Patent ID: 8462062
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A storage container assembly, comprising: a container including an exterior metal side wall defining an inside of the container; and a passive wireless repeater mounted on said side wall, said repeater including a first antenna on one side of said side wall, a substantially identically configured second antenna on an opposite side of said side wall, a passive electrical connection extending through said wall and directly interconnected between said first antenna and said second antenna, and a dielectric plastic material which hermetically encapsulates said first antenna, said second antenna, and said passive electrical connection, said passive electrical connection being located within said side wall and coupling said first antenna and said second antenna together within said side wall, said passive electrical connection having a length slightly greater than a thickness of said side wall such that said first antenna lies immediately adjacent to an outside of the container and said second antenna lies immediately adjacent to the inside of the container in a sandwiched arrangement, said first antenna and said second antenna facing approximately 180 degrees away from each other, said passive electrical connection, said first antenna and said second antenna coacting together to passively retransmit a signal from an outside of said container to the inside of the container, or vice versa.