Key container with improved locking features
AssigneeInterlogix, Inc.
InventorJon Marc Luebeck
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Abstract
A key container has a body with a chamber, an access opening that communicates with the chamber and a cover that can be locked in place over the opening. A key-operated locking assembly is attached to the cover and engagable with the body to lock the cover in place. The cover can be engaged with the body and locked in place without operating the key.
Claims14
A locking key container, comprising:
- a body having an access opening and a chamber within the body in communication with the access opening;
- a cover engagable with the body to cover the access opening;
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- a lock assembly removably coupled to the cover by a snap-fit connection and engagable with the body to lock the cover to the body.
A key container, comprising:
- a body having a chamber, an access opening that communicates with the chamber and a cover that can be locked in place to restrict access to the chamber;
- a key-operated lock assembly attached to the cover and engagable with the body to lock the cover in place,
- wherein the cover can be engaged with the body and locked in place without operating a key.
In a key container having a body with a chamber, an opening that communicates with chamber, and a cover with a lock assembly engaged with and locked to the body to prevent access to the chamber, a method of removing the lock from the cover, comprising:
- using a key to unlock the lock assembly;
- disengaging the cover from the body to expose a body side of the cover;
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- manipulating the lock assembly from the body side of the cover to remove the lock assembly from the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.