Abstract: A security system for the containment of at least one firearm in a repository. The security system operates in conjunction with an alarm system adapted to generate a signal upon the emergency or unauthorized opening of the repository indicative of access to and possible removal of the firearm contained therein. An alarm system which generates a signal at a remote location is indicative as to whether the firearm in the repository has been accessed and/or removed either in an intended manner or under emergency and/or duress conditions. Also disclosed is a particular pushbutton lock mechanism suitable for use with a security system of the type disclosed herein.

Abstract: A tractor-trailer combination carries cargo holders which extend across the cargo compartment of the trailer, bearing at their ends against the trailer side walls to thereby confine cargo when the compartment is less than fully filled. When not in use, the cargo holders are stored in a rack which may be attached to the back of the tractor cab or to the underside of the trailer bed. The rack includes a pair of spaced apart carrier bars having notches which receive the cargo holders and retaining arms which close the ends of the notches in the bars and retain the holders in those notches.

Abstract: An article to be protected from unauthorized removal is enbraced by a continuous unhinged band. The band has band flanges which can releasably be held to one another to hold the article. A U-shaped retainer connected to the band has two retention flanges to overhang the article. The article is thereby protected against unauthorized removal in any direction.

Abstract: A two-plate security device. Each plate has a set of similar but opposite directed keyhole slots releasably to be joined by a headed coupler with heads that cannot pass through the neck of the slots, but can pass through a larger opening of the slot. Sliding the plates in-plane relative to one another traps the couplers and holds the plates together. Reversing the movement releases them. The slots are formed in a nonrectangular pattern so as to facilitate correct alignment of the plates when the device is being assembled. Alignment pins and slots are also shown, and also a band to be held by the device to encircle a protected device.

Abstract: Stand for displaying spectacles or spectacle frames. The stand comprises a movable part (2) comprising outwards protruding elements, extending in general perpendicular to the direction of movement and running through slots in the fixed frame part (1) of the stand. These protruding elements can cooperate with protruding elements of the frame part such that they determine a number of eye configurations each encompassing the bridge section of one of the displayed spectacles. The stand comprises furthermore an electrically driven moving mechanism for moving the movable part, either to a first extreme position or to a second extreme position, said moving mechanism being controllable by authorized persons using a remote control panel.

Abstract: A utility locking hook is adapted to be threadably mounted to a wall, support beam or other support structure for suspending a ladder or like objects for storage purposes. A retainer plate is pivotally mounted to a support bar and cooperates with the support bar to provide an efficient means for locking the suspended ladder in place. The support bar has a central quasi U-shaped configuration for receiving the ladder and includes a retainer head which is engaged by an enclosing portion of the retainer plate for locking purposes.

Abstract: A security lock for retaining a weapon in a storage rack can be operated either electrically by a remote switch or mechanically by a key. The weapon is locked to a main body by a lid which is pivotally mounted by a hinge and pivot pin on the body. The plunger of a solenoid extends into a slot formed in the pivot pin preventing it from rotating when the lid is in a locked position and the solenoid deenergized. A key actuated detent locks the pivot pin to the lid when the detent is in key locked position. Actuation of the solenoid retracts the plunger permitting the lid to pivot to open position without operating the key operated detent which maintains the pivot pin locked to the lid. Retraction of the key operated detent unlocks the pivot pin from the lid to enable the pivot pin to be slid axially along the hinge to disengage the solenoid plunger from the pivot pin slot permitting the lid to move to open position without energizing the solenoid.

Abstract: A security device for storing and retaining of products or product packing devices such as pallets, crates and the like having a clamping mechanism slidably mounted on and drivable with respect to a vertical column, the clamping mechanism including one or more pivotally mounted arms carrying one or more clamping pads adapted to clamp a stack of products or product packing devices between a pad and base member of the device.

Abstract: A security device for personal computers, computer peripherals and similar valuable but readily portable units of equipment includes a tray secured to a working surface by bolts on which the unit is to be used, the tray being of a size to accommodate the unit and having front and back flanges and upward extension from its side walls to restrain the unit from horizontal movement without interference with its functions, the extensions being linked by a normally locked releasable cross bar placed so as to retain the unit in the tray covering the bolts, again without frictional interference with the unit. The tray of one device may be bolted to the cross bar of another security device, as when a monitor is stacked on a computer. The cross bar is preferably hinged to one upward extension and secured to the other by a tamper resistant screw, access to which is through a housing blocked by a removable lock plug and having an axis which is not coincident with that of the screw.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-theft device for use with a garment-hanger which is intended to be suspended from a rail. The hook (22) of the hanger (10) is fixed to the anti-theft device (12) which itself includes a fixed hook (18) for hooking to the rail (14) together with a moving arm (20) which is lockable by means of a key-operated mechanism (24, 26) in a position in which it prevents the anti-theft device (12) from being removed from the suspension rail (14). The invention is intended for use, in particular, in clothes' shops.

