Conduit security techniques
AssigneeScott Lock Company
InventorBarry M. Scott
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Abstract
A conduit locking device includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall disposed between the first end and the second end. The conduit locking device may further include a slide engaged with the sidewall of the housing, the slide including an extension arm and an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit. The slide may be extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the sidewall of the housing to a second position disposed away from the sidewall of the housing, where, when in the second position, the slide is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of monitoring a conduit, the method comprising:
- inserting a conduit locking device into a conduit, the conduit locking device in communication with a controller;
- securing the conduit locking device within a predetermined location within the conduit;
- sensing, using one or more sensors in communication with the controller, a condition of interest related to the security or safety of the conduit or contents thereof;
- and
- transmitting, using the controller, a notification to a user regarding the condition of interest.
A system for monitoring a conduit, the system comprising:
- a data network;
- one or more conduit locking devices inserted within one or more conduits;
- one or more sensors configured to detect a condition of interest related to the security or safety of the one or more conduits or contents thereof;
- and
- a controller in communication with the one or more conduit locking devices and the one or more sensors over the data network, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing code executable by the processor to receive a signal from the one or more sensors regarding the condition of interest and, in response to the signal, to transmit a notification to a computing device over the data network regarding the condition of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.