Lock-down security box

• US 5,870,910 A
• Filed: 12/02/1996
• Issued: 02/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Banksupplies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Block and Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Specht, Paul E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gall, Lloyd A.
• Application Number:
  US08/759,267
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 70/63, 70/159-162, 70/DIG. 57, 70/DIG. 63, 70/58, 107/47, 107/50-52, 232/1 D, 232/15, 232/43.2, 232/7, 232/12, 232/16, 248/225.11, 248/551, 248/552, 248/553, 312/333, 312/334.27
• US Class Current: 70/58
• 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: Y10S 70/57 Screw guard
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 70/63 Multiple locks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5031 Receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5553 Dead bolt

Abstract

A lock-down security box including a security box and a lock-down plate. The lock-down security box is adapted to be detachably anchored to a mounting surface such as a table, wall or the like. The lock-down plate is fixed to a mounting surface by inserting fasteners through apertures extending through the plate. The lock-down plate includes a first anchoring member and a bolt-receiving slot extending therethrough. The security box includes a top panel which is pivotally mounted to one of the side panels of the box. The top panel includes a first lock set associated therewith for providing controlled access to the enclosure of the security box. The bottom panel of the security box includes a second anchoring member mounted thereon. The bottom panel further includes a bolt-passage slot extending therethrough which is adapted to receive a deadbolt of a second lock set mounted to one of the side panels of the box. When the first anchoring member of the lock-down plate and the second anchoring member mounted on the bottom panel of the security box are operatively associated with each other, the bolt-receiving slot and the bolt-passage slot are in registration which each other, thereby allowing the deadbolt portion of the second lock set to extend through those slots.

Claims

1. A lock-down security box adapted to be detachably anchored to a mounting surface comprising, in combination:

a lock-down plate, said lock-down plate including;

a first anchoring member, said first anchoring member comprising a pair of opposed marginal edge portions,

a bolt-receiving slot extending through said lock-down plate, said bolt-receiving slot being adapted to receive a deadbolt; and

a security box, said security box including;

a bottom panel, a top panel and at least one side panel connecting said bottom panel with said top panel,

each of said panels having an interior and an exterior face, the interior faces of said panels defining boundaries for an enclosure of said security box wherein items may be stored,

at least one of said panels providing selective access to said enclosure,

one of said panels having a bolt-passage slot extending therethrough,

a second anchoring member mounted to the exterior face of one of said panels, said second anchoring member comprising a pair of brackets each of which defines a channel for receiving one of said opposed marginal edge portions of said first anchoring member,

a first lock set mounted to one of said panels including a lock activation portion on the exterior face of the panel to which said first lock set is mounted, said first lock set being operatively associated with said at least one of said panels to independently provide controlled access to said enclosure, and

a second lock set mounted to one of said panels independently enabling said security box to be detachably anchored to said lock-down plate when the exterior face of one of said panels is received on said lock-down plate and said opposed marginal edge portions of said lock-down plate are positioned in said channels.

2. The lock-down security box of claim 1, wherein said lock-down plate comprises a bolt-receiving slot extending therethrough, said second lock set comprises a deadbolt portion, and said bolt-receiving slot is adapted to accommodate said deadbolt portion of said second lock set.

3. The lock-down security box of claim 2 wherein one of said plurality of panels includes a bolt-passage slot extending therethrough, said bolt-passage slot being adapted to accommodate said deadbolt portion of said second lock set.

4. The lock-down security box of claim 1, wherein said lock-down plate comprises at least one aperture extending therethrough, said at least one aperture enabling said lock-down plate to be fixed to said mounting surface when a fastener is inserted through said aperture.

5. The lock-down security box of claim 1, wherein at least one of said panels is movable between open and closed positions and comprises a pivotally mounted panel.

6. The lock-down security box of claim 1, wherein said second anchoring member comprises a pair of brackets, each of said brackets including flange portions which define a channel for receiving said first anchoring member.

7. The lock-down security box of claim 6, wherein each of said channels has an open end and at least one of said channels has a closed end.

8. The lock-down security box of claim 3, wherein both channels have an open end and a closed end.

13. The lock-down security box of claim 8, wherein said second anchoring member is mounted to the exterior face of said bottom panel.

