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US 2006/0185989 A1Published application
Lockable media storage box with lock and key
AssigneeNexpak Corporation
InventorsDennis Belden, Ronald Burdett, Michael Jaeb, Ronald Marsilio, Nicholas Sedon, James Byrne
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Abstract
A lockable media storage box and lock and key combination includes a box having a base and a lid hingedly connected to the base and movable between opened and closed positions. A locking mechanism is movable between locked and unlocked positions to lock and unlock the container. The lock includes lock pins that slide through aligned lock holes in the base and the lid.
Claims4
A lockable media storage container comprising:
- a container body having a base and lid;
- the base having a front wall;
- the container body having a hub for holding a disc-shaped item of recorded media;
- the lid being connected to the base with a hinge;
- the hinge being disposed on the opposite side of the base from the front wall of the base;
- the lid being movable between open and closed positions;
- the closed position of the lid adapted to enclose the disc-shaped item of recorded media held by the base;
- a lock slide carried by the container body and moveable between unlocked and locked positions;
- the lock slide engaging the lid and base when the lock slide is in the locked position to lock the lid to the base in the closed position;
- at least two magnetically-movable locking fingers adapted to lock the lock slide in the locked position;
- the magnetically-movable locking fingers being spaced apart;
- each of the locking fingers being movable between locked and unlocked positions;
- the lock slide and the locking fingers being entirely enclosed within the container body when the lock slide is in both the locked and unlocked positions and when the lid is in the closed position;
- and the front wall of the base defines an opening;
- a portion of the lock slide being exposed through the opening in the front wall of the base.
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