Patent ID: 7812720
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for monitoring a ground bar of a wireless communication network for detecting removal of said ground bar from a predetermined location in the wireless communication network, said apparatus comprising: (a) an alarm system for detecting removal of the ground bar from a predetermined location in the wireless communication network, said alarm system being operably associated with said ground bar such that said ground bar cannot be readily removed from the predetermined location in the wireless communication network without destroying at least a portion of said alarm system, said alarm system being configured to generate a signal upon destruction of the at least a portion of said alarm system caused by removal of said ground bar; and, (b) said alarm system including a housing mounted on said ground bar and at least one conductive path passing through said housing and passing through an opening in the ground bar, said opening in said ground bar being disposed in said housing.