog Innovation AB
• Original Assignee: Lindskog Innovation AB
• Inventors: Lindskog, Kjell
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFSASS, JEFFERY A
• Application Number:
  US09/118,355
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 340/550, 340/691.1, 340/693.5, 109/42
• US Class Current: 340/550
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/005 Portable strong boxes, e.g. which may be fixed to a wall or the like E05G1/08, E05G1/14 take precedence; devices to prevent theft or loss of bags, trunks, baskets, or the like A45C13/18; coin boxes for coin freed apparatus G07F9/06
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/024 Wall or panel structure
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/10 with alarm, signal or indicator E05G1/14 takes precedence; burglar, theft or intruder alarm per se G08B13/00; fire or explosion alarm per se G08B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/14 with means for masking or destroying the valuables, e.g. in case of theft
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/126 for a housing, e.g. a box, a safe, or a room

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a security structure intended particularly for the construction of security containers and security rooms. The security structure has an alarm mat integral therewith. The alarm mat is constructed from one or more insulated, electrically conductive threads, wires, or the like, or from one or more light conducting, optical fibres. The thread or threads is/are disposed to form continuous meshes, loops, or eyes of the kind obtained when knitting or crocheting.

Claims

1. An electrically protected transportable case for the storage of theft attractive articles, said electrically protected case comprising:

an electrical laminate;

electrical protective apparatus;

said electrical protective apparatus comprising at least one of;

electrically activatable alarm apparatus to sound an alarm; and

electrically activatable destructive apparatus to render the articles stored in said case unusable;

said electrical protective apparatus and said electrical laminate being connected with electric circuitry to permit said electrical protective apparatus to be activated upon an attempted unauthorized entry into said case; and

said electrical laminate comprising;

at least one elongated electrically conductive wire;

said at least one elongated electrically conductive wire forming an electrical fine-mesh mat of substantially continuous meshes of loops or eyes of the kind obtained when knitting or crocheting;

said meshes of loops or eyes being configured and sized to provide resistance to external disturbances comprising at least one of;

magnetic fields, static electricity, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields, to thus minimize a risk of a false activation of said protective apparatus;

at least one outer sheet;

said electrical fine-mesh mat having at least one surface area disposed immediately adjacent to said at least one outer sheet;

said at least one outer sheet having at least one surface area disposed immediately adjacent to said electrical fine-mesh mat;

said at least one surface area of said at least one outer sheet and said at least one surface area of said electrical fine-mesh mat being joined to one another over substantially the entire immediately adjacent surface areas therebetween to form a laminated structure of said at least one outer sheet and said electrical fine-mesh mat;

a body;

said body having a plurality of extensive outer surfaces; and

each of said extensive outer surfaces being formed substantially entirely by said electrical laminate to protect said case from unauthorized entry.

2. The electrically protected case according to claim 1, wherein said electrical fine-mesh mat comprises said meshes, loops or eyes having a diametral distance across said meshes, loops or eyes of about 1 millimeter.

3. The electrically protected case according to claim 2, wherein:

said at least one elongated electrically conductive wire comprises two elongated electrically conductive portions immediately adjacent and mutually parallel to each another;

said two elongated electrically conductive portions being disposed to form said substantially continuous meshes of loops or eyes;

said two elongated electrically conductive portions are connected to each another at their free ends to form an electric circuit; and

in said electric circuit, current flows in mutually different directions in said two elongated electrically conductive portions.

4. The electrically protected case according to claim 3, wherein said body comprises:

at least two of said electrical laminates;

said at least two electrical laminates are disposed to overlap one another in at least one overlap zone;

means for joining said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone; and

said means for joining said electrical laminates comprises said electrical fine-mesh mat of each of said electrical laminates being connected one to another in said at least one overlap zone.

