Security cover for fax machine
OwnerJames Sniegockiinventor
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Abstract
A security device for a facsimile machine includes a base member upon which the facsimile machine is received and a cover mountable onto the base member and covering the facsimile machine. The base member and the cover are provided with mating tongue and groove sections, the tongue sections of the cover being provided with longitudinal extending through-bores and the tongue sections of the base member being provided with longitudinally extending channels in alignment with the through-bores in the tongue sections of the cover. A U-shaped locking bar is provided with outwardly extending L-shaped locking arms on opposed legs of the locking bar wherein the L-shaped arms are received within the channels of the base member and engageable with the through-bores in the tongues of the cover.
Claims11
A security device for a facsimile machine comprising:
- a base member having alternating tongue and groove sections at selected locations along opposed sides of the base member;
- a cover having alternating tongue and groove sections along opposed sides of a lower terminating edge of the cover, said tongue and groove sections of said cover being in mating relation with said base member tongue and groove section;
- and,
- a locking bar having means engageable with the tongue sections of the base member and cover whereby upon engagement with the tongue sections of the base member and the cover, the cover is secured to the base member.
In combination with a facsimile machine, a security device having a base member and a cover over said facsimile machine, the improvement comprising:
- said base member having alternating tongue and groove sections at selected locations along opposed sides of the base member;
- said cover having alternating tongue and groove sections along opposed sides of a lower terminating edge of the cover, said tongue and groove sections of said cover being in mating relation with said base member tongue and groove section;
- and,
- a locking bar having means engageable with the tongue sections of said base member and said cover whereby upon engagement with the tongue sections of the base member and the cover, the cover is secured to the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.