Abstract: A twist handle latch assembly is provided for use on compartment doors of a utility vehicle. The assembly includes a plastic housing with a steel backer plate to which the latch pawl is mounted. A T-handle is rotatably mounted on the front of a housing with a post extending through the housing and the steel plate for connection to the latch pawl. Rotation of the handle rotates the latch pawl between locked and unlocked positions. A power actuator may be provided to remotely lock and unlock the latch pawl. A key cylinder actuator allows manual locking and unlocking of the latch pawl. A cam connected to the actuator has a window to receive a portion of the pawl in the locked condition.

Abstract: The present invention is referred to as a theft prevention strap operable to secure one or more zipper sliders. In embodiments, the strap may include at least two strap ends and a tag end, wherein each strap end includes an opening. A first strap end may be passed underneath a handle of a piece of luggage, a second strap end may be passed over the top of the handle, and a padlock shackle may be passed through both openings and one or more openings associated with one or more zipper sliders. Thereby, the strap may be held in place by the handle, and the zipper sliders may be held in place along a corresponding zipper track such that the zipper sliders cannot be moved along the zipper track to cover up an attempted theft.

Abstract: The present invention is a preferably rectangular sturdy, yet plastic, compartment or safe, small enough to fit inside a medicine cabinet, but large enough to house pill bottles and other medications. The safe has an openable and lockable front door that preferably comprises the safe's front wall. The safe also has laterally expandable side wings that also can be reduced inwardly to the width of the safe or expand beyond this size to contact and grip the interior sidewalls of the medicine cabinet. The wings are able to be locked in the chosen position. They are also preferably shaped to secure themselves and the safe inside a medicine cabinet. The safe door and the wings are lockable by a number of mechanisms, most preferably via a wireless signal transmitted from a device controlled by a local wireless network or internet enabled device. The wings and the front door are meant to lock and unlock together for security.

Abstract: A safe with a concealed hinge assembly. A safe body has a pocket with a hinge pin attached to the pocket. A safe door has a hinge lug rigidly attached to the safe door. A hinge assembly is formed when the hinge pin is inserted through the hinge lug allowing for the safe door to be pivotally attached to the safe body. The hinge assembly is contained within the pocket so that the hinge assembly is concealed and protected from tampering. In a preferred embodiment the safe body includes two pockets within a rigidly attached door frame. Two hinge assemblies are contained within the pockets so that they are concealed and protected from tampering.

Abstract: A retractor assembly for a cylindrical lockset comprises inner and outer retractors. Each of the retractors has a cam engaging surface to convert rotary motion from the inside door handle into linear latch-retracting motion. Inner and outer spindles having retractor activation cams are configured to bear upon cam surfaces of the inner and outer retractors to retract the latch. When the inner door handle is operated, the inner retractor acts directly upon the tailpiece of the latch bolt assembly to retract the latch. When the outer door handle is operated, the outer retractor presses on the inner retractor, causing it to retract the latch. If there is an attack, a blocker assembly engages with members formed in the outer retractor to render the outer retractor inoperative to move into a latch-retracting position without interfering with operation of the inner retractor to move into a latch-retracting position.

Abstract: A steering lock locks a steering member with a lockbolt movable along an axis between locking and unlocking positions. A first member having a first cam surface is rotatable by an actuator in a first direction for locking the lockbolt. A second member having a second cam surface is engaged with the first cam surface. The second member is translatable along the axis in a locking direction by rotation of the first member. An unlocking spring is compressible through a range of movement of the second member in the first direction to store increasing potential energy. The cam surfaces are engaged such that unlocking of the lockbolt is carried out by the stored energy in the unlocking spring, which is released in a continuously increasing manner controlled by the actuator as the first member is rotated by the actuator in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A modular safe room that can be installed in an enclosed space in existing homes, buildings and other occupied structures is disclosed. The modular safe room is constructed from three separate elements and can be sized to fit the desired space. The elements making up the modular safe room comprise tongue and slot elements for attachment to each other.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for marking a commercial article, comprising two separable parts: a first part (12) including an axial spike (14), a second part comprising an orifice for axial insertion of the spike and means for locking the spike inserted in said orifice. One of the parts, referred to as the attachment part, comprises an attachment: member (32) that is able to pivot between a first position in which a free end of the member is far away from the attachment part and a second position in which the free end is disposed in a housing (50) of the attachment part. The attachment part is configured so that the free end (32a) of the attachment member is blocked in the housing (50; 108) by the presence of the other part of the device that is locked to the attachment part by way of the spike (14) and its locking means.

