US 9,321,474 B2 · Transportation of valuables

Abstract

The invention provides a theft-inhibiting carrier which includes a body 12 having a chassis 16 on which three wheels 18, 20 and 22 are mounted. The carrier 10 includes theft deterrent means 12. The theft deterrent means is configured, when activated, to dismount the wheels 20, 22 from their respective axles 44 but to retain them connected to the chassis 16 by an elongate flexible tether to impede the movement of the carrier. Two containers 60, 62 are provided and contain chemicals which are fed via pistons 68 to a mixing device 76 and into a valuables receiving chamber in which they foam and set thereby encasing valuables contained therein. A pair of arms 88 are pivotally displaced from a retracted position to an extended position in which they protrude from the containers 60, 62. Sharpened teeth 94 are provided on the arms to further inhibit displacement of the carrier.

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Dependent claims

A method of inhibiting theft of valuables being transported in a wheeled carrier, comprising:

activating, by a remote activation signal, theft deterrent means of the carrier which includes dismounting at least one wheel or from an axle of the carrier by explosively breaking a fastener retaining the at least one wheel in position on the axle;
further providing the carrier with:
a wheeled carrier body and a valuables receiving container mounted on the wheeled carrier body;
wherein activating the deterrent means includes:
selectively mixing a plurality of predetermined liquid chemical components and accordingly feeding the mixed components into the valuables receiving container to cause the plurality of predetermined liquid chemical components to foam, expand and set within a short time to encapsulate valuables contained within the valuables receiving container;
and
deploying at least one arm of the deterrent means provided with a plurality of relatively sharp protrusions from a retracted position to an extended position to protrude from the wheeled carrier body and increase the effective size of the wheeled carrier, in order to discourage gripping of the deployed at least one arm by a would-be thief.

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A theft inhibiting wheeled carrier comprising:

a wheeled carrier body defining a valuables receiving chamber;
a theft deterrent means activated by reception of a remote activation signal;
wherein the theft deterrent means includes:
wheel dismounting means configured, when operated, to dismount at least one wheel of the carrier, the wheel dismounting means including an explosive charge which, when activated, dismounts the at least one wheel;
and
at least one arm secured to the body and when activated, being displaced between a retracted position in which the at least one arm is retained releasably in normal use of the carrier and an extended position to protrude from the body to increase an effective size of the carrier, the at least one arm being pivotally connected at one end to the carrier body, and being urged by bias means towards its extended position, the at least one arm including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart sharp protrusions or spikes which serves to inhibit gripping of the arm by a would-be thief.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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