Patent ID: 8558700

Claim:
An electric seal comprising: a lock member including a compartment formed therein, and including an orifice formed therein and communicative with said compartment of said lock member, and including a spring blade engaged in said lock member and aligned with said orifice of said lock member, a latch device engaged in said compartment of said lock member, an antenna device engaged in said lock member and including a base member having a first segment engaged with said spring blade of said lock element, a lock shaft engageable through said orifice and into said compartment of said lock member and lockable to said lock member with said latch device, and a circuit board attached to said lock shaft and including an electric circuit, and including an RFID chip coupled to said electric circuit, said electric circuit including a contact for selectively engaging with said first segment of said base member of said antenna device and for electrically connecting said electric circuit of said circuit board to said antenna device when said lock shaft is engaged into said orifice of said lock member.