VAULT ASSEMBLY

• US 20070277713A1
• Filed: 06/02/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Miresmaili, Masoud S.
• Original Assignee: Miresmaili, Masoud S.
• Inventors: Miresmaili, Masoud S.
• Granted Patent: US 7,299,667 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 109/51
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/00 Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices motorcycle helmets A42B3/0413; supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening helmets B62J11/24; gun racks A47B81/005; showcases with theft protection A47F3/002; anti-theft means for peg-boards, grids or rods for hanging merchandise A47F5/0861; show stands, hangers, shelves with provision against unauthorised removal A47F7/024; for self-service hand-carts A47F10/04; locking skis A63C11/004; locking bolts, nuts or pins F16B41/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/005 Portable strong boxes, e.g. which may be fixed to a wall or the like E05G1/08, E05G1/14 take precedence; devices to prevent theft or loss of bags, trunks, baskets, or the like A45C13/18; coin boxes for coin freed apparatus G07F9/06
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5031 Receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5544 Pivoted

Abstract

A vault assembly generally comprises a lock box, an anchor bracket, and a locking member. The lock box includes a mounting wall having a plurality of outward extending hooks arranged in a spaced pattern and a locking opening. The anchor bracket includes a panel for attachment of the lock box including one or more locking openings and a plurality of joining openings for receiving the hooks. The locking member is disposed in the box and includes a locking shaft for insertion in the locking openings and a locking flange on the end to prevent withdrawal. The lock box mounting wall can be attached in a plurality of positions to either side of the panel.

Claims

1. In combination:

a lock box defining a closed cavity including;

a mounting wall including;

a plurality of hooks extending outward from said mounting wall and arranged in a spaced pattern;

each hook including;

a joining shaft; and

a joining flange; and

a locking opening;

a bracket adapted for attachment to a surface and including;

a panel for attachment to said lock box including;

one or more locking openings; and

a plurality of joining openings adapted for receiving said plurality of hooks such that said lock box is movable with relative normal movement of said panel and said mounting wall between a free position and an engaged position wherein said hooks are received by said joining openings and wherein said mounting wall and said panel are proximate and parallel and such that said lock box is movable with relative sliding of said mounting wall and said panel between the engaged position and a joined position wherein said joining flanges overlap said panel thereby preventing relative normal movement of said mounting wall and said panel and wherein said locking opening of said panel is aligned with said locking opening of said wall; and

a locking member for disposition in said lock box including;

a body;

a locking shaft extending from said body including;

a free end; and

a locking flange on said free end of said locking shaft;

said locking member movable between a free position and a locked position wherein said locking shaft is inserted into the aligned said locking openings of said mounting wall and said panel in the joined position such that said mounting wall and said panel are retained in the joined position and wherein said body is rotated such that said locking flange overlaps said panel such that said locking shaft is retained in the aligned said locking openings.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein:

said arranged spaced pattern of said hooks is such that said joining openings receive said hooks for joining said wall and said panel also when said mounting wall is rotated 90 degrees.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein:

said arranged spaced pattern of said hooks is such that said joining openings receive said hooks for joining said wall and said panel also when said mounting wall is rotated 180 degrees.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein:

said arranged spaced pattern of said hooks is such that said joining openings receive said hooks for joining said wall and said panel also when said mounting wall is rotated 90 degrees.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein:

said lock box includes;

a lid having a closed position and an open position;

said lid in the closed position retaining said locking member in the locked position.

6. The combination of claim 5 wherein:

said lock box includes;

retaining means for retaining locking shaft in the locking position by preventing locking member from moving forward when in the locked position.

7. The combination of claim 6 wherein:

said retaining means includes;

an upward opening L-bracket; and

a downward opening L-bracket.

8. The combination of claim 1 wherein:

said hooks are arranged in a matrix symmetrically about a longitudinal axis and about a transverse axis.

9. In combination:

a lock box defining a closed cavity including;

a mounting wall including;

a plurality of hooks extending outward from said mounting wall and arranged in a spaced pattern;

each hook including;

a joining shaft; and

a joining flange; and

a locking opening;

a bracket adapted for attachment to a surface and including;

a panel for attachment to said lock box including;

a generally planar front side;

a generally planar rear side;

one or more locking openings therethrough between said front side and said rear side; and

a plurality of joining openings therethrough between said front side and said rear side adapted for receiving said plurality of hooks from either said front side or said rear side such that said lock box is movable with relative normal movement of said panel and said mounting wall between a free position and an engaged position wherein said hooks are received by said joining openings and wherein said mounting wall and said panel are proximate and parallel and such that said lock box is movable with relative sliding of said mounting wall and said panel between the engaged position and a joined position wherein said joining flanges overlap said panel thereby preventing relative normal movement of said mounting wall and said panel and wherein said locking opening of said panel is aligned with said locking opening of said wall; and

a locking member for disposition in said lock box including;

a body

a locking shaft extending from said body including;

a free end; and

a locking flange on said free end of said locking shaft;

said locking member movable between a free position and a locked position wherein said locking shaft is inserted into the aligned said locking openings of said mounting wall and said panel in the joined position such that said mounting wall and said panel are retained in the joined position and wherein said body is rotated such that said locking flange overlaps said panel such that said locking shaft is retained in the aligned said locking openings.

10. The combination of claim 9 wherein:

said arranged spaced pattern of said hooks is such that said joining openings receive said hooks for joining said wall and said panel also when said mounting wall is rotated 90 degrees.

11. The combination of claim 9 wherein:

said arranged spaced pattern of said hooks is such that said joining openings receive said hooks for joining said wall and said panel also when said mounting wall is rotated 180 degrees.

12. The combination of claim 11 wherein:

said arranged spaced pattern of said hooks is such that said joining openings receive said hooks for joining said wall and said panel also when said mounting wall is rotated 90 degrees.

13. The combination of claim 12 wherein:

said lock box includes;

a lid having a closed position and an open position;

said lid in the closed position retaining said locking member in the locked position.

14. The combination of claim 13 wherein:

said lock box includes;

retaining means for retaining locking shaft in the locking position by preventing locking member from moving forward when in the locked position.

15. The combination of claim 14 wherein:

said retaining means includes;

an upward opening L-bracket; and

a downward opening L-bracket.

16. The combination of claim 9 wherein:

said hooks are arranged in a matrix symmetrically about a longitudinal axis and about a transverse axis.