Mobile security apparatus
OwnerCharles Tubmaninventor
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Abstract
A method for and apparatus for the transfer of valuables from a collection point through an area accessible to the public to an armored vehicle is disclosed. A mobile security containment apparatus comprising a relatively heavy, handleless, and slow speed apparatus is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the directional and turning control movement of the apparatus is provided by a voice-actuated, computer-controlled drive mechanism. The mobile security containment apparatus may be combined with an armored vehicle to provide secured containment of the mobile security containment apparatus while en route to a collection point to a permanent depository such as a bank vault.
Claims12
Security containment apparatus comprising in combination:
- containment means for the storage of valuables therein;
- secured access and retrieval means for allowing the placement of valuables in said containment means and for allowing the removal of said valuables from said containment means by authorized personnel;
- propulsion means for propelling said security containment apparatus;
- control means for controlling the propulsion of said security containment apparatus by authorized personnel who are located external of said security containment apparatus;
- and,
- means for preventing theft of said security containment apparatus.
Mobile self-propelled security containment apparatus including an armored vehicle for housing said security containment apparatus, a ramp for on-loading and off-loading said security containment apparatus into and out of said armored vehicle, and a secured door between said secured space and the secured interior of said armored vehicle whereby valuables may be securely removed from said security containment apparatus and placed within the secured interior of said armored vehicle, said security containment apparatus comprising:
- containment means for the storage of valuables therein;
- secured access and retrieval means for allowing the placement of valuables in said containment means and for allowing the removal of said valuables from said containment means by authorized personnel;
- propulsion means for propelling said security containment apparatus;
- control means for controlling the propulsion of said security containment apparatus by authorized personnel who are located external of said security containment apparatus;
- and,
- means for preventing theft of said security containment apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.