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Portable security inspection system

  • US 9,791,590 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2014
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inspection system for screening an object under inspection and configured to be transported on a trailer of a vehicle comprising:

  • a container with four walls, four corners, a ceiling and a base that defines an enclosed volume, wherein in a stowed position said container rests on the trailer portion of the vehicle and wherein the trailer portion comprises a bracket;

    at least one radiation source positioned within said enclosed volume, wherein emissions from said radiation source define a field of view;

    at least one detector array positioned within said enclosed volume or physically attached to said container;

    a piston positioned in each of said four corners, wherein each piston is positioned to move horizontally from a first retracted state to an extended state;

    four legs, each of said four legs attached to said piston in each of the four corners, wherein each of said four legs is adapted to be horizontally extendable outwards from each of said four corners and retractable into each of said four corners based upon a horizontal movement of the attached piston, wherein each of said four legs is vertically extendable to at least one height position from ground level; and

    a controller configured to determine said at least one height position using a plurality of data, wherein said plurality of data includes a desired field of view, and to cause each of said four legs to vertically extend to said at least one height position, and wherein at least one the four legs comprises a plate configured to connect to said bracket, thereby securing the container to the trailer.

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