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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1996
Paul E Specht, Glenview, IL (US);
Block and Company, Inc., Wheeling, IL (US);
Abstract
A lock-down security box including a security box and a lock-down plate. The lock-down security box is adapted to be detachably anchored to a mounting surface such as a table, wall or the like. The lock-down plate is fixed to a mounting surface by inserting fasteners through apertures extending through the plate. The lock-down plate includes a first anchoring member and a bolt-receiving slot extending therethrough. The security box includes a top panel which is pivotally mounted to one of the side panels of the box. The top panel includes a first lock set associated therewith for providing controlled access to the enclosure of the security box. The bottom panel of the security box includes a second anchoring member mounted thereon. The bottom panel further includes a bolt-passage slot extending therethrough which is adapted to receive a deadbolt of a second lock set mounted to one of the side panels of the box. When the first anchoring member of the lock-down plate and the second anchoring member mounted on the bottom panel of the security box are operatively associated with each other, the bolt-receiving slot and the bolt-passage slot are in registration which each other, thereby allowing the deadbolt portion of the second lock set to extend through those slots.