Pressure activated re-locker with integral reinforcement for a safe locking system
OwnerTerrance Prattinventor
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Abstract
A re-locker for safes supports the tongue of the combination box against pressure from the striker by way of a tongue reinforcement. The re-locker of the present invention may only engage when the combination box and/or combination box tongue are actually under attack, thereby reducing or eliminating the chance of an accidental engagement of the re-locker. Once the pressure activated re-locker is engaged, it may not be easily disengaged. The re-locker of the present invention does not require the springs or glass components typical of conventional re-lock designs.
Claims10
A re-locker for a safe, comprising:
- a combination box mount;
- a re-lock notch formed in the combination box mount;
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- a tongue reinforcement attached to the combination box mount, the tongue reinforcement oriented to brace a combination box tongue on at least two sides thereof.
A pressure activated re-locker comprising:
- a combination box mount;
- a re-lock notch formed in the combination box mount;
- a tongue reinforcement attached to the combination box mount, the tongue reinforcement oriented to brace a combination box tongue on at least two sides thereof;
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- an offset reinforcement attached to the combination box mount, the offset supplemental attached to the combination box mount and disposed adjacent to the re-lock notch and a striker.
A method for re-locking a safe, comprising:
- attaching a combination box mount to the safe;
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- securing a tongue reinforcement to the combination box mount so that an attack on any portion of a combination box assembly causes a tongue to press against the tongue reinforcement, deflecting both the combination box and the combination box mount simultaneously, causing a relock notch to engage a striker on a safe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.