System and method for two-level protection for accessing closed and semi-closed enclosures
View Patent ↗The system is constituted by physical and electrical barriers, with components of sensing and alarm of the first and of connection and activation of the last, all connected to the internal source constituted by set of batteries or conventional electrical system, the last one provided of batteries pack, for coverage of eventual electrical supply failures, for the length of time considered more convenient by the user. The system prevents access to closed or semi-closed enclosures, so that the detection by the sensing and alarm component of the simple approach of intrusion agent at a distance below that established activates the electrical barrier connection and activation component fed by its own sources or conventional, substitutable by the own sources in case of external supply drop, making the entire energized electric barrier practically impregnable to burglary, due to the discharge of high voltage and low amperage, as appropriate.
1. A method of providing two-levels of protection of physical enclosures, comprising:
detecting, using a sensing and alarm component, whether a physical barrier forming an enclosure is being tampered with, wherein the physical barrier includes a ceiling, a floor, and walls, wherein the ceiling is disposed above and opposite the floor and the walls surround an area defined by the enclosure and are disposed between the ceiling and the floor; and
energizing an electric barrier lining an interior of the ceiling, floor, and walls using a source of electricity disposed within the physical barrier in response to the sensing and alarm component detecting that the physical barrier is being tampered with, wherein the electric barrier includes a conductive mesh.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein once energized the electric barrier is configured to shock an intruder in contact with the physical barrier.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
de-energize the electric barrier in order to allow access to the interior of the physical barrier.
4. An apparatus for providing two-level protection of physical enclosures, comprising:
a physical barrier forming an enclosure with a ceiling, a floor, and walls, wherein the ceiling is disposed above and opposite the floor and the walls surround an area defined by the enclosure and are disposed between the ceiling and the floor;
an electric barrier configured to line an interior of the ceiling, floor, and walls, wherein the electric barrier includes a conductive mesh;
a source of electricity coupled to the electric barrier, wherein the source of electricity is disposed within the physical barrier and configured to energize the electric barrier; and
a sensing and alarm component configured to detect tampering with the physical barrier, wherein the sensing and alarm component is configured to energize the electric barrier using the source of electricity in response to detecting that the physical barrier is being tampered with.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the electric barrier is configured to shock an intruder in contact with the physical barrier when the electric barrier is energized.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the physical barrier includes an opening providing access to an inside of the enclosure, wherein the electric barrier covers the opening.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the physical barrier includes at least one door configured to cover the opening providing access to the inside of the enclosure.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the sensing and alarm component is configured to detect tampering with both the physical barrier and the at least one door.
9. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the electric barrier is sandwiched between an inner and outer layer of the physical barrier.
10. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:
a secondary barrier forming an internal compartment inside the physical barrier, wherein the physical barrier includes areas that are disposed inside the physical barrier and outside the secondary barrier.
11. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the physical barrier is configured to form part of a transport vehicle.
12. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the physical barrier is configured to form at least part of a building or fixed structure.
13. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the physical barrier is a portable structure.