Prisoner transport module

• US 5,080,416 A
• Filed: 10/15/1990
• Issued: 01/14/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ronald L. Dirck
• Original Assignee: Ronald L. Dirck
• Inventors: Dirck, Ronald L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Focarino, Margaret A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAPE, JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US07/597,675
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 296/24.1, 296/39.1, 296/164, 52/106, 119/15, 119/17, 119/19
• US Class Current: 52/106
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/03 for transporting money or other valuables
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/12 which protect the occupants against personal attack from the inside or the outside of the vehicle

Abstract

A pre-fabricated kit for the assembly of a portable prisoner module which is adaptable to use in a conventional van-type vehicle. The kit comprises a series of panels which, when assembled in such a vehicle, forms a box-like container with visual communication between the interior of the container and the van drivers compartment and a rear door unit providing ingress to and egress from the interior of the container. The kit contains two door units, one with a single door and the other with dual side by side doors and a divider for use with the latter. When the divider and the dual-door unit are utilized, the module is divided into two compartments to which access is permitted selectively and individually.

Claims

1. A portable prisoner transport module having a floor, a pair of side walls, a front wall and a rear wall, each side wall having an upper and lower panel, each panel having lower and upper ends, said lower panel including a bench, said lower panels being oppositely and spacedly positioned and fastened to said floor at their said lower ends, each upper panel being connected at its said lower end to said upper end of a said lower panel, each upper panel including a horizontal section forming a portion of a top wall and terminating in the panel'"'"'s said upper end, said upper panels being connected at their said upper ends to form said top wall spacedly overlying said floor, said side walls being connected to said front wall and rear wall, and said rear wall carrying a door.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said transport module includes a divider panel extending from said front wall to said rear wall, said divider panel having lower and upper ends, said floor having a center spine, said lower end of said divider panel being connected to said center spine, said upper end of said divider panel being connected to the upper end of at least one upper panel.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said upper end of said divider panel is connected between the upper ends of said upper panels.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said front wall includes a removable security panel for providing access with the interior of said transport module, said security panel including means for allowing the removal of said panel from said front wall, said means including a plurality of rods inserted through openings in said security panel and said front wall for securing said panel to said front wall.