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US 8,800,799 B1Granted
Secure container
OwnerChristopher Hawker, Jessica Moreland +1inventors
InventorsChristopher Hawker, Jessica Moreland, Christopher Trunek
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of a secure container are provided herein that are capable of being removably coupled to a surface.
Claims17
A secure container, comprising:
- an upper housing portion;
- a lower housing portion,
- wherein the lower housing portion is hingedly attached to the upper housing portion;
- a mount comprising a mounting protrusion and a base;
- wherein the mounting protrusion comprises:
- a distal end portion connected to the base, a proximal end portion, and a medial portion disposed between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion,
- wherein the proximal end portion has a larger cross-section than the medial portion and wherein a junction of the proximal end portion and the medial portion forms a shoulder, and
- wherein the base is configured to be coupled to a substantially stationary object;
- and
- a locking element comprising at least two apertures, wherein the at least two apertures are integrally formed in the locking element,
- wherein the locking element is disposed within a circular recess on an interior surface of the lower housing portion and is rotatably connected to the lower housing portion and secured to the lower housing portion by a mateable connection between a ridge on an outer periphery of the locking element and an annular groove on a periphery of the circular recess,
- wherein the locking element is not accessible from an exterior of the upper housing portion and from an exterior of the lower housing portion, and
- wherein the at least two apertures comprise a first end and a second end, wherein the first end comprises a width not substantially larger than the cross-section of the medial portion, and wherein the second end comprises a width not substantially larger than the cross-section of the proximal end portion.
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A secure container, comprising:
- a lower housing portion;
- a mount comprising at least two mounting protrusions and a base,
- wherein the at least two mounting protrusions comprise:
- a distal end portion connected to the base, a proximal end portion, and a medial portion disposed between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion,
- wherein the proximal end portion has a larger cross-section than the medial portion and wherein a junction of the proximal end portion and the medial portion forms a shoulder;
- and
- a locking element comprising at least two apertures, wherein the at least two apertures are integrally formed in the locking element,
- wherein the locking element is disposed within a circular recess on an interior surface of the lower housing portion and is rotatably connected to the lower housing portion and secured to the lower housing portion by a mateable connection between a ridge on an outer periphery of the locking element and an annular groove on a periphery of the circular recess,
- wherein the locking element is not accessible from an exterior of the lower housing portion, and
- wherein the at least two apertures comprise a first end and a second end, wherein the first end comprises a width not substantially larger than the cross-section of the medial portion, and wherein the second end comprises a width not substantially larger than the cross-section of the proximal end portion.
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