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US 5,768,921 AGranted
Key box device
AssigneeSupra Products, Inc.
InventorMatthew S. Hill
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Abstract
A lid is secured to the base of a key box device that defines an enclosed compartment for securing a spare key. The lid carries push-buttons and a knob for locking the lid to the base. The surface of the lid is generally flush with the plane of the base edges thereby eliminating locations for prying the lid from the base. A flanged portion in the lid and corresponding recessed portion in the base sidewalls provide gripping sidewalls to facilitate handling of the lid.
Claims9
A key box device, comprising:
- a base defining a compartment and having an opening to the compartment on one side thereof, the base including sidewalls that have outer edges that terminate in a plane;
- a lid attachable to the base for covering the opening and closing the compartment, the lid having an outer surface that includes a margin that is disposed in the plane when the lid is attached to the base, except for opposing manual gripping flanged parts along peripheral side surfaces of the lid that protrude from the plane away from the base.
A key box device, comprising
- a base defining a compartment and having an opening to the compartment on one side thereof, the base including sidewalls that have outer edges that terminate in a plane,
- a lid attachable to the base for covering the opening and closing the compartment, the lid having an outer surface that includes margins that are disposed in the plane when the lid is attached to the base, and wherein the lid has peripheral side surfaces that are substantially obscured by the base when the lid is attached thereto wherein the lid includes opposing flanged parts along peripheral side surfaces of the lid that protrude from the plane away from the base;
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- wherein opposing sidewalls of the base are shaped to have portions that are recessed from the outer edges, thereby to expose regions of the side surfaces and facilitate manual gripping of the lid side surfaces for moving the lid relative to the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.