Abstract: A padlock including a lock body, a shackle having two shanks with grooves for receipt of respective locking elements, and a pin which can be rotated by a lock cylinder core for moving the locking elements into their locking position. The pin has an engagement element configured to cooperate with an entrainer formation on the lock cylinder core. The padlock also includes a blocking plate located between the pin and the lock cylinder core and which is fastened in the lock body. The blocking plate has an opening through which the entrainer formation projects into the plane of the engagement element. The opening is configured such that, on the one hand, rotational movement of the lock cylinder core is possible and, on the other hand, a marginal region of the opening forms an abutment engageable with the entrainer formation for restricting rotational movement of the lock cylinder core.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a system. The system includes a jacket having one or more armor panels. The jacket can be coupled to an exterior surface of an automated teller machine, the automated teller machine having the exterior surface and a vault that has a hollow interior. Further, when the jacket is coupled to the exterior surface of the automated teller machine, the jacket can prevent and/or deter unauthorized access to the hollow interior of the vault of the automated teller machine. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A combination lock includes a casing, a number disk unit, a restriction member located above the number disk unit, and a resilient member cooperated with the number disk unit. The number disk unit has multiple rotary disks and multiple number disks, each number disk has multiple mark areas and multiple grooves located alternatively to the mark areas. The resilient member has multiple engaging portions which are resiliently engaged with the grooves of the number disks so as to ensure that each of the number disks is rotated one mark area and the engaging portion is engaged with the groove to pause the number disk. The combination lock is easily assembled and manufactured.

Abstract: A lock for a rotational mount is disclosed. The lock comprises a plate member arranged to be placed between the rotational mount and a mounting surface, the plate member having a support surface that is arranged to engage with the rotational mount. The lock further comprises a housing extending away from the plane of the support surface of the plate member, the housing comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the housing defining a gap with an edge of the plate member, and the second portion extending around at least a portion of the edge of the plate member. The lock further comprises a locking member arranged to be movable between an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein the locking member, when in the locked position, extends away from the plane of the support surface of the plate member through the gap defined by the first portion of the housing.

Abstract: A storage assembly including a frame at least partially defining a plurality of storage compartments that are accessible from a front of the storage assembly. The assembly further includes a plurality of doors, each door being associated with at least one storage compartment and movable between a closed position in which the door generally prevents access to the associated storage compartment and an open position in which the door allows access to the associated storage compartment. The assembly further includes a plurality of accessory components. Each accessory component is operatively associated with at least one of the doors, and each accessory component is operatively coupled to a controller via control wiring. The storage assembly includes a front-facing channel in which the control wiring is at least partially positioned.

Abstract: A tubular lock and its operating key have safety features that render the lock and key well suited for use with food freezer appliances and the like where the keyway of the lock extends horizontally. The tubular portion of the operating key, and the keyway of the tubular lock are cooperatively configured so a key inserted into the keyway of the lock fits quite loosely and is minimally supported even when fully inserted. The graspable bow of the operating key is made unusually long causing the center of gravity of an inserted operating key to be spaced far from the front face of the lock—so the weight of the loosely fitting and minimally supported operating key levers the graspable bow downwardly, causing the key to drop from the keyway unless being held in the keyway. Gravity is optimally used to effect key ejection.

Abstract: A deadbolt knob security device is provided, whereby rotation of the deadbolt knob is linked to motion of an intermediate member assembly secured to a door element positioned next to the deadbolt knob. The device comprises several embodiments for surrounding the exposed interior knob of a deadbolt, as well as several embodiments for the adjustable intermediate member assembly between the deadbolt knob attachment and door knob attachment, wherein a door knob attachment member is provided in a U-shaped configuration to surround a door knob stem. Adjustability for accommodating doors of different design and specification is provided, while an electronic security monitor is accommodated along the device to monitor for tampering of the device while installed.

Abstract: Locks for use with pest-control devices such as bait stations or other loadable devices, kits that include a lock and key, and pest control devices that include a lock.

Abstract: A padlock comprises a lock body, a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock body, a cylinder core into which at least one core pin is inserted and which is supported directly in a reception opening rotatable about a cylinder axis in order selectively to lock or release the hoop at the lock body, and a tumbler housing into which at least one housing pin is inserted and which is received in a fixed position in the lock body.

Abstract: A device for managing valuables includes a housing having a service area including a printer, a primary vault attached to the housing and having a primary vault locking system for storing valuables, and a secondary vault mounted in the housing and having control electronics for operating the device. The secondary vault isolates the control electronics from the primary vault and from the service area to inhibit tampering with the control electronics.

Abstract: A threaded security knob formed of a threaded member having a generally concentric body defining a central longitudinal axis, the body formed with a threaded portion along the central axis adjacent to a first end thereof, and a key receiver formed in a second end of the body opposite of the threaded portion, wherein the key receiver is formed having one of a plurality of different key receiver configurations; a slip ring having a generally tubular interior side wall sized to fit over and extend along the body of the threaded member in an inseverable and a relatively concentrically rotational relationship therewith; an interlocking rotational slip mechanism coupled between the threaded member and the slip ring; and a key formed with one of a plurality of different key configurations each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of different key receiver configurations of the key receiver.

Abstract: A lock assembly (10) that has a first lock state and a second lock state. The lock assembly (10) includes a latch assembly (30) that has a latch (55) movable between an extended position and a retracted position, and a handle operatively coupled to the latch (55) to move the latch (55) between the extended position and the retracted position. The lock assembly (10) also includes a hub that is coupled to the handle for movement therewith, a member that is operatively coupled to the handle to permit or prevent movement of the latch (55) and a lock element. The member is engaged with the hub to permit or prevent movement of the hub. The lock element is engaged with the member in the second lock state such that the member prevents movement of the handle, and the lock element is disengaged from the member in the first lock state such that the member permits movement of the handle.