Security container
First Claim
1. A security container for the storage of valuables such as credit cards or the like comprising, in combination:
- a body including a lid and a base adapted for interfitting engagement and having walls defining an interior for the storage of valuables;
means for hingedly interconnecting said lid and base together for pivotal movement between an open and closed position;
lock means on said body for releasably locking said lid and base together in said closed position;
means within said body interior for ruining said valuables;
a source of electric power on said body; and
normally inoperative circuit means including a continuous conductor on said lid and base walls connected to said source of power and to said ruining means for actuating said ruining means, means associated with said lock means for interrupting said continuous conductor upon the unauthorized opening of said lock means, said circuit means being responsive to a break in said conductor for operatively conditioning said circuit means to actuate said ruining means thereby ruining said stored valuables.
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Abstract
A security container, or case for the storage of valuable materials such as documents, credit cards, etc. which are to be destroyed if the case is stolen and including a hingedly interconnected lid and base defining an interior together with a lock which may be key operated or of the combination type, the walls of the lid and base having a continuous conductor thereon which is connected in a circuit to a source of electric power such as a battery and to an explosive, an incendiary device or a dye within the case interior by means of which the stored material may be ruined, the continuous conductor forming part of the circuit for actuating the explosive, the incendiary device or the dye to ruin the stored material when broken such as by cutting the case walls, the conductor also including a normally open switch which is closed when the lock is engaged so that opening the lock by breaking, use of the wrong key, picking, by attempting to set the combination by trial and error or the like similarly moves the switch to the open position, breaking the conductor circuit to actuate the explosive, incendiary or dye device.
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16 Claims
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1. A security container for the storage of valuables such as credit cards or the like comprising, in combination:
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a body including a lid and a base adapted for interfitting engagement and having walls defining an interior for the storage of valuables; means for hingedly interconnecting said lid and base together for pivotal movement between an open and closed position; lock means on said body for releasably locking said lid and base together in said closed position; means within said body interior for ruining said valuables; a source of electric power on said body; and normally inoperative circuit means including a continuous conductor on said lid and base walls connected to said source of power and to said ruining means for actuating said ruining means, means associated with said lock means for interrupting said continuous conductor upon the unauthorized opening of said lock means, said circuit means being responsive to a break in said conductor for operatively conditioning said circuit means to actuate said ruining means thereby ruining said stored valuables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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