Security system for articles in transit
AssigneeSecuroseal Pty Ltd
InventorsDion Mrocki, Ben Talintyre, Rod Anthony Wiebenga
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Abstract
A tamper evidencing device for protecting an article, whereby breach of the device in use is evidenced by the device itself or the absence thereof, includes an elongate band for encircling the article and a component for guiding the band about the article. The component is attached or attachable to the band. The component has a first guide or loop such that the band may be looped in a first loop around the article and thereafter guided by the first guide or loop to extend therebeyond in a traverse direction to said first loop to form a second loop around the article.
Claims20
A tamper evidencing device for protecting an article, the tamper evidencing device including:
- an elongate band for encircling the article;
- and a buckle for guiding the band about the article, the buckle being attached or attachable to the band and having a first guide or loop such that the band may be looped in a first loop around the article and thereafter guided by the first guide or loop to extend therebeyond in a transverse direction to said first loop to form a second loop around the article, wherein the buckle includes a non-reversible release operable to divide the buckle into first and second separable portions which are non-reversibly separated from each other and to thereby release the first and second loops, rendering the buckle tamper-evident such that the operation of the non-reversible release is evidenced by the buckle.
A tamper evidencing device for protecting an article, the tamper evidencing device including:
- an elongate band for encircling the article;
- and a component for guiding the band about the article, the component being attached or attachable to the band and having a first guide or loop such that the band may be looped in a first loop around the article and thereafter guided by the first guide or loop to extend therebeyond in a transverse direction to said first loop to form a second loop around the article, wherein the component includes a tracking portion with an identifier in a trackable format, wherein the tracking portion is separably connected to another portion of the component and provided with an adhesive to affix the component to the article, the adhesive being such that a bond between the article and the tracking portion is stronger than the connection between the tracking portion and the other portion such that removal of the other portion from the article after the component has been affixed to the article allows the tracking portion to remain with the article to allow continued tracking of the article.
A method of securing an article, the method comprising:
- providing a tamper evidencing device including a tamper evidencing band and a buckle for guiding the band about the article, the buckle being attached or attachable to the band and having a guide or loop;
- encircling the article with the band so as to form a first loop around the article;
- and inserting an end of the band through the guide or loop such that the band extends in a transverse direction to the first loop in order to further encircle the article with the band so as to form a second loop around the article, wherein the buckle includes a non-reversible release operable to divide the buckle into first and second separable portions which are non-reversibly separated from each other and to thereby release the first and second loops, rendering the buckle tamper-evident such that the operation of the non-reversible release is evidenced by the buckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.