9. A lock-down security box adapted to be detachably anchored to a mounting surface comprising, in combination:

a lock-down plate, said lock-down plate including;

a first anchoring member, said first anchoring member comprising a pair of opposed marginal edge portions,

a bolt-receiving slot extending through said lock-down plate, said bolt-receiving slot being adapted to receive a deadbolt, and

at least one aperture extending through said lock-down plate enabling said lock-down plate to be fixed to said mounting surface when a fastener is inserted through said aperture; and

a security box, said security box including;

a bottom panel, a top panel and at least one side panel connecting said bottom panel with said top panel,

each of said panels having an interior and an exterior face, the interior faces of said panels defining boundaries for an enclosure of said security box wherein items may be stored,

at least one of said panels comprising a pivotally mounted panel for providing selective access to said enclosure,

one of said panels having a bolt-passage slot extending therethrough,

a second anchoring member mounted to the exterior face of one of said panels, said second anchoring member comprising a pair of brackets, each of said pair of brackets having flange portions which define a channel for receiving one of said pair of opposed marginal edge portions of said first anchoring member, each of said channels having an open end and at least one of said channels having a closed end,

a first lock set mounted to one of said panels and at least partially contained within said enclosure, said first lock set including a lock activation portion on the exterior face of the panel to which said first lock set is mounted, said first lock set being operatively associated with said pivotally mounted panel to independently provide controlled access to said enclosure, and

a second lock set mounted to one of said panels and at least partially contained within said enclosure, said second lock set comprising a deadbolt portion, said second lock set independently enabling said security box to be detachably anchored to said lock-down plate when the exterior face of the panel through which said bolt-passage slot extends is received on said lock-down plate and said opposed marginal edge portions of said lock-down plate are positioned in said channels so that said bolt-passage slot of the panel through which it extends and said bolt-receiving slot of said lock-down plate are in registration with each other to enable the deadbolt portion of said second lock set to extend through the bolt-passage slot of said security box and into the bolt-receiving slot of said lock-down plate.

10. The lock-down security box of claim 9, wherein said second lock set includes a lock activation portion on the exterior face of the panel to which said second lock set is mounted.

11. The lock-down security box of claim 9, wherein said lock-down plate comprises a generally flat lock-down plate.

12. The lock-down security box of claim 11, wherein said bottom panel of said security box comprises a generally flat bottom panel.

14. The lock-down security box of claim 9, wherein said first lock set comprises a deadbolt portion.

15. The lock-down security box of claim 9, wherein both channels have a closed end.

16. The lock-down security box of claim 9, wherein each of said brackets comprises a mounting flange portion, a plate-capturing flange portion and an offset flange portion connecting said mounting flange portion with said plate-capturing flange portion so that said plate-capturing flange portion is spaced apart from the exterior face of said bottom panel.

17. The lock-down security box of claim 16, wherein each of said brackets further comprises an additional plate-capturing flange portion and an additional offset flange portion connecting said mounting flange portion with said additional plate-capturing flange portion so that said additional plate-capturing flange portion is spaced apart from the exterior face of said bottom panel.

18. A lock-down security box adapted to be detachably anchored to a mounting surface comprising, in combination:

a generally flat lock-down plate, said lock-down plate including;

a first anchoring member, said first anchoring member comprising a pair of opposed marginal edge portions,

a bolt-receiving slot extending through said lock-down plate, said bolt-receiving slot being adapted to receive a deadbolt, and

at least one aperture extending through said lock-down plate enabling said lock-down plate to be fixed to said mounting surface when a fastener is inserted through said aperture; and

a security box, said security box including;

a generally flat bottom panel, a top panel and at least one side panel connecting said bottom panel with said top panel,

each of said panels having an interior and an exterior face, the interior faces of said panels defining boundaries for an enclosure of said security box wherein items may be stored,

said top panel comprising a pivotally mounted panel for providing selective access to said enclosure,

said bottom panel having a bolt-passage slot extending therethrough,

a second anchoring member mounted to the exterior face of said bottom panel, said second anchoring member comprising a pair of brackets, each of said pair of said brackets comprising a mounting flange portion, a plate-capturing flange portion and an offset flange portion that connects said mounting flange portion with said plate-capturing flange portion so that said plate-capturing flange portion is spaced apart from the exterior face of said bottom panel, each of said pair of brackets further defining a channel for receiving one of said pair of opposed marginal edge portions of said first anchoring member, each of said channels having an open end and a closed end,

a first lock set mounted to said top panel and at least partially contained within said enclosure, said first lock set including a lock activation portion on the exterior face of said top panel, said first lock set comprising a deadbolt portion, said first lock set being operatively associated with said top panel to independently provide controlled access to said enclosure, and

a second lock set mounted to one of said panels and at least partially contained within said enclosure, said second lock set including a lock activation portion on the exterior face of the panel to which said second lock set is mounted, said second lock set comprising a deadbolt portion, said second lock set independently enabling said security box to be detachably anchored to said lock-down plate when the exterior face of the panel through which said bolt-passage slot extends is received on said lock-down plate and said opposed marginal edge portions of said lock-down plate are positioned in said channels so that said bolt-passage slot of the panel through which it extends and said bolt-receiving slot of said lock-down plate are in registration with each other to enable the deadbolt portion of said second lock set to extend through the bolt-passage slot of said security box and into the bolt-receiving slot of said lock-down plate.