Abstract: A hingedly attached face plate shieldingly protects a key deposited within a key storage compartment in the lock box. Variants of the lock box accommodate conventional cam locks or shielded padlocks for locking the face plate in place. The lock box is attached to a mounting surface by normally inaccessible fasteners.

Abstract: A protection device of the type useful for preventing access to a padlock or small combination lock as well as serving as a container for keys, incorporates a first and second half which are joined together along a junction to form a united body. The united body has a closed bottom wall and a substantially circular circumferential wall as well as a top wall. Locking means are adapted to the body to secure the first and second halves together. The top wall includes an essentially elongated opening formed partly in one of the halves and formed in the remainder in the other half. The opening is sized and shaped to allow exposure of the shank of a padlock or combination lock from the body while retaining the body of the padlock or combination lock within the hollow interior of the united body as well as retaining a bulbus member attached to an exposed U-shaped member.

Abstract: A lock box includes a pair of box-like base and cover structures having side and end walls configured to overlap when the base structure is nestingly received in the cover structure. A key-operated lock is carried on the cover structure and is engageable with a receiving formation provided on the base structure. Interfitting formations are provided on the base and cover structures to assist the key-operated lock in releasably retaining the cover structure in place on the base structure. The base structure has a back wall which may be fastened to a mounting surface.

Abstract: A portable strong weather proof travel safe used by travelers to keep their essential valuables under their personal control enroute to and from a destination and/or while staying there. When not holding the travel safe, they lockably secure it to well anchored strong structures in guest rooms, rental cars, airports, parks, beaches, etc. In one embodiment, a strong cylindrical weatherproof compartment with a full top entry has integral bottom interfitting receiving structure adapted for securement to complementary receiving structures located in traveler facilities, a first rotatable then lift off strong weatherproof cover fully fitting over the full top entry, and locking mechanism to prevent the unwanted first rotation and then lifting off of the strong weatherproof cover, thereby preventing access to the contents and/or to the secured interfitted receiving structures, so they will continue to keep the travel safe well secured to the complementary receiving structure of a travel facility.

Abstract: A security device for tackle boxes and the like which requires little alteration of the tackle box or item being secured thereby for substantially precluding theft of the item. The device comprises a sleeve member open at one end and closed at the opposite end, with the closed end being secured to the bottom of a boat, floor or other substantially permanent support structure for receiving the tackle box, or the like, thereon. The sleeve member extends through an aperture provided in the bottom of the tackle box, and a pair of aligned bores are provided in the sidewalls of the sleeve for removably receiving a padlock member therethrough. The bolts, or the like, securing the sleeve to the support structure are concealed by the tackle box and the padlock, which is disposed within the tackle box, precludes removal of the tackle box from the sleeve as long as the padlock is in the locked position.

Abstract: A device for locking a rectangular electric meter box having an openable front cover. The device has an L-shaped lock housing which includes a first leg fixed to the front cover of the box and a second leg which is detachably fastened to the side wall of the box when the front cover is closed. A barrel lock is inserted into the second leg of the lock housing to block unauthorized removal of the detachable fastener from the side wall of the meter box.

Abstract: A magazine for a cash dispensing machine including a lock which can be activated at a loading station to trip if later tampered with thereby to prevent installation of the magazine.

Abstract: Locking mechanism has both a key setting multiple tumblers to unique positions and a combination wheel for each tumbler so that opening of the lock requires setting each wheel to correspond to its tumbler position. For a single lock, different keys require different combinations. A mechanical recorder records the wheel positions with each lock opening so that all combinations used for access can be read, if necessary.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a plate which is secured to the bottom of the container and includes depending feet which are received into keyhole slots on front and rear mounting brackets separately secured to the carrier rack. When the container is lowered onto the mounting brackets and slid rearwardly, reduced neck portions on the feet of the bottom plate are received in narrowed portions of the keyhole slots; and a latch engages a pin on the bottom plate so that the container cannot be removed until the latch is disengaged.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an individual setting for displaying finger rings similar to finger ring boxes but which prohibits unauthorized withdrawal of the ring from the display.The finger ring supports are wedge-shaped and are secured to a main support surface. Each wedge-shaped support has a transverse slot to receive the closed loop portion of a finger ring and a bore from the base side of the wedge extending beyond the transverse slot slidably accommodates a magnetically attractable ring locking member which passes through the closed looped portion of the finger ring and the ring locking means can only be removed from the bore by a magnet, the ring not being removable from the support without a magnet and the point to place the magnet not being visible by the observer or prospective purchaser.

