Cash bag lock
AssigneeThe Eastern Company
InventorMichael O. Misner
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Abstract
A combination operated lock for use with a security container that has a zippered closure operated by a pull tab movable between open and closed positions, with the lock being operable, when locked, to retain the pull tab in closed position until the lock is unlocked by setting a combination. The lock preferably has a housing connected to a flexible fabric wall of the security container, and dials that are turned to set a combination for unlocking the lock. In some embodiments, the lock cannot be unlocked unless and until a one-use seal is broken and removed from the housing to which the seal was attachable only after the lock was locked.
Claims20
A security pouch for carrying valuables contained therein during travel from a first location to a second location, comprising:
- a) a pouch formed of wear and tear resistant flexible material, and having a zippered closure that has a graspable tab movable along the zippered closure between open and closed positions, that when zippered to the open position, permits valuables to be inserted into and removed from the pouch through the zippered closure, and when zippered to the closed position prevents valuables from being inserted into and removed from the pouch through the zippered closure;
- b) a locking mechanism having a housing connected to the flexible material and supporting a lock bolt for movement along a path of travel between a locked position near the housing for clamping and retaining the graspable tab in the closed position, and an unlocked position extending away from the housing to release the graspable tab for movement toward and away from the closed position so the pouch can be zippered to the open position;
- and,
- c) wherein the locking mechanism further includes a plurality of dials movably connected to the housing that are rotatable to set elements of a combination that, when set, permits movement of the lock bolt to the unlocked position, and when not set, prevents movement of the lock bolt out of the locked position.
A security pouch for carrying valuables contained therein during travel from a first location to a second location, comprising:
- a) a pouch formed of wear and tear resistant flexible material, and having a zippered closure that, when zippered open, admits valuables, and when zippered closed retains the valuables inside the pouch;
- and,
- b) a locking mechanism connected to the flexible material and operable to receive and to retain a portion of the zippered closure when the pouch is closed by the zippered closure to prevent opening of the zippered closure until a plurality of dials of the locking mechanism are turned to set elements of a combination that unlocks the locking mechanism to release the retained portion of the zippered closure so the pouch can be opened.
A combination operated lock connectible to a flexible fabric security bag having a zippered closure that permits valuables to be inserted into and removed from the bag only when the zippered closure is open, and that retains inserted valuables within the bag when the zippered closure is closed, wherein the lock has a housing and a lock bolt movable relative to the housing along a path of travel that are cooperative when the lock bolt is in an unlocked position extending away from the housing to receive a portion of the closed zippered closure therebetween, and that are cooperative when the lock bolt is in a locked position near the housing to grip and retain the received portion of the closed zippered closure therebetween to prevent the zippered closure from opening until a plurality of dials carried by the housing are turned to set a combination that unlocks the lock to permit movement of the lock bolt along the path of travel toward the unlocked position so the zippered closure can open.
A one-time-usable one-piece seal attachable to a housing of a combination operated lock that has a lock bolt carried by the housing for movement along a path of travel between a locked position and an unlocked position, with the housing and the seal being configured such that, when the seal is attached to the housing, the seal extends across the path of travel to block movement of the lock bolt out of the locked position toward the unlocked position, and with housing and the seal being configured such that a seal attached to the housing can only be removed from the housing by being broken.
A flexible walled security container having an opening provided with slide fastener means along edges of the opening, and with a combination controlled locking means carried by the container and configured to releasably retain a slider of the slide fastener means in a closed position.
A flexible fabric security bag having a zipper closure with a pull tab that is movable along the zipper closure between open and closed positions to open and close the zipper closure, a combination operated lock for releasably retaining the pull tab in the closed position, and a one-use seal that is installable on a housing of the lock only after the lock has been locked to retain the pull tab in the closed position, that must be broken in order to move release the pull tab from the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.