Patent ID: 7375619

Claim:
A remotely monitorable shipping container comprising: a shipping container body having associated therewith at least one door and at least one door latch having a latch locking element arranged for locking engagement with a door mounted locking element; at least one wireless communicator operative to wirelessly transmit information regarding the status of an electronic seal mounted onto the locking element for confirming locking of the at least one door; and at least one wireless antenna mounted within a protected enclosure on the outside of the shipping container for transmitting the information from the at least one wireless communicator, at least a portion of said protected enclosure being formed of a material which does not appreciably attenuate the output of said at least one wireless antenna, said wireless communicator being located on the inside of said door and being coupled via a wire to said antenna, and said antenna being fixed to and mounted on the outside of said door.