Abstract: A high security receptacle for a key is provided which is attachable to a door or like structure having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The receptacle comprises an elongated cylindrical housing having a length greater than the width of the door and a longitudinally extending cavity formed in the housing and which is open only through one axial end of the housing. The housing is positioned through a like shaped aperture formed through the door so that the open end of the housing faces outwardly from the exterior flush surface of the door while a portion of the housing protrudes radially inwardly from the interior surface of the door. A radially extending flange on the housing is secured to the door and has a surface which flatly abuts against the interior surface of the door and is secured to it by conventional threaded fasteners. A key is positioned within the interior of the cavity and, thereafter, the open end of the cavity is closed by a closure plug.

Abstract: A lock system for a container, such as a tool box or a storage cabinet which is locked by a padlock. Structure within the container mounts the padlock within the container with only a key insertion end of the padlock body exposed for access thereto. A bracket holds the shackle against movement and the padlock body is supported for movement between locked and unlocked relation with the shackle. A pivoted lock bracket associated with a movable closure for the container is positionable within the shackle when the container is closed for movement into engagement with the shackle by the padlock body as the latter is advanced for locking of the padlock.

Abstract: A tape cassette security container including a housing having an entry opening of slightly lesser dimension than the cassette, a plug member limiting the space within the housing to prevent removal of the cassette, and a key member for removing the plug member to permit removal of the cassette.

Abstract: Force-resistant locking devices for electric meter boxes with hinged cove or the like, comprise a stud member mounted to a wall of the box and a flange member received on the stud member, the flange member including a flange overlying a marginal portion of the cover to keep it closed. The flange and stud members together define an opening receiving and fully enclosing a utility lock for securing the flange and stud members together. In one embodiment, the flange member is an angle iron with rectangular metal stock welded to one leg, and the stud is cylindrical and received in an opening through the flange member. The lock-receiving opening intersects the stud-receiving opening and the shear strength of the utility lock holds the locking device together. In another embodiment, the flange member is a section of channel iron and receives a rectangular stud, the lock-receiving opening deployed to utilize the shear strength of the lock.

Abstract: A locking apparatus for removably attaching an object to a specified place on a surface, allowing the object to rotate while locked. An engageable cylindrical protrusion is attached to the surface. The object is provided with a hole at the desired point of attachment, the hole allowing for the entrance of the cylindrical protrusion. The interior of the object contains a member connected to a lock cylinder which is rotatable between a locked and unlocked position. In the locked position, the member engages the protrusion and locks the object to the surface in a manner to allow rotation of the object about the protrusion.

Abstract: A box for reserving cassette or cartridge comprises a shield having flanges and channels on its outer surface for engaging with other shields, and a drawer assembled in the said shield for accepting cassette or cartridge, which having accessories of a spring and a steel ball etc. and may be opened from said shield to present the reserved cassette or cartridge by slightly pressing the front wall of the drawer. Therefore, the present invention is convenient for taking out or putting in a cassette or cartridge. Due to the fact that a plurality of boxes can be engaged together, the boxes may be easily classified and managed according to the tapes contained therein. Furthermore, the boxes occupy a smaller space than conventional boxes.

Abstract: A container in the form of a flat envelope, open at one end for insertion and removal of a slide, has a series of locking keys shiftable laterally to left or right from a normal, centered, rest position. When all the keys have been shifted in predetermined directions to positions representing a pre-set combination, the slide is freed for partial removal from the envelope, to an unlocking position that permits the object to be removed or in some cases to gravitate freely from the envelope. The device can be made inexpensively of injection molded plastic or plastic-coated cardboard, cheaply enough to allow it to be made as a single-use, disposable article.

Abstract: A bracket mounting assembly for mounting an object to a stationary plate, in general, and in particular for mounting a CB radio or the like in a motor vehicle. Although the bracket mounting assembly is detachable, and readily installable, by an authorized person, no access is available to the mounting portions thereof from the exterior so that an unauthorized individual attempting to remove the object must either destroy the stationary plate, the object, or the several structural components of the mounting assembly. The assembly includes first and second general U-shaped members, fasteners for fastening the object to both of the first and second members extending from the interior of the object into operative association with each leg of the second member, and second fasteners for fastening the second member to the stationary plate, the cross portion of the first U-shaped member covering the second fasteners when the bracket is assembled.

Abstract: This device locks the cover of an electric meter box by use of a bolt type lock which prevents access to the screw which fixes the part holding down the cover to a bracket fixed on the body of the box.

