发明名称 Lockable container with sacrificial housing and methods for making
摘要 An improved lockable container, which is configured to resist being pried open or being otherwise successfully attacked within predetermined time and tool set limits. Also, methods for manufacturing and/or assembling embodiments of the lockable container.
申请公布号 US9169685(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.27
申请号 US200912604288 申请日期 2009.10.22
申请人 UTC FIRE & SECURITY AMERICAS CORPORATION, INC. 发明人 Larson Wayne F.
分类号 E05B19/00;E05G1/00;E05B17/00;E05B37/16;E05B65/00 主分类号 E05B19/00
代理机构 Cantor Colburn LLP 代理人 Cantor Colburn LLP
主权项 1. A lockable container, comprising: a first housing having one or more first hinge portions; a second housing coupled with the first housing and having one or more second hinge portions configured to mate with the one or more first hinge portions so as to form a hinge, the first housing, the second housing, or both comprising a sacrificial material that breaks away, deflects and/or deforms under physical attack, the first and second housings being pivotally coupled and relatively moveable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the first and second housings mate together in the closed position; a latch; a lock coupled with the latch, wherein the lock is secured to one of the first housing and the second housing; an actuator coupled with the latch and configured to move the latch when the lock is unlocked; a liner positioned within an interior of and coupled with the first housing, the second housing, or both, and positioned between the first and second housings when the first and second housings are in the closed position, the liner configured to store an object, and comprising an attack-resistant material that resists physical attack, the liner comprising a base and a first latch sheer plate coupled with the base and containing a latch opening; and a second latch sheer plate positioned within the interior of and secured to the second housing to move with the second housing, the second latch sheer plate having another latch opening therein and being configured to overlap the latch opening of the first latch sheer plate when the second housing is in a closed position; the latch passing through both the first latch sheer plate and the second latch sheer plate upon locking of the lock to secure the first housing to the second housing; wherein at least a portion of the first housing, at least a portion of the second housing, or both are configured to break away, deflect, and/or deform under a physical attack prior to the lock, or latch, or both failing under the physical attack.
地址 Bradenton FL US