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Protected security strap

US11455878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 2020
Grant dateSep 27, 2022
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B25/10
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tracking device, including a communication interface encased in a encasement with a receptacle on two opposite sides of the encasement, a strap, including one or more thin elongated flexible sheets, links coupled to one side of the one or more thin elongated flexible sheets, a fiber optic cable extending from a first end of the one or more thin elongated flexible sheets to a second end of the one or more thin elongated flexible sheets, a head connected to each end of the one or more thin elongated flexible sheets; wherein the heads are configured to fit into the receptacles and lock the strap in the receptacles thus preventing the strap from sliding out of the receptacles; and wherein the communication interface is configured to detect tampering with the strap by transmitting an optical signal through the fiber optic cable.

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