Abstract: A tamper-proof locking device mountable on a lidded container or the like. A first member has a first portion which overlies the closed lid of the container. A second portion of the first member overlies a side wall of the container below the lid. A third portion of the first member extends away from the second portion and the container side wall. An opening in the third portion has an axis which is perpendicular to the plane of the lid. The second portion is secured to the side wall of the container. The second member has a first portion which cooperates with the first member when assembled thereon to form an enclosure that prevents access of a tool to the element which secures the second portion of the first member to the container side wall. The second member has a second portion which is parallel to the third portion of the first member and which has an opening. This opening is in alignment with the opening in the third section of the first member. A rectilinear shackle is receivable in the openings.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for locking first and second relatively movable members together to prevent relative movement therebetween. A first set of spaced tubular members having aligned bores is mounted on the first member, and a second set of spaced tubular members having aligned bores is mounted on the second member. The tubular members of the second set are spaced apart in a manner to receive the first set therebetween with the bores of the first and second sets aligned. A removable hardened metal latching bolt having cross-sectional dimensions, generally corresponding in shape to the shape of the bores in the tubular members, is passed through such bores, and received by the tubular members to hold the first and second sets in alignment, A locking structure holds the latching bolt in place, the locking structure including a key-release lock, and a locking bolt extending generally perpendicular to the latching bolt and in interfering engagement therewith.

Abstract: A key box in which an inaccessible interior latch secures a drawer in place. An exposed lock can be operated to release the latch. A tumbler lock has forward and rearward tumbler receiving notches of different depths to make picking of the lock more difficult.

Abstract: A lockable box has a tray and cover hinged together at the open rear end of the cover and locked at their opposite ends. A pair of detent spring fingers extending upwardly from the end of the tray lock over shoulders within the unhinged end of the cover. The detent spring fingers are released to open the box by inserting key lugs through holes in the lid of the cover in line with the spring detent fingers to disengage them from the cover. The cover and a tray are hinged together by a pair of elongated combination slide and hinge pins extending out from the rear midportions of the sides of the tray, whose longer dimension rotatably engages within hinge sockets at the rear ends of adjoining longitudinal grooves within the sides of the cover.

Abstract: A locking device composed of two strips of metal bent into specific configurations, and a U-shaped baffle, to provide a tamper-proof assembly when emplaced on a lidded container. A first strip is fixed to the container by a concealed screw within the container. The second strip overlies the lid and includes a portion superposed over a portion of the one strip. The baffle is fixed to the second strip. The aforesaid portions of the strips are provided with registered holes through which the shackle of a padlock is threaded to lock the assemblage in place and prevent the opening of the lid. The baffle is couplable to the first strip and inhibits relative rotation of the strips about the common axis of the holes. The invention is applicable for locking any lidded boxes or containers, e.g. electric meter wiring cabinets, to prevent the tampering with elements within the box such as service wires interposing an electric meter between power lines and house lines.

Abstract: An improved handle assembly for selectively carrying or releasing the contents of a disk cartridge or the like. The handle is a U-shaped member with a housing pivotally mounted between the open ends of the U-shaped member and which may rotate therebetween. The housing contains movable dogs for latching the housing to the arms of the U-shaped handle so that an assembly which is connected to the housing will move when the handle is released if the housing is latched to the arms by movement of the dogs.

Abstract: A theft-preventing container for an appliance such as a CB radio. A metal box receives the appliance therein, the box having one wall with an access opening to allow access to controls of the appliance within the box, and one of the box walls is movable to allow removal of the appliance from within the box. A latching structure is provided to latch the movable box wall to the rest of the box to prevent unauthorized movement of the movable box wall. The latching structure includes interfitting groups of tubular members having aligned bores formed on the movable wall and a stationary wall of the box, a removable hardened metal latching bolt for receipt by the tubular members, and a locking device, including a key release structure, for holding the latching bolt in place when it is received by the tubular members and prevents relative movement between the tubular members.

Abstract: A safe box for deposit of money or other valuables to prevent theft of same includes separable parts releasably locked together by first and second locking means respectively having key operated first and second release means. The first release means is positioned between the parts and is accessible through a limited access opening in one of the parts. The second locking means has a blocking member which blocks access to the first release means through the limited access opening and also holds the first locking means in a locked position until the second release means is operated to unlock the second locking means.

