Patent ID: 6029482
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A44B,A45C,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A security pouch for carrying confidential documents from a sending to a receiving station, the pouch being adapted to inform its receiver whether at some point in the course of its travel, the pouch had been intercepted and opened and then reclosed, said security pouch comprising:(A.) a pouch having closure means which, when opened admits said documents, and when closed seals the documents in the pouch;(B.) a locking mechanism installed in the pouch adapted to engage the closed closure means so that it cannot be opened; and(C.) an electronic module operatively coupled to the locking mechanism and including a random number generator and a display therefor which is activated each time the mechanism is locked whereby when at the sending station the pouch containing said documents is locked, a random number is then presented, and when the pouch is received at the receiving station, and the same number is presented, this assures the receiver that the pouch had not been opened, but if the number is different, this informs the receiver that the pouch had been opened, the locking mechanism and the module operatively coupled thereto being combined in a case to form a unitary assembly that is mounted at an upper corner of the pouch, said module being provided with an LCD display which is viewable through an opening in the case, said pouch in the corner thereof in which the assembly is mounted having a window in registration with the opening exposing the display.