Locker box

• US 5,934,499 A
• Filed: 04/18/1997
• Issued: 08/10/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clifton Aubrey Van Der Hoven
• Original Assignee: Clifton Aubrey Van Der Hoven
• Inventors: van der Hoven, Clifton Aubrey
• Primary Examiner(s): POLLARD, STEVEN M
• Application Number:
  US08/844,390
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• Field of Search: 220/475, 220/908, 220/3.2, 220/3.9, 270/475
• US Class Current: 220/475
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2023/0012 Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2200/1054 with containers for storing objects, e.g. box
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 23/00 Other umbrellas
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 3/00 Sticks combined with other objects
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/18 Devices to prevent theft or loss of purses, luggage or hand carried bags
• 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

Abstract

A locker box capable of being secured to a suitable support such as the pole of a beach umbrella or the like, the locker box being provided with at least two internal compartments at least partially defining between them a channel adapted to accommodate the support, a lockable lid and anchoring means capable of securing the locker box to the support and wherein, in use, the lid of the locker box is adapted to cover the anchoring means thereby preventing unauthorised removal of the locker box from the support.

Claims

1. A locker box to be secured to a suitable support, such as a pole of a beach umbrella or the like, said locker box comprising:

a body;

at least two internal compartments having inward facing side panes and being arranged inside said body;

a channel extending through said body and shaped to accommodate the support, said channel being defined at least partially between said inward facing side panes of said at least two compartments;

an anchoring device arranged inside said body to secure said locker box to the support; and

a lockable lid designed and arranged to cover said anchoring device to prevent unauthorized access to said anchoring device and thereby to prevent unauthorized removal of said locker box from the support.

2. The locker box of claim 1, wherein said anchoring device includes a pin adapted to pass through suitable apertures provided in said body of said locking box and in the support.

3. The locker box of claim 2, further comprising a device to prevent lateral movement of said pin extending through said apertures in said body of said locking box and in the support.

4. The locker box of claim 3, wherein said device to prevent lateral movement of said pin includes a protrusion provided on the inner surface of said lid which in its closed position, is adapted to abut said pin.

5. The locker box of claim 4, wherein said apertures adapted to receive said pin are provided in said inward facing side panes of said internal compartments which define said channel adapted to accommodate the support.

6. The locker box of claim 3, wherein said apertures adapted to receive said pin are provided in said inward facing side panes of said internal compartments which define said channel adapted to accommodate the support.

7. The locker box of claim 2, wherein said apertures adapted to receive said pin are provided in said inward facing side panes of said internal compartments which define said channel adapted to accommodate the support.

8. The locker box of claim 1, wherein said anchoring device includes a collar and lock nut designed and arranged to be slidingly received by the support, said collar being provided with radially extending arms adapted to engage suitable slots provided in said body of said locker box.

9. The locker box of claim 8, wherein said slots are provided in said inward facing side panes of said internal compartments which define said channel adapted to accommodate the support.

10. A locker box to be secured to a pole of a beach umbrella, said locker box comprising:

a body;

at least two internal compartments having inward facing side panes and being arranged inside said body;

a channel extending through said body and shaped to accommodate the pole, said channel being defined at least partially between said inward facing side panes of said at least two compartments;

an anchoring device arranged inside said body to prevent said locker box from movement along the pole, said anchoring device including an area within said locker box adapted to accommodate the sliding release mechanism of the umbrella; and

a lockable lid designed and arranged to cover said anchoring device to prevent unauthorized access to said anchoring device and thereby to prevent unauthorized removal of said locker box from the pole.

11. A locker box to be secured to a suitable support, such as a pole of a beach umbrella or the like, said locker box comprising:

a body;

at least two internal compartments having inward facing side panes and being arranged inside said body;

a channel extending through said body and shaped to accommodate the support, said channel being defined at least partially between said inward facing side panes of said at least two compartments;

an anchoring device arranged inside said body to secure said locker box to the support, said anchoring device including a screw having an inner and an outer end and being designed and arranged to extend radially with respect to the support and with its inner end to be brought into frictional contact with the circumference of the support; and

a lockable lid designed and arranged to cover said anchoring device to prevent unauthorized access to said anchoring device and thereby to prevent unauthorized removal of said locker box from the support.

12. A locker box secured to a pole of a beach umbrella, said locker box comprising:

a body;

at least two internal compartments having inward facing side panes and being arranged inside said body;

a channel extending through said body and shaped to accommodate said pole, said channel being defined at least partially between said inward facing side panels of said at least two compartments;

an anchoring device arranged inside said body to secure said locker box to said pole; and

a lockable lid designed and arranged to cover said anchoring device to prevent unauthorized access to said anchoring device and thereby to prevent unauthorized removal of said locker box from said pole.