Abstract: A locking letter tray for receiving letters, documents or the like, and for preventing unauthorized access thereto, is characterized by a unitary structure forming an essentially closed compartment having an elongated narrow slot through a side wall thereof and a lockable door, and an open compartment juxtaposed and sharing a common wall therewith. The slot is sufficiently long and wide for the passage of documents therethrough and into the closed compartment, but is narrow enough to prevent hands from entering, and may be equipped with baffles to inhibit removal of documents by dumping, shaking, probing etc. The lockable door precludes unauthorized access to the closed compartment to provide security for documents therein, and the open compartment may advantageously be used for incoming or outgoing nonconfidential mail.

Abstract: A locking device composed of two strips of metal bent into specific configurations to provide a tamper-proof assembly when emplaced on a lidded container. One strip is fixed to the container by a concealed screw within the container. The other strip overlies the lid and includes a portion superposed over a portion of the one strip. The aforesaid portions of the strips are provided with registered holes through which the shackle of a padlock is threaded to lock the assemblage in place and prevent the opening of the lid. The invention is applicable for locking any lidded boxes or containers, e.g. electric meter wiring cabinets, to prevent the tampering with elements within the box such as service wires interposing an electric meter between power lines and house lines.

Abstract: A warning light housing includes a casing having an aperture which aligns with a chamber in the base to present a receptacle for receiving a plug-type lock. With the lock residing within the receptacle, separation of the base and casing is prohibited thus preventing access to the housing interior. The lock includes a latch element which is selectively movable between locking and non-locking positions by turning a key within the lock. In its locking position, the latch element extends radially outwardly from the lock periphery into a slot in the housing base to restrain the lock within the receptacle; and, in its non-locking position, the latch element lies within the lock periphery allowing removal of the lock from the receptacle.

Abstract: A safety drug cabinet comprising a housing provided with a swingable door and combination lock means for locking said door. The lock means comprises a plurality of shafts extending through the door latches secured to one of the ends of said shafts and discs indicating an open and closed position of the latches. Pressure-sensitive adhesive disks marked to indicate open and closed positions of the combination lock are secured to the disks.

Abstract: An adjustable combination lock key safe includes telescoping inner and outer stamped sheet metal cylinders, the outer of which releasably carries a U-bolt shackle for securing the key safe to a mounting member such as a door knob and the inner of which carries locking means adapted to lockingly engage the shackle and outer cylinder to thereby maintain a secured relationship therebetween, the inner cylinder including a storage area for retaining contents such as a key or other desired limited access articles and having a multiple disc combination lock with an outer knob and dial for effecting release of the locking means and an inner adjustable dial for changing the combination of the lock whereby the key depositor may select a unique combination so as to provide limited access to the key safe for use of the contents therewithin.

Abstract: A locking adaptor assembly for a hollow meter box having a cover. A supporting element having an annular retaining shoulder is clipped to the flange of the box. A conventional bolt type lock is inserted through an aligned hole in the cover and through the supporting element where it is held in place to lock the cover firmly to the box.

Abstract: A bait box for carrying fishing material and the like including a rectangular box having a pair of oppositely disposed hinged doors and a central compartment. Each of the doors is designed to be opened when a respective door is disposed as the upper horizontal surface of the box through cooperation with an internal weighted drum. The drum includes a slot through a flange which cooperates with a projection on each of the doors to permit a door to be opened when oriented as the upper surface of the box. In other orientations, the doors are locked in a closed position by cooperation between the flange provided on the drum and either of the projections. The drum includes a weight which always orients the slot formed in the flange at an uppermost position in all orientations of the box to permit opening of either of the doors when disposed on the top of the box.

Abstract: A pre-shipment protective device is used on a teller's locker to protect monies to be transferred. Only the transfer agent has a key to open the pre-shipment protective device. Only the bank has a key to release the latch to again close the locker once the transfer agent has opened the pre-shipment protective device.

Abstract: A key safe apparatus has a vertically slotted receptacle box which is locked onto a lid structure formed with vertical tongue capable of interengaging the slot in the receptacle box. The lid is fastened to the box by a code lock whose combination may be recoded. The key safe is structured to be fastened to a door whose key may be locked in the receptacle box. The fastening is accomplished by a bracket attached to the lid structure and fitted over a margin of the door. In another configuration, the key safe is locked around a door knob.

Abstract: A transparent security container for an article to be displayed, such as a tape cassette. The container includes an anti-theft device such as a microwave reradiator which triggers an alarm if it enters a microwave field. The container includes a pair of spaced key slots associated with clips for retaining the cassette. A release device at the checkout station permits easy release of the cassette. The container may then be reused.