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Security housing for vending machines and the like

  • US 6,295,767 B1
  • Filed: 04/01/1999
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable security housing, comprising:

  • a framework defining an interior space;

    the framework being of generally rectangular cross-section and having a rear wall, opposite side walls, an upper wall, and a front wall having a front access opening, the access opening having an upper end and opposite, parallel sides and being of predetermined width, the front and rear walls being larger than the side walls;

    opaque panels secured over at least the side and upper walls to cover the housing;

    a roll-up, sectional door rotatably mounted at the upper end of the front access opening for movement between a rolled up, storage position in the housing above the front opening and an unrolled, downwardly extended deployed position covering and closing the front opening, whereby objects inside the housing are not visible from outside the housing when the door is deployed;

    a locking device for releasably locking the door in the deployed position;

    the framework having a base, a plurality of mounting pads on the base for releasably securing the housing to the ground or floor beneath the housing; and

    at least two automatic vending machines arranged side-by-side with front faces facing the front access opening;

    the framework enclosing the two vending machines;

    the width of the access opening being at least equal to the total width of the front faces of two side-by-side vending machines whereby the front faces are completely exposed to permit actuation of the vending machines only when the door is in the storage position.

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