Security box assembly adapted to be mounted beneath an undersurface

A security box assembly adapted to be mounted substantially out of sight beneath a horizontal undersurface comprising:

• a box comprising a hollow, upwardly open body portion and a hollow, downwardly open cover portion;
• the cover portion comprising a rectangular top wall with depending front, back and side walls defining a hollow interior with a downwardly facing opening;
• means securing the cover portion to a horizontal undersurface
• the body portion comprising a rectangular bottom wall with upstanding front, back and side walls defining a hollow interior with an upwardly facing opening and being movable to and from a closed, locked position against the underside of the cover portion in which the upwardly and downwardly facing openings are in registration;
• latch means acting between the body and cover portions for holding the body portion in the closed, locked position, comprising at least one latch member movably mounted on one of said box portions, and at least one catch member mounted on the other of said box portions for engagement with the latch member in the closed, locked position;
• manually operable latch release means acting between the front wall of the cover portion and the latch means to release the latch means to allow movement of the body portion between the closed, locked position and an open position enabling ready access to the hollow interior of the body portion;
• and a pair of pivoted links connecting each side wall of the body portion to a corresponding side wall of the cover portion enabling the body portion to swing downwardly and forwardly to said open position.

A security box assembly adapted to be mounted substantially out of sight beneath a horizontal undersurface comprising:

• a box comprising a hollow, upwardly open body portion and a cover portion;
• means for securing the cover portion to an undersurface;
• the body portion comprising a bottom wall with upstanding front, back and side walls defining a hollow interior with an upwardly facing opening and being movable to and from a closed, locked position against and in registration with the underside of the cover portion;
• locking mechanism acting between the body portion and cover portion for holding the body portion in the closed, locked position, said locking mechanism comprising at least one stationary catch mounted on a side wall of the body portion and having a stationary detent surface thereon;
• releasing mechanism acting between the body portion and cover portion for releasing the body portion from the closed, locked position, said releasing mechanism comprising at least one moveable latch pivoted on one side of the cover portion and having a moveable detent surface disengageable from the stationary detent surface on the stationary catch in response to actuation of the releasing mechanism, and means secured to the front of the cover portion for actuating the releasing mechanism;
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• linkage comprising pivoted link means connecting each of the side walls to a corresponding side of the cover portion enabling the body portion to swing downwardly and forwardly to the open position.

A security box assembly adapted to be mounted substantially out of sight beneath a horizontal undersurface comprising:

• a box comprising a hollow, upwardly open body portion and a cover portion;
• means for securing the cover portion to an undersurface;
• the body portion comprising a bottom wall with upstanding side walls defining a hollow interior with an upwardly facing opening and being movable upwardly to a closed, locked position against and in registration with the underside of the cover portion;
• locking mechanism secured to the box for holding the body portion in the closed, locked position;
• releasing mechanism secured to the box and structured to release the locking mechanism to enable movement of the body portion from the closed, locked position to an open position enabling access to the hollow interior;
• said body portion being movable downwardly from the cover portion by gravity in response to operation of said releasing mechanism;
• pivoted link means connecting each of the side walls to a corresponding side of the cover portion enabling the body portion to swing downwardly and forwardly to the open position;
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• spring biasing means, urging said pivoted link means in a direction to move said body portion toward its said open position.