US 4,457,240 AGranted

Hand held and/or hard mounted weatherproof portable travel safe for full time protection of essential travel valuables

OwnerRobert E. Hungerfordinventor

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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. In another embodiment, only the strong weatherproof cover has interfitting receiving structure adapted for securement to complementary receiving structures. Also in another specific embodiment, both the strong cylindrical weatherproof compartment and the strong weatherproof cover each have their own respective interfitting receiving structure.

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A hand carried and/or hard mounted, strong, lockable, weatherproof, portable travel safe used by travelers to keep their essential valuables under their personal control enroute to and from a destination and while staying there, or just staying there, comprising:

(a) a strong cylindrical compartment with a full top entry, having about its top edge multiple circumferentially spaced drop in and turn receiving slots and having an integral inside radially projecting abutment pin located adjacent one of the spaced drop in and turn receiving slots;
(b) a first rotatable then lift off strong cover fully fitting over the full top entry to complete a weatherproof compartment, having about its interior multiple circumferentially spaced integral radially projecting locking pins, each having integral enlarged heads, whereby these locking pins are dropped in and turned in the spaced drop in and turn receiving slots, when the first rotatable then lift off strong cover is fully fitted over the full top entry of the strong cylindrical compartment;
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(c) a locking mechanism essentially secured to the strong cylindrical compartment having a rotatable locking pawl, which after the drop in and turn of the strong cover, is rotated past one of the integral radially projecting locking pins of the strong cover, and into contact with the integral inside radially projecting abutment pin of the strong cylindrical compartment, whereby, when the locking mechanism is internally secured to prevent its rotation and consequently also the rotation of the rotatable locking pawl secured to it, the strong cover is firmly and securely locked on the strong cylindrical compartment, because thereafter any attempted relative first rotation of the strong cover is prevented by the overall arrangement of the locking pawl, which is then located between the integral inside radially projecting abutment pin and the nearest one of the integral radial projecting locking pins, and thereafter any access is prevented to all the valuable contents placed in the strong cylindrical compartment of this travel safe.

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(a) a strong cylindrical compartment with a full top entry, having about its top edge multiple circumferentially spaced drop in and turn receiving slots and having an integral inside radially projecting abutment pin located adjacent one of the spaced drop in and turn receiving slots;
(b) a first rotatable then lift off strong cover fully fitting over the full top entry to complete a weatherproof compartment, having about its interior multiple circumferentially spaced integral radially projecting locking pins, each having integral enlarged heads, whereby these locking pins are dropped in and turned in the spaced drop in and turn receiving slots, when the first rotatable then lift off strong cover is fully fitted over the full top entry of the strong cylindrical compartment;
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(c) a locking mechanism essentially secured to the strong cylindrical compartment having a movable component thereof, which after the drop in and turn of the strong cover, is moved between one of the integral radially projecting locking pins of the strong cover and the integral inside radially projecting abutment pin of the strong cylindrical compartment, whereby when the locking mechanism is internally secured to prevent its movement and consequently the movement of the movable component secured to it, the strong cover is firmly and securely locked on the strong cylindrical compartment, because thereafter any attempted relative first rotation of the strong cover is prevented by this overall arrangement of the movable component of the locking mechanism, which is then positively located between the integral inside radially projecting abutment pin and the nearest one of the integral radial projecting locking pins, and thereafter any access is prevented to all the valuable contents placed in the strong cylindrical compartment of this travel safe.

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