LOCKER AND SECURITY ENCLOSURE FOR CABLE-PULLING CART
First Claim
1. A vehicle for the transportation of containers of reeled cable or wire comprising:
- a frame having opposed first and second frame ends;
an upstanding security locker affixed to the frame near the second frame end, the security locker having an enclosure defined by at least one wall, a plurality of vertically spaced-apart first support rod holes formed in said wall, and an access panel of the security locker affording access to the enclosure and adaptable to be locked and unlocked;
a plurality of vertically spaced apart elongate support rods, first ends of the support rods receivable through respective ones of the first rod holes into the security locker; and
for each first end of a support rod, a removable primary retaining device for attachment to the first end of the support rod when the first end is in the enclosure, the primary retaining device preventing the first end from being withdrawn from the enclosure until the primary retaining device is removed.
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Abstract
A vehicle for the transportation of containers of reeled cable has a frame, and an upstanding security locker with an access panel and holes in one panel. A plurality of support rods have first ends that are received into the holes in the panel. Removable retaining devices are attached to the first ends of the rods so that the support rods cannot be removed from the locker unless the retaining devices are removed. The security locker encloses both the first ends of the rods and the retaining devices and has an access panel such that provides access to the locker. The security locker may be included on a hand truck or a four wheeled cart and include a loop for securing the cart or hand truck to a fixed anchor point.
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Citations
31 Claims
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1. A vehicle for the transportation of containers of reeled cable or wire comprising:
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a frame having opposed first and second frame ends; an upstanding security locker affixed to the frame near the second frame end, the security locker having an enclosure defined by at least one wall, a plurality of vertically spaced-apart first support rod holes formed in said wall, and an access panel of the security locker affording access to the enclosure and adaptable to be locked and unlocked; a plurality of vertically spaced apart elongate support rods, first ends of the support rods receivable through respective ones of the first rod holes into the security locker; and for each first end of a support rod, a removable primary retaining device for attachment to the first end of the support rod when the first end is in the enclosure, the primary retaining device preventing the first end from being withdrawn from the enclosure until the primary retaining device is removed. - 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. A system for dispensing wire or cable from reels and for deterring theft of the reels, comprising:
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a vehicle for the transportation of containers of wire or cable comprising; a frame having opposed first and second frame ends; an upstanding security locker affixed to the frame near the second frame end, the security locker having an enclosure defined by at least one wall, at least one rod hole formed in the at least one wall into the enclosure and an access panel of the security locker affording access to the enclosure; at least one elongate support rod, a first end of the support rod receivable through the at least one rod hole into the security locker; at least one removable retaining device for attachment to the first end of the support rod when the first end is in the enclosure until the retaining device prevents the first end from being withdrawn from the enclosure unless the retaining device is removed; and at least one cable carton containing a reel of wire or cable and having a top panel, a bottom panel, a left panel, and a right panel, the bottom panel having opposed left and right sides, the left panel extending upwardly from the left side of the bottom panel, the right panel extending upwardly from the right side of the bottom panel, the top panel adjoining the left and right panels and being spaced from and parallel to the bottom panel, arbor holes formed in each of the left and right panels and around an axis so as to both be a first predetermined distance from an upper surface of the bottom panel and a second predetermined distance from the lower surface of the top panel, and axial passageway between the arbor holes; the at least one elongate support rod adaptable to be inserted through the arbor holes, the axial passageway, and the at least one rod hole of the locker. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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