Security structure of composite material having embedded security elements
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a weldable frame enclosing a volume to ship items;
a plurality of composite panels, wherein each composite panel of the plurality of composite panels is securable to the weldable frame, each composite panel of the plurality of composite panels, when secured to the weldable frame, being a portion of an outer surface of a shipping container and forming a joint of substantially contiguous composite material with an adjoining composite panel of the plurality of composite panels;
a first security element embedded within a first composite panel of the plurality of composite panels; and
a second security element embedded within a second composite panel of the plurality of composite panels, wherein the second composite panel and the first composite panel are adjoining when secured to the weldable frame, wherein the first security element and the second security element are interconnectable at the joint formed between the first composite panel and the second composite panel to allow the first security element to detect a breach in the second composite panel.
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed including one or more security structures. The one or more security structures includes: a weldable frame; a plurality of composite panels, each panel securable to the weldable frame, each composite panel configured to form at least one joint with at least one adjoining composite panel; and a respective security element embedded within each of the composite panels. The security element is configured to detect a breach in the composite panel.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a weldable frame enclosing a volume to ship items; a plurality of composite panels, wherein each composite panel of the plurality of composite panels is securable to the weldable frame, each composite panel of the plurality of composite panels, when secured to the weldable frame, being a portion of an outer surface of a shipping container and forming a joint of substantially contiguous composite material with an adjoining composite panel of the plurality of composite panels; a first security element embedded within a first composite panel of the plurality of composite panels; and a second security element embedded within a second composite panel of the plurality of composite panels, wherein the second composite panel and the first composite panel are adjoining when secured to the weldable frame, wherein the first security element and the second security element are interconnectable at the joint formed between the first composite panel and the second composite panel to allow the first security element to detect a breach in the second composite panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising
aligning a first composite panel of a plurality of composite panels and a second composite panel of the plurality of composite panels to form a joint therebetween, wherein the first composite panel includes a first embedded security element and the second composite panel includes a second embedded security element; -
securing each of the first composite panel and the second composite panel to a weldable frame to maintain the joint therebetween, wherein one of the first composite panel, the second composite panel or both are a portion of an outer surface of a shipping container; and interconnecting the first security element and the second security element along the joint, such that a breach in the second composite panel is detectable by the first security element. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A security container comprising:
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a weldable frame; a plurality of composite panels, wherein each composite panel of the plurality of composite panels is securable to the weldable frame, and wherein each composite panel, when secured to the weldable frame, is exposed to an outer surface of a shipping container and forms a joint of substantially contiguous composite material with at least one adjoining composite panel of the plurality of composite panels; and a plurality of security elements, wherein each security element of the plurality of security elements is embedded within a respective composite panel of the plurality of composite panels, wherein security elements of the plurality of security elements of adjoining composite panels are interconnected allowing for detection of a breach of an adjoining composite panel. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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