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Cassette security container

  • US 5,205,401 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1991
  • Issued: 04/27/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A security container for an article including:

  • a base having a storage compartment formed by first and second spaced parallel end walls, a pair of spaced parallel side walls and a bottom wall, and having an access opening opposite of the bottom wall for placing and removing an article into and from the storage compartment, said compartment having a size and configuration generally equal to that of the article being contained therewith the bottom wall terminating in a spaced relationship from the first end wall to provide an end portion of the container having a thickness nearly equal to the thickness of the package contained within the storage compartment;

    a separate lid having a top wall, an end wall and a pair of spaced parallel side walls;

    pivot means spaced inwardly from the first wall of the base for pivotally mounting the lid on said base;

    locking means provided on the base and lid for releasably securing said lid in a closed position on the base to prevent unauthorized removal of the article from the storage compartment; and

    key means engageable with the locking means for releasing the lid from the base enabling said lid to be moved to an open position for removal of the article from within the storage compartment.

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