Multiple user lockbox
AssigneeMaster Lock Company LLC
InventorsMatthew T. Dudgeon, Scott B. Stevens
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Abstract
A lockbox includes a body and a lid connected to body and pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The body defines an enclosure and includes a body aperture and the lid includes a first lid aperture positioned adjacent to the body aperture when the lid is in the closed position, such that insertion of a padlock shackle through the body aperture and the lid aperture prevents pivoting movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position. The lockbox includes a slot intersecting one of the body aperture and the lid aperture for insertion of an item into the enclosure when the lid is in the closed position. A padlock shackle inserted through the body aperture and the lid aperture prevents passage of an item through the slot.
Claims9
A lockbox for use with one or more lock members, the lockbox comprising:
- a body including first, second, third and fourth perimeter walls extending forward from a rear wall to a front edge to define a storage enclosure therebetween;
- a lid connected to the body and pivotable between a closed position blocking access to the enclosure and an open position permitting access to the enclosure, the lid including first, second, third, and fourth perimeter edge portions that align with corresponding ones of the first, second, third and fourth perimeter walls when the lid is in the closed position;
- a latch assembled with the lid and slideable between a latching position, in interlocking engagement with a latch engaging portion of the body when the lid is in the closed position, and a releasing position disengaged from the latch engaging portion of the body;
- wherein the first perimeter wall includes a first end flange extending laterally outward from the first perimeter wall front edge, the first end flange being positioned to abut the first perimeter edge portion of the lid when the lid is in the closed position, the first end flange including a first body aperture that aligns with a first lid aperture in the first perimeter edge portion of the lid, such that when a lock member is inserted through the first body aperture and the first lid aperture, the lock member does not extend into the storage enclosure, and pivoting movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position is prevented;
- further wherein when the latch is in the latching position, a first cutout of the latch aligns with the first lid aperture, such that insertion of a lock member through the first body aperture and the first lid aperture further prevents sliding movement of the latch from the latching position to the releasing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.