Abstract: A master key board device for the retention, protection, and control of keys. The device is preferably wall mountable, having a face plate containing slots for a desired number of keys. Each key slot has an associated locking device which is controlled by a universal key. The locking device carries an arm which engages specially modified keys to retain them in the key board, and releases them to persons having the proper universal key, but retains the universal key, so that keys can be removed from only one slot by each universal key.

Abstract: A stowage rack unit consisting of a plurality of upright stanchions to prde a basic rack framework. The rack includes upper clamps and collars to restrict upward and horizontal motion of the projectiles. The collars have a two-piece threaded arrangement which allows adjustment to accommodate minor variations in projectile length. Lower clamps are provided for additional restraint against horizontal motion of the projectiles. Base plates are provided to support and restrict downward motion of the projectiles and side channels receive and secure the clamps and base plates. Additional special brackets are provided for attaching racks to bulkheads or for joining adjacent racks. To load the rack, side channels are attached to the stanchions and base plates are inserted into the lower pair of side channels and secured with pins. Individual upper and lower clamps are inserted into upper and middle side channels respectively and secured with pins.

Abstract: A clothing rack for retaining an article of clothing so that it cannot be removed by a shoplifter.There is a frame with a brace bar at the lower end of the frame and a locking channel section at the upper end of the frame. A securing rod or hanger is permanently attached at one end of the brace. The other end of the rod or hanger has an extension for locking into the channel section. The channel section includes a cover which, when closed, has a bar to prevent the hanger extension from disengaging from the channel section. A clerk can unlock the cover to release the upper end of the hanger so that an article of clothing can be removed to be fitted by a customer and thereafter replaced by running the rod through one leg of a pair of trousers or the sleeve of a coat or jacket and relocking it to the clothing rack.

Abstract: Holding rods (4) are mounted to swing on a supporting device (1 to 3), the upper end portion (4.1) of which rods is inclined upwards at an angle .alpha. between 10.degree. and 30.degree. to the horizontal. On each of these upper end portions (4.1) there can be put a coat hanger (5), which is intended to receive a garment to be displayed. For this purpose the coat hanger (5) is provided with a reception opening (9), which is formed along one of the two carrier arms (5.1), in its interior. The end portion (4.1) is provided with a circumferential latching groove (42), in which the bolt (46) of a locking device (10) is intended to engage, when the coat hanger (5) has been fully pushed onto the holding rod (4) up to an end abutment (49). The coat hanger (5), together with the garment on it, can only be removed from the holding rod (4) after unbolting of the locking device (10) has been effected.

Abstract: A locking gun rack for vehicle mounting includes a slidable member for holding a latch member in locking position and a bolt lock for holding the slidable member in locked position and also includes slots for receiving the square shank of a carriage bolt which is threaded into a stationary member. The slot prevents rotation of the carriage bolt in the rack locked position and permits rotation of the carriage bolt in the rack unlocked condition. The latch member has a tongue extending through a slot in the slidable member and a lug engageable behind the slot in the locked condition.

Abstract: An adjustable locking mechanism which supports and secures an object possessing a frame or like structure.

Abstract: A frame into which a forward end of an automotive vehicle is driven, and secured, so as to prevent vehicle theft, the frame including adjustable bars, so as to clamp snugly against the vehicle, and, in one design, also including rollers against the vehicle wheels, that prevent the vehicle from riding off the frame.

Abstract: The hook unit of the present invention is adapted to receive truck tire chains when not in use, but which at times must be carried on the truck so as to be available in case of need therefor. The hook units are preferably employed in a pair and mounted in adjacent but laterally spaced relation on the truck; the truck tire chains, when out of use, being engaged with, spanning between, and depending from such pair of hook units. Each hook unit includes a bracket affixed to the truck, and an upwardly opening hook having an extension leg detachably engaged with the bracket whereby the hook may be detached and stored in those seasons or under road conditions when trucks do not need or carry tire chains.In a modification of the hook unit and to prevent theft of the tire chains when hook-engaged, the extension leg of the hook is padlock-secured in the bracket, and a padlock-secured anti-theft bar spans the throat of the hook.

Abstract: The invention relates to a theftproof rack for the stowing away and the storing of skis and ski poles, said rack can, owing to its inviolability, be situated on the outside.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a mechanism for locking and restraining one or more objects of various lengths and diameters or widths in a holding rack of the type in which an end of the object is seated in a depression in a fixed base, the base being secured immovably. The disclosed invention includes a shaft which has a radius which varies with respect to a longitudinal axis for pivoting and further has notches along its length at the point of its largest radius. A cap member, receptive to an end of the object not seated in the base, is slidably mounted upon the shaft and is able to engage the notches of the shaft whenever the shaft is provided into a given position. There is also provided a slotted plate which is located between the shaft and the cap member such that as the cap member slides on the shaft, it moves within the constraints of the slot on the plate, and is prevented from rotating about the shaft.