5. The electrically protected case according to claim 4, wherein:

each of said electrical laminates comprises at least one additional sheet being disposed adjacent to said electrical fine-mesh mat, on a side of said electrical fine-mesh mat opposite of said at least one outer sheet;

said body comprises angled wall sections;

said angled wall sections comprise at least one additional section of said laminate;

said angled wall sections are disposed to form one of said at least one overlap zones at corners of said case;

said case comprises a hand-holdable and transportable case;

said case comprises a handle; and

said handle is connected to said body to permit a hand of a person to lift and carry said case by said handle.

6. The case according to claim 3, wherein:

said body comprises at least two of said electrical laminates;

said at least two laminates being disposed to overlap one another in an overlap zone;

means for joining said at least two electrical laminates in said overlap zone;

said case comprises apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said laminates in said at least one overlap zone;

said apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said laminates in said overlap zone being disposed both inward of and directly adjacent to said at least one overlap zone;

said protective apparatus and said apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said at least two electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone are mutually connected in at least one electric circuit; and

said at least one electric circuit is configured to activate said protective apparatus upon an unauthorized break in said at least one electric circuit.

7. An electrically protected manually transportable case for storage of theft attractive articles, said case comprising:

an electrical laminate;

said electrical laminate comprising;

at least one outer sheet;

at least one elongated electrically conductive wire;

said at least one elongated conductive wire forming an electrical fine-mesh mat of substantially continuous meshes of loops or eyes of the kind obtained when knitting or crocheting;

said electrical fine-mesh mat having at least one surface area disposed immediately adjacent to said at least one outer sheet;

said at least one outer sheet having at least one surface area disposed immediately adjacent to said electrical fine-mesh mat; and

said at least one surface area of said at least one outer sheet and said at least one surface area of said electrical fine-mesh mat being joined to one another over substantially the entire immediately adjacent surface areas therebetween to form a laminated structure of said at least one outer sheet and said electrical fine-mesh mat;

a body for storage of theft attractive articles;

said body having a plurality of extensive outer surfaces;

each of said extensive outer surfaces being formed substantially entirely by said electrical laminate to protect all of said extensive outer surfaces from penetration through said electrical laminate;

electrical alarm apparatus;

said electrical fine-mesh mat being connected with electric circuitry to permit connection to an electrical alarm apparatus to be activated upon an unauthorized break in said electric circuitry; and

said meshes of loops or eyes of said electrical fine-mesh mat being configured and sized to provide in said electrical laminate substantially the sole resistance to external disturbances, which external disturbances comprise at least one of;

magnetic fields, static electricity, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields, to thus minimize a risk of a false alarm of said electrical alarm apparatus.

8. The case according to claim 7, wherein said electrical fine-mesh mat comprises said meshes of loops or eyes being of a size to provide in said laminate said substantially sole resistance to external disturbances.

9. The case according to claim 8, wherein:

said at least one elongated electrically conductive wire comprises two elongated electrically conductive portions immediately adjacent and mutually parallel to one another;

said two elongated electrically conductive portions being disposed to form said substantially continuous meshes of loops or eyes;

said two elongated electrically conductive portions are connected to one another at their free ends to form an electric circuit; and

in said electric circuit, current flows in mutually different directions in said two elongated electrically conductive portions.

10. The case according to claim 9, wherein said meshes of loops or eyes have a diametral distance across said meshes of loops or eyes of about 1 millimeter.

11. The case according to claim 10, wherein said body comprises:

at least two of said electrical laminates;

said at least two electrical laminates are disposed to overlap one another in at least one overlap zone;

means for joining said at least two electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone;

said means for joining said at least two electrical laminates comprises said electrical fine-mesh mat of each of said electrical laminates being connected one to another in said at least one overlap zone;

said body comprises angled wall sections;

said angled wall sections comprise at least one additional section of said electrical laminate; and

said angled wall sections are disposed to form one of said at least one overlap zone at corners of said body.

