Patent ID: 8446278
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: E05B,G08B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A security monitor for container doors of the type including locking mechanisms in the form of elongated door locking rods having laterally extending handles for facilitating movement of the locking rods and/or handles between a locking disposition and an unlocking disposition, comprising: a housing; securing means associated with said housing for securely affixing said housing to a locking rod and/or handle, said securing means including a clip assembly pivotally affixed to said housing and rotatable between an open position for receiving a locking rod and/or handle, and a closed position clampingly engaging the locking rod and/or handle between the clip assembly and said housing; sensing means associated with said housing for sensing movement of the clampingly engaged locking rod and/or handle relative to said housing, and in response thereto being operative to generate at least one sense signal; and annunciator means responsive to said sense signal and operative to provide a communicative indication of the locking rod and/or handle movement.