Patent ID: 7612671
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: B65D,G06K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An attachment device used to secure a container, comprising: an attachment body member; a conductive coating covering at least a portion of the attachment body member; and a first identification device embedded into the attachment body member and in contact with the conductive coating, the first identification device containing attachment device identification data relating to the attachment device, wherein the attachment body member is configured to be inserted into an attachment receiving device, the attachment receiving device comprising an electrically conductive housing coupled to the container, a second identification device embedded into the attachment receiving device containing identification data relating to the container, and when the attachment device is inserted to the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data and the container identification data are associated and the associated identification data is capable of being read by an identification data reader, and if the attachment device is one of disturbed, severed, and disconnected as being detected via the conductive coating by the attachment receiving device, the attachment device identification data is not capable of being transferred to the identification data reader which serves as an indication that security of the container has been compromised.