12. The case according to claim 10, wherein:

said body comprises at least two said electrical laminates;

said at least two electrical laminates are disposed to overlap one another in at least one overlap zone;

means for joining said at least two electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone;

said case comprises apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone;

said apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said at least two electrical laminates in said overlap zone is disposed both inward of and directly adjacent to said at least one overlap zone;

said electrical alarm apparatus and said apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone are mutually connected in at least one electric circuit;

said at least one electric circuit is configured to activate said electrical alarm apparatus upon an unauthorized break in said at least one electric circuit; and

each of said electrical laminates comprises at least one additional sheet disposed adjacent to said electrical fine-mesh mat, on a side of said electrical fine-mesh mat opposite to said at least one outer sheet.

13. An electrically protected transportable case for the storage of theft attractive articles, said electrically protected case comprising:

an electrical laminate comprising;

at least one elongated electrically conductive wire;

said at least one elongated electrically conductive wire forming an electrical fine-mesh mat of substantially continuous meshes of loops or eyes of the kind obtained when knitting or crocheting;

said meshes of loops or eyes being configured and sized to provide resistance to external disturbances comprising at least one of;

magnetic fields, static electricity, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields, to thus minimize a risk of a false activation of said protective apparatus;

at least one outer sheet;

said electrical fine-mesh mat having at least one surface area disposed immediately adjacent to said at least one outer sheet;

said at least one outer sheet having at least one surface area disposed immediately adjacent to said electrical fine-mesh mat;

said at least one surface area of said at least one outer sheet and said at least one surface area of said electrical fine-mesh mat being joined to one another over substantially the entire immediately adjacent surface areas therebetween to form a laminated structure of said at least one outer sheet and said electrical fine-mesh mat;

means for connecting said meshes of loops or eyes of said laminate to at least one of;

electrically activatable alarm apparatus to sound an alarm; and

electrically activatable destructive apparatus to render the articles stored in said transportable case unusable;

a body;

said body having a plurality of extensive outer surfaces; and

each of said extensive outer surfaces being formed substantially entirely by said electrical laminate to protect said case from unauthorized entry.

14. The transportable case according to claim 13, wherein the meshes of loops or eyes of the electrical fine-mesh mat have a size to provide at least in part said resistance by the electrical laminate to external disturbances.

15. The transportable case according to claim 14, wherein said meshes of loops or eyes of said electrical fine-mesh met have a diametral distance across said meshes of loops or eyes of about 1 millimeter.

16. The transportable case according to claim 15, wherein:

said at least one elongated electrically conductive wire comprises two elongated electrically conductive portions immediately adjacent and mutually parallel to one another;

said two elongated electrically conductive portions being disposed to form said substantially continuous meshes of loops or eyes;

said two elongated electrically conductive portions are connected to one another at their free ends to form an electric circuit; and

in said electric circuit, current flows in mutually different directions in said two elongated electrically conductive portions.

17. The transportable case according to claim 16, wherein said body comprises:

at least two said electrical laminates;

said at least two electrical laminates are disposed to overlap one another in at least one overlap zone;

means for joining said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone;

said transportable case comprises apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone;

said apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone is disposed both inward of and directly adjacent to said at least one overlap zone;

said protective apparatus and said apparatus to detect an attempt to separate said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone are mutually connected in at least one electric circuit;

said at least one electric circuit is configured to activate said destructive apparatus upon an unauthorized break in said at least one electric circuit; and

each of said electrical laminates comprises at least one additional sheet being disposed adjacent to said electrical fine-mesh mat, on a side of said electrical fine-mesh mat opposite to said at least one outer sheet.

18. The transportable case according to claim 15:

comprising

at least two of said electrical laminates;

said at least two electrical laminates are disposed to overlap one another in at least one overlap zone;

means for joining said electrical laminates in said at least one overlap zone;

said means for joining said electrical laminates comprises said electrical fine-mesh mat of each of said electrical laminates being connected one to another in said at least one overlap zone;

said body comprises angled wall sections;

said angled wall sections comprise at least one additional section of said electrical laminate; and

said angled wall sections being disposed to form one of said at least one overlap zone at corners of said body.