Attachment device, attachment receiving device and system for identifying secured containers
First Claim
1. An attachment device used to secure a container, comprising:
- an attachment body member;
a conductive coating covering at least a portion of the attachment body member; and
a first identification device embedded into the attachment body member and in contact with the conductive coating, the first identification device containing attachment device identification data relating to the attachment device, wherein the attachment body member is configured to be inserted into an attachment receiving device, the attachment receiving device comprising an electrically conductive housing coupled to the container, a second identification device embedded into the attachment receiving device containing identification data relating to the container, and when the attachment device is inserted to the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data and the container identification data are associated and the associated identification data is capable of being read by an identification data reader, and if the attachment device is one of disturbed, severed, and disconnected as being detected via the conductive coating by the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data is not capable of being transferred to the identification data reader which serves as an indication that security of the container has been compromised.
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Abstract
An attachment device, attachment receiving device and system for identifying a secured container are disclosed. The system may include an attachment device, a first identification device embedded into the attachment device, the first identification device containing identification data relating to the attachment device, an attachment receiving device coupled to a container, a second identification device embedded into the attachment receiving device, the second identification device containing identification data relating to the container, wherein when the attachment device is attached to the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data and the container identification data are associated, and the associated identification data is capable of being read by an identification data reader.
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16 Claims
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1. An attachment device used to secure a container, comprising:
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an attachment body member; a conductive coating covering at least a portion of the attachment body member; and a first identification device embedded into the attachment body member and in contact with the conductive coating, the first identification device containing attachment device identification data relating to the attachment device, wherein the attachment body member is configured to be inserted into an attachment receiving device, the attachment receiving device comprising an electrically conductive housing coupled to the container, a second identification device embedded into the attachment receiving device containing identification data relating to the container, and when the attachment device is inserted to the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data and the container identification data are associated and the associated identification data is capable of being read by an identification data reader, and if the attachment device is one of disturbed, severed, and disconnected as being detected via the conductive coating by the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data is not capable of being transferred to the identification data reader which serves as an indication that security of the container has been compromised. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system that enables identification of a secured container, comprising:
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an attachment device;
an electrically conductive coating covering at least a portion of the attachment device;a first identification device embedded into the attachment device, the first identification device containing identification data relating to the attachment device;
an attachment receiving device coupled to the container, wherein the attachment receiving device comprises an electrically conductive housing and the attachment device is configured to be inserted into the electrically conductive housing;
a second identification device embedded into the attachment receiving device, the second identification device containing identification data relating to the container, wherein when the attachment device is inserted to the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data and the container identification data are associated, and the associated identification data is capable of being read by an identification data reader, wherein if one of the attachment device, the attachment receiving device, and a connection between the attachment device and the attachment receiving device is one of disturbed, severed and disconnected as being detected via the conductive housing by the attachment receiving device, the associated identification data is not capable of being transferred to the identification data reader which serves as an indication that security of the container has been compromised. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An attachment receiving device used to secure a container, comprising:
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an electrically conductive housing coupled to a the container; and an attachment receiving identification device embedded into the electrically conductive housing, the attachment receiving identification device containing identification data relating to the container, wherein the electrically conductive housing is configured to receive an attachment device;
an electrically conductive coating covering at least a portion of the attachment device;
the attachment device having an attachment device identification device embedded into the attachment device containing identification data relating to the attachment device, and when the attachment device is receive by the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data and the container identification data are associated and the associated identification data is capable of being read by an identification data reader, and if one of the attachment device, the attachment receiving device, and a connection between the attachment device and the attachment receiving device are one of disturbed, severed, and disconnected as being detected via the conductive housing by the attachment receiving device, the associated identification data is not capable of being transferred to the identification data reader which serves as an indication that security of the container has been compromised. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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