Patent ID: 7023339

Claim:
A transportable security portal ( 10 ) for screening potential terrorists, the portal ( 10 ) comprising: a. a portal entry wall ( 12 ), a portal exit wall ( 18 ), opposed portal side walls ( 14 , 16 ) and a roof ( 20 ) cooperatively secured to each other to define an interior ( 30 ) of the security portal ( 10 ), the entry, exit and side walls ( 12 , 18 , 14 , 16 ) being bullet-resistant, bomb-blast-proof and at least partially transparent, and including a portal entry door ( 22 ), a portal exit door ( 24 ) and a security access door ( 26 ); b. monitoring means including sensors ( 32 , 34 ) for monitoring an individual within the interior ( 30 ) of the security portal ( 10 ) for detecting weapons and hazardous materials; c. a security monitoring station ( 36 ) adjacent the security access door ( 26 ) dimensioned to house security personnel to monitor the individual within the interior ( 30 ) of the security portal ( 10 ); d. a bomb-blast enclosure ( 66 ) secured to the security portal ( 10 ) including a bomb-blast flap ( 68 ) and an expandable bomb-blast containment balloon ( 70 ) secured within the enclosure ( 66 ) 50 that upon detonation of a bomb within the interior ( 30 ) of the security portal ( 10 ) the bomb-blast flap ( 68 ) opens by expansion of bomb-blast generated gases thereby permitting passage of bomb-blast gases and any hazardous materials through the bomb-blast enclosure ( 66 ) past the bomb-blast flap ( 68 ) and into the bomb-blast containment balloon ( 70 ) outside of the security portal ( 10 ) for containment within the bomb-blast balloon ( 70 ) of the bomb-blast gases and any hazardous materials; and, e. a door lock controller means ( 72 ) for controlling locking and unlocking of the portal entry door ( 22 ), portal exit door ( 24 ), and security access door ( 26 ) 50 that the individual within the interior ( 30 ) of the security portal ( 10 ) may not exit the portal ( 10 ) during monitoring of the individual.