Life raft container security system and method
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a container having a first container portion and a second container portion;
placing an inflatable life raft within the container;
placing a transmitter mechanism adjacent the container;
automatically detecting whether a position change tamper condition has occurred, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the life raft within the container relative to one of the portions of the container;
placing an RFID system within the container, the RFID system comprising a plurality of RFID tags, the RFID system being adapted and configured to perform said automatically detecting whether the position change tamper condition has occurred;
the transmitter mechanism being adapted and configured to transmit a signal upon the detection of the position change tamper condition.
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Abstract
A method comprises providing a container having a first container portion and a second container portion, placing an inflatable life raft within the container, placing a transmitter mechanism adjacent the container, and automatically detecting whether a tamper condition has occurred. The tamper condition comprises at least one of the following: removal of the life raft from the container; an increase in distance between the first and second container portions; and a change in position of at least a portion of the life raft relative to one of the portions of the container. The transmitter mechanism is adapted and configured to transmit a signal upon the detection of the tamper condition.
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48 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a container having a first container portion and a second container portion; placing an inflatable life raft within the container; placing a transmitter mechanism adjacent the container; automatically detecting whether a position change tamper condition has occurred, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the life raft within the container relative to one of the portions of the container; placing an RFID system within the container, the RFID system comprising a plurality of RFID tags, the RFID system being adapted and configured to perform said automatically detecting whether the position change tamper condition has occurred; the transmitter mechanism being adapted and configured to transmit a signal upon the detection of the position change tamper condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38)
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20. A method comprising:
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providing a container having a first container portion and a second container portion; placing an article within the container; placing a transmitter mechanism adjacent the container; automatically detecting whether a removed tamper condition has occurred, the removed tamper condition comprising a condition in which the article is removed from the container; automatically detecting whether a distance increase tamper condition has occurred, the distance increase tamper condition comprising an increase in distance between the first and second container portions; and automatically detecting whether a position change tamper condition has occurred, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the article within the container relative to one of the portions of the container placing an RFID system within the container, the RFID system comprising a plurality of RFID tags, the RFID sytem being adapted and configured to detect whether any of the tamper conditions have occured, the transmitter mechanism being a portion of the RFID system.
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29. A method comprising:
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providing a container having a first container portion and a second container portion; placing an inflatable life raft within the container; automatically detecting whether a position change tamper condition has occurred, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the life raft within the container relative to one of the portions of the container; placing an RFID system within the container, the RFID system comprising a plurality of RFID tags, the RFID system being adapted and configured to perform said automatically detecting whether a position change tamper condition has occurred; intermittently transmitting a status signal, the status signal being a tamper signal if after a point in time the position change tamper condition is detected via the detecting step, the status signal being a non-tamper signal if after the point in time the position change tamper condition is not detected via the detecting step, the tamper signal being different than the non-tamper signal.
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32. A method comprising:
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providing a container having a first container portion and a second container portion; placing an article within the container; placing a transmitter mechanism within the container; automatically detecting whether a distance increase tamper condition has occurred, the distance increase tamper condition comprising an increase in distance between the first and second container portions; automatically detecting whether a position change tamper condition has occurred, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the article within the container relative to one of the portions of the container; and placing an RFID system within the container, the RFID system comprising a plurality of RFID tags, the RFID system being adapted and configured to perform said automatically detecting whether a position change tamper condition has occurred.
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37. A method comprising:
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providing a container; placing an article within the container; providing an RFID system comprising a mother RFID tag and a daughter RFID tag, the RFID system being adapted and configured to detect a change in position of the daughter tag relative to the mother tag; placing one of the mother and daughter RFID tags adjacent the container; placing the other of the mother and daughter RFID tags adjacent the article and within the container; detecting with the RFID system whether a tamper condition has occurred, the tamper condition comprising a change in position of the daughter tag relative to the mother tag while the article is within the container; the RFID system being adapted and configured to transmit a tamper signal upon detection of the tamper condition.
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39. A method comprising:
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providing a plurality of assemblies, each assembly comprising a container having first and second container portions, an article within the container, and a detector mechanism, the detector mechanism comprising an RFID system positioned within the container, the RFID system comprising a plurality of RFID tags, the RFID system being adapted and configured to detect the occurrence of a position change tamper condition, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the article within the container relative to one of the portions of the container; transporting the plurality of assemblies in one shipment from an initial location to a quarantine location; determining for each of the plurality of assemblies whether the detector mechanism corresponding to said each of the plurality of assemblies has detected the occurrence of the position change tamper condition, the determining step occurring with the plurality of assemblies at the quarantine location; transporting the plurality of assemblies from the quarantine location to a destination location, the step of transporting the plurality of assemblies from the quarantine location to the destination location occuring after the determining step. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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43. An anti-tamper life raft assembly comprising:
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a container having a first container portion and a second container portion; an inflatable life raft within the container; an RFID system comprising a mother RFID tag and a daughter RFID tag, the mother RFID tag being attached to a portion of the container, the daughter RFID tag being attached to the life raft, the RFID system being adapted and configured to detect whether the mother and daughter RFID tags are spaced from each other by a distance greater than a distance D; a transmitter mechanism adapted and configured to transmit a signal upon the occurrence of a position chance tamper condition and indicative of the position change tamper condition, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the life raft within the container relative to one of the portions of the container as detected by the RFID system. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 48)
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47. An anti-tamper assembly comprising:
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a container having a first container portion and a second container portion; an article within the container; a detector mechanism adapted and configured to detect whether a position change tamper condition, the position change tamper condition comprising a change in position of at least a portion of the article within the container relative to one of the portions of the container, the detector mechanism further being adapted and configured to detect whether a distance increase tamper condition has occurred, the distance increase tamper condition comprising an increase in distance between the first and second container portions;
an RFID system, comprising a plurality of RFID tags, forming at least a portion of said detector mechanism, the RFID system being adapted and configured to transmit a signal upon the detection of any of the tamper conditions.
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