Locking security device

• US 6,155,715 A
• Filed: 05/26/1998
• Issued: 12/05/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kevin Lake, Paul J. Gammarano, William A. Reid
• Original Assignee: Kevin Lake, Paul J. Gammarano, William A. Reid
• Inventors: Reid, William A., Lake, Kevin, Gammarano, Paul J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascua, Jes F.
• Application Number:
  US09/085,560
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• Field of Search: 383/6, 383/13, 383/15, 383/22, 383/23, 383/25, 383/26, 383/28, 383/97, 383/119, 224/563, 224/572, 190/101, 150/102, 150/134, 70/58, 70/63, 70/64
• US Class Current: 383/6
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/20 with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5035 Bag

Abstract

A durable, water-resistant, locking pouch to safeguard package or parcel deliveries, with connected cable and anchor clamp. The cable provides a means to secure the pouch from under or behind a fixture such as a door. An anchor clamp, attached to the end of the cable furthest from the pouch, serves either as an anchor fastened to or placed behind a door, and prevents the device and its pouch with package/parcel contents from being dislodged.

Claims

1. A locking security device adapted to be secured to a door, said device comprising:

a pouch capable of enveloping packages, parcels or other objects,

a connecting cable extension connecting said pouch with an anchor clamp,

said anchor clamp being operable to engage the door to secure the pouch from being removed from a position adjacent the door,

wherein said pouch has two outer surfaces, the extension comprising a cable connected by plated fasteners layered flat on the outer two surfaces, sandwiched in a "plate-pouch-plate" assembly, through which the cable passes.

2. A locking security device adapted to be secured to a door, said device comprising:

a pouch capable of enveloping packages, parcels or other objects,

a connecting cable extension connecting said pouch with an anchor clamp,

said anchor clamp being operable to engage the door to secure the pouch from being removed from a position adjacent the door,

wherein said connecting cable is crimped to said anchor clamp at an end thereof distal from pouch which serves as an anchor for the cable extension connected to said pouch, said anchor clamp being made of durable material and being large enough to prevent the cable extension from being pulled or otherwise forced away and apart from the door.

3. A locking security device for securing a parcel adjacent a door in a doorway, said door and doorway defining a space therebetween, said device comprising:

a pouch configured to receive therein the parcel, said pouch being formed of flexible fabric and having a sealing and locking structure such that the pouch can be securely closed around the parcel so that the parcel cannot be removed without opening the sealing and locking structure;

a flexible connecting extension having a first portion secured to said pouch and a second portion spaced from the pouch;

an anchor secured to the second portion of the connecting extension, said anchor being configured such that when the pouch is drawn away from the door, the anchor engages the door and prevents said withdrawal,

the anchor including a clamp which is clampingly secured in engagement with the door, and which can only be released from a side of the door opposite to the side adjacent which the pouch is located, the clamp including a first portion connected with the connecting extension and engaging the side of the door adjacent the pouch, a second portion connected with the first portion and extending therefrom through the space between the door and doorway, and a third portion connected with the second portion and engaging the opposite side of the door, the door being clamped between the first and third portions; and

said connecting extension including a connecting cable that is crimped to a crimping structure on the first portion of the clamp.