Secure closure
AssigneeLokaway Pty. Ltd.
InventorBrett Dunstan
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Abstract
A security door lock with a hinged door and a locking assembly. The door jamb has a number of apertures formed in a bolt receiving side of the jamb to receive a corresponding number of door bolts extendable from an outer free edge of the door. The locking assembly has a barrier panel spaced from the jamb to define a narrow longitudinal slot is adapted to receive a door guard member extending normally from an internal surface of the door adjacent the outer free edge, and is reinforced by the barrier panel against lateral flexing or distortion. A handle mechanism controls the lateral movement of the closure and the retraction or extension of the locking bolts.
Claims19
A secure closure having a security door lock comprising:
- a jamb defining a closure space defined by the jamb's first and second side edges and the jambs top and bottom edges, the closure space extending in a closure plane between the first, second, top and bottom edges;
- a hinge for mounting the closure on a hinged side near the first edge of the jamb, the closure having an exterior that extends in a door plane;
- and
- a locking bolt extendable from a free edge of the closure and receivable in a closed position in or near a second edge of the jamb,
- wherein:
- the second edge includes a first outer wall and, spaced therefrom, a barrier panel aligned in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the closure plane and adapted to extend substantially the full length of the second edge;
- a door guard member is adapted to extend from the closure at or near a free edge of the closure remote from and opposed to the hinged side;
- the door guard member lies substantially in a guard plane extending transverse to the door plane;
- the door guard member extends substantially the full length of the free edge;
- the barrier member extends across the second edge in the second plane substantially parallel to the door guard member with the closure in the closed position, thereby forming, between the barrier member and the jamb, a slot facing outwardly and into which part or all of the door guard member can be received;
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- the path of travel of the locking bolt is adapted to intersect the barrier member and the door guard member in the closed position.
A secure closure adapted to form part of a safe box comprising:
- a jamb defining an opening in a body of the container;
- a closure hingedly mounted on a hinged end to the body on or near a first edge of the jamb, the closure having an open position and a closed position;
- a plurality of locking bolts extendable from a free end of the closure and receivable in the body on or near a second edge of the jamb in the closed position,
- a guard member adapted to extend substantially a full length of the second edge and into the container's interior from the closure substantially in a plane transverse to the general plane of the closure;
- a barrier panel, all of which extends substantially parallel to the guard member with the closure in the closed position, thereby forming, between the entire barrier panel and the jamb, a slot into which part or all of the guard member can be received;
- the path of travel of the locking bolts are adapted to intersect the barrier panel and the guard member at multiple spaced locations along the length of the free end and the second edge in the closed position;
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- a channel including the barrier panel, the entire barrier panel being spaced from the jamb to define a slot along substantially the entire length of the second edge into which part or all of the guard member can be received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.