Abstract: A security device for locking or securing building material in a bundle to deter potential thieves is disclosed. The lock includes a pair of clamping elements which are adapted to be positioned at either side of a stack or bundle of material. Each of the clamping elements includes a base plate and an oppositely disposed clamping plate mounted on a shaft. The clamping plate may be vertically moved along the shaft so that the bundle is compressed between the base and clamping plate. Projections or teeth are provided on the base and clamping plate to grip the surface of the upper and lower sheet of material in the bundle. The clamping plate is lockable in any desired position once it is set. The chain or retaining cable may be extended through rings provided on the clamping plate between the oppositely positioned clamping elements to further discourage unauthorized removal of the clamping elements.

Abstract: Fastener for motorcycle driver's helmet comprising a pair of individual members each formed by bending an endless loop of plastic coated wire into a generally hollow U-shaped formation having an inner tongue which is adapted to be inserted under the helmet and an outer ring. On top of the ring there is welded an ear inclined at a 45.degree. angle. The ears include holes for receiving a lock to fasten the helmet to the rear of the seat of the motorcycle. Auxiliary clamp means is further provided to attach the fastener members to the rear shelf of the motorcycle.

Abstract: Anti-theft gun protector apparatus is disclosed useful for the display of rifles and shotguns of varying lengths and calibers, which includes a plate member fixedly mounted to a multipart mounting box carried on a wall or other surface, a locking box slidably mounted to the plate with a resiliently urged catch therein which is normally positioned for engagement with one of a plurality of openings along the face of the plate. The catch has a portion for contact by a lock controlled arm to retract the catch from engagement in an opening along the plate. The locking box normally remains in a selected position on the plate unless the catch is retracted. The locking box has a tapered pin thereon which engages in the end of the gun barrel with the gun having the butt end of its stock carried in a fixed cup with a resilient pad therein.

Abstract: A tire carrier for securing a spare tire to the bed of a pickup truck or the like wherein the tire is mounted on a conventional flanged rim having an opening therethrough which comprises a vertically disposed bracket member having vertically spaced notches therein and attachable to the bed of the pickup truck; a bracket-engaging member having a horizontally extending arm with an upward extension adjacent one end thereof, a threaded nut attached to the vertical extension, a threaded J-hooked rod threadedly received in the nut and having a hook at one end thereof adapted to engage one of the notches of the bracket when the bracket-engaging member is passed through the opening in the tire rim; a pivotal tire rim-engaging member including a pivotal arm pivotally connected to the opposite end of the bracket-engaging member, a handle member extending outwardly from the pivotal arm adjacent the pivotal connection, a horizontally extending keeper bar connected adjacent its horizontal center to the end of said pivotal

Abstract: An assembly includes a face plate which is mounted to an exposed wall stud in an enclosure such as a garage. The ends of a U-shaped locking member formed from a bar of hardened steel extend through transverse openings in the face plate and encircle a portion of a bicycle frame. An eye is formed on one end of the locking member and a padlock is placed through the eye to prevent withdrawal of the locking member from the face plate. In a first embodiment of the invention the face plate is mounted to the exposed edge of the wall stud on the interior of the enclosure, and in a second embodiment the face plate is mounted to the outside surface of the wall defined by the wall stud.

Abstract: This apparatus provides a stamp time indication of when a medical or scientific specimen container is made available for use and a second time stamp indication of when the specimen container is rendered unusable, thereby providing a time indication of when the specimen was collected or the specimen container was otherwise utilized.

Abstract: A merchandise rack security device is provided which includes a plurality of elongated members depending from and slidable along a guide rail above articles of merchandise. In one embodiment, each member includes pivoted arms at the terminal end thereof which can be moved from a closed unlocked position in which they lie substantially along the axis of the elongate member and an open locked position in which they are substantially perpendicular to this axis. Each elongated member is extendable through a sleeve of an article, such as a garment hung on a hanger from a clothes rod, and by means of a control member located above the rod the arms can be simultaneously moved to the open position for each garment on the rack so that the garments cannot be removed therefrom. Similarly, the control means can be used to close the arms on the elongate members simultaneously so that any one of the garments can be removed from the garment rack.

Abstract: A device is provided for supporting and locking a bicycle. It comprises a channel member for receiving the front and rear wheels of the bicycle, a supporting section which includes a support member fixed with respect to the channel member, a pivotally mounted clamping mechanism for clamping a portion of the frame of the bicycle to the support member against movement relative to the support member and a wheel locking assembly cooperating with the clamping mechanism clamping the front and rear wheels in the channel member.

Abstract: A multiple bicycle carrying rack comprising a bed or base member having raised grooved tracks of alternately staggered heights onto which bicycles are rolled and handle-bargripping clamps which are lowered from an overlying support to forceably engage the handlebars and thereby restrain the movement of the bicycles in any direction. The clamps are staggered longitudinally of the rails, which in conjunction with the vertically staggered wheel grooves permits very close lateral spacing of the bicycles, an important feature inasmuch as the rack will be made into, or transported on, a trailer. Double locking of the bicycles is accomplished by locks for the handlebar clamps and cables passing from the base member through the bicycle frames to the clamp locks.