Equipment security method and apparatus
AssigneeQualtec Data Products, Inc.
InventorsDonald W. Kelley, Roy E. Long
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Abstract
An equipment security apparatus comprising a base member and a cover member. The base member is attached to vertical or horizontal surfaces by means of bolts or adhesive pads and plates or brackets as required in a particular installation. The cover member is removably attached to the base member by inserting a pair of inwardly directed pin members which extend from the cover member into holes provided therefor in the base member and locking the cover member to othe base member. Equipment is securely attached to the cover member by means of one or more U-shaped rod members or straps which are made from case-hardened steel so as to prevent their being readily cut or severed by manual cutting apparatus such as bolt-cutters or the like.
Claims29
Equipment security apparatus for securing equipment to a horizontal or vertical surface comprising:
- a base member;
- a cover member;
- an elongated, continuous, relatively narrow, U-shaped, equipment retaining member, said retaining member having an intermediate portion which is provided to extend over the top of said equipment and a leg member which extends orthogonally from each end of said intermediate portion and down each side of said equipment, the lower ends of said leg members being provided to extend through holes provided therefor in said cover member and said intermediate portion and said leg members having a substantially uniform cross-section;
- means for engaging the ends of each of said leg members which extend through the holes provided therefor in said cover member so as to prevent the withdrawal of said leg members from said holes until said engaging means is removed from said ends;
- means which extends upwardly from said cover member to engage an outside edge of said equipment for preventing movement of said equipment from beneath said U-shaped retaining member;
- means for attaching said base member to one of said horizontal or vertical surfaces;
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- means located in said base and cover members for releasably locking said cover member to said base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.