Storage compartment security system
First Claim
1. In combination with a storage compartment, a security system for preventing unauthorized access to the storage compartment wherein the compartment has an entryway for allowing access to a compartment interior, and a pair of doors hinged on outer opposing edges for closing said entryway and preventing access to said compartment interior, said security system comprising:
- a latch assembly carried by said doors for latching said doors in a closed position with said storage compartment;
said latch assembly being disposed entirely on an interior side of said doors within said compartment interior;
said latch assembly having an engaged position to latch said doors in said closed position in which said entryway is closed, and a disengaged position wherein said doors may be opened to provide access to said compartment interior;
at least one reciprocating latch element carried by each of said doors substantially adjacent inner opposed edges and included in said latch assembly for latching said doors with said storage compartment when said latch assembly is in said engaged position, and a receiving member for receiving each said reciprocating latch element so that said reciprocating latch elements and receiving members latch said doors in the closed position;
a latch actuator carried by a first of said doors included in said latch assembly for moving said reciprocating latch elements between said engaged and disengaged positions;
an insertable operator engageable with said latch actuator for operating said latch actuator through said first of said doors;
a master lock assembly operatively connected to said latch assembly on said interior side for controlling whether said latch actuator may be operated;
said master lock assembly mounted within said compartment having a locked position locking a first locking part together with a second locking part carried by said latch assembly locking said latch assembly in said engaged position, and an unlocked position releasing said latch assembly for movement to said disengaged position;
a tamper-resistant master lock control located outside said storage compartment having an active condition and an inactive condition for controlling said master lock assembly between said locked and unlocked positions from outside said compartment;
whereby access to said compartment interior is prevented when said latch elements are in said engaged position and said master lock assembly is in said locked position.
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Abstract
A security system for a storage compartment including a latch assembly disposed on an interior side of a door for latching the door in a closed position with the storage compartment. A plurality of reciprocating latch elements are included in the latch assembly for latching the door in a closed position with the storage compartment. A latch actuator included in the latch assembly moves the latch elements to latch the door. A master lock assembly controls operation of the latch actuator by having a first locking part of the master lock assembly interlocking with a second locking part carried by the latch actuator. A tamper-resistant master lock control controls operation of the master lock assembly from outside the storage compartment whereby access to the compartment interior is prevented when the latch assembly is latched and the master lock assembly is in the lock
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40 Claims
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1. In combination with a storage compartment, a security system for preventing unauthorized access to the storage compartment wherein the compartment has an entryway for allowing access to a compartment interior, and a pair of doors hinged on outer opposing edges for closing said entryway and preventing access to said compartment interior, said security system comprising:
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a latch assembly carried by said doors for latching said doors in a closed position with said storage compartment;
said latch assembly being disposed entirely on an interior side of said doors within said compartment interior;
said latch assembly having an engaged position to latch said doors in said closed position in which said entryway is closed, and a disengaged position wherein said doors may be opened to provide access to said compartment interior;
at least one reciprocating latch element carried by each of said doors substantially adjacent inner opposed edges and included in said latch assembly for latching said doors with said storage compartment when said latch assembly is in said engaged position, and a receiving member for receiving each said reciprocating latch element so that said reciprocating latch elements and receiving members latch said doors in the closed position;
a latch actuator carried by a first of said doors included in said latch assembly for moving said reciprocating latch elements between said engaged and disengaged positions;
an insertable operator engageable with said latch actuator for operating said latch actuator through said first of said doors;
a master lock assembly operatively connected to said latch assembly on said interior side for controlling whether said latch actuator may be operated;
said master lock assembly mounted within said compartment having a locked position locking a first locking part together with a second locking part carried by said latch assembly locking said latch assembly in said engaged position, and an unlocked position releasing said latch assembly for movement to said disengaged position;
a tamper-resistant master lock control located outside said storage compartment having an active condition and an inactive condition for controlling said master lock assembly between said locked and unlocked positions from outside said compartment;
whereby access to said compartment interior is prevented when said latch elements are in said engaged position and said master lock assembly is in said locked position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In combination with a storage compartment having an interior, an entranceway and at least one door movable between an open and a closed position, a security system for preventing unauthorized access into said interior of the storage compartment, said security system comprising:
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a primary latch assembly carried by said door for latching said door in said closed position with said storage compartment;
said primary latch assembly being disposed entirely on an interior side of said door;
a latch actuator included in said latch assembly for moving said latch assembly between an engaged position latching the door in the closed position, and a disengaged position wherein the door may be moved to said open position;
a plurality of latch elements connected to said latch actuator said latch elements being operative to latch said door with said storage compartment when said primary latch assembly is in said engaged position;
receiving members carried by said storage compartment for receiving said latch elements when said door is in the closed position;
a master lock assembly carried by said door associated with said primary latch assembly and having a locked position in which movement of said primary latch assembly to said disengaged position is prevented, and an unlocked position in which said primary latch assembly may be moved to said disengaged position;
a removable operator adapted to pass from outside said compartment through an opening in said door into engagement with said latch actuator, said operator being operative to rotate said latch actuator when said master lock assembly is in said disengaged position for moving said latch actuator between said engaged and disengaged positions;
a removable cover covering said opening protecting said latch actuator from tampering when said operator is not in use;
said master lock assembly including a first locking part interlocking with a second locking part carried by said primary latch assembly to provide said locked and unlocked positions;
a master lock actuator manually operable from outside said compartment for moving said first locking part to position said master lock assembly between said locked and unlocked positions;
whereby access to said compartment interior is prevented when said latch assembly is in said engaged position and said master lock assembly is in said locked position. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A security system for a container having a pair of doors pivotal along opposed side edges with container walls for opening and closing an open end of said container.
said security system having a locked condition and an unlocked condition and including at least a pair of longitudinally moving latch elements adjacent inner side edges of said doors; -
a latch assembly having first and second latch assembles controlling movement of said latch elements between extended locking positions and retracted unlocked positions;
a latch actuator carried by said first latch assembly including a rotating drive for moving first ones of said latching elements between said extended and withdrawn positions;
a keyed hole in said rotating drive adapted to receive an operator member said operator member being adapted when in said inserted position to rotate said latch actuator moving said latching elements between said extended and retracted positions;
a master lock assembly including a reciprocal locking port, said reciprocal locking part being operative to reciprocate into a locking position with said latch actuator locking said latch actuator in a stationary position and to reciprocate into an unlocked position freeing said latch actuator for movement;
a master lock actuator for moving said reciprocating locking port between said locking and unlocked positons;
whereby,said security system may only be actuated from said locked condition into said unlocked condition by actuating said master lock actuator to move said master lock into said unlocked position, by inserting said operator member into said keyed hole and rotating said latch actuator causing said first and second latching assemblies to move said latching elements from said extended position to said retracted position. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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