Patent · US Expired

Portable safe for small items

US4649723A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
3References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 1986
Grant dateMar 17, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/5031
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Portable safe for securing small items, having a storage case with bottom and spaced side walls that define a storage space, and a front portion hingedly mounted to the forward part of the case and which retains a padlock internally with the padlock shackle protruding through a front wall of the front portion for securing the safe to a fixed external member, and a lid slidably mounted in grooves in the upper part of the case and mounting a lock which, when the lid is slid to cover the storage space, makes locking engagement with a latch on the hinged front portion and holds the front portion against pivotal movement.

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