Safety storage system and method
AssigneeHangman Systems, LLC
InventorDee A Feris
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Abstract
A storage system, comprising a body having a cavity therein configured to house one or more items, and an opening defined by the body and a panel configured to mate with the opening and prevent access to the cavity when the panel is in position; a first lock system between the body and the panel and providing a locked condition in which the panel is locked to the body thereby preventing removal of the panel and access to the cavity, an attachment mechanism coupled to one end of the body and configured to suspend the device; and the body configured to be covered by an article of clothing such that if suspended from a clothes rod among other clothes, the body is substantially disguised as an article of clothing.
Claims20
A storage system, comprising:
- a body having at least one cavity therein configured to house one or more items;
- an opening defined by the body and providing access to the cavity;
- a panel configured to mate with the opening and prevent access to the cavity when the panel is positioned in the opening;
- a first lock system operable between the body and the panel and providing a locked condition in which the panel is locked to the body preventing removal of the panel and access to the cavity, and an unlocked condition in which the panel is not locked to the body allowing access to the cavity;
- an attachment mechanism coupled to a first end of the body and comprising a shank portion extending away from the body and a curved portion, the shank and curved portions configured to visually resemble a coat hanger so that the attachment mechanism is substantially disguised as a coat hanger when the system is suspended among coat hangers;
- a hole in or adjacent the first end of the body;
- an attachment mechanism lock system comprising first, second and third portions, the first portion secured to an end of the curved portion of the attachment mechanism, the third portion comprising a component disposed in an area of the cavity to which access is controlled by the panel, and the second portion configured to pass through the hole in the body to securely engage the third portion, the attachment mechanism lock system configured to lockably secure the storage system to a structure from which the system is suspended;
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- the body configured to be covered by an article of clothing such that if suspended among hanging clothes, the system is substantially disguised as clothing suspended by a coat hanger.
A storage system, comprising:
- a body having at least one cavity configured to house one or more items;
- an opening in the body providing access to the at least one cavity;
- a panel configured to prevent access to the at least one cavity through the opening;
- a first lock system having a first key and operable between the body and the panel providing a locked condition in which the panel is locked to the body preventing access to the at least one cavity, and an unlocked condition allowing access to the at least one cavity;
- a hook coupled to the body comprising a curved portion and configured to suspend the system;
- an anti-removal device comprising a flexible member, a securing structure and an attachment portion, the flexible member fixedly secured to an end of the curved portion of the hook, the securing structure disposed in an area of the cavity having access controlled by the first lock system;
- a hole in the body configured to pass the attachment portion of the anti-removal device there through to securely engage the third portion;
- the anti-removal device configured to secure the storage system to a structure from which the storage system is suspended when the attachment portion is secured to the securing structure and the first lock is in the locked condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.