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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350470 | Plastic safe with concealed hinge A plastic safe box has a housing formed of connected panels defining an interior space, and a pivoting door supported on a hinge member integrally formed with said pivoting door. The hinge member receives a support rod mounted inside the safe such that the hinge mem... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334442 | Privacy keypad A privacy keypad providing privacy for keypad character entry and concealment of a joint in an escutcheon. A privacy keypad may include a faceplate, a keypad disposed on the faceplate, and at least one protrusion integral with the faceplate. An escutcheon for a door... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7232197 | Fire-safe electronic data storage protection device A fire-safe electronic data storage protection device is provided which allows all-time data storage backup and protection. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a fire-proof enclosure having an openable and closeable door which can be opened after the devic... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7000550 | Ablative blast resistant security door panel Penetration resistant door panel comprises a plurality of spars having a series of holes therethrough and sandwiched between an outer skin and a rear skin. Preferably there are two series of holes in each spar that are staggered with respect to each other. The holes... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6668736 | Drop and slide escutcheon A drop and slide escutcheon system where the escutcheon has rims with locking members that fit into locking grooves formed in the funnels on the safe body. The escutcheon is offset by a slight amount, allowing the locking members to slide down into openin... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6658903 | Thermally insulated lock box and lock therefor A pickup drop off lock box for medical samples is equipped with a failsafe lock which will not permit the key to be removed without the lid properly positioned to permit latching. Adequate thermal insulation is provided to allow samples to be stored at te... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6588348 | Movable money safe Disclosed is an inexpensive money safe which is safe against fire and the like and which can easily be utilized when necessary. A basement (10) for accommodating a movable money safe (1) is accommodated in the basement (10), and upper surface of the movab... | 07/08/2003 |
| 5970889 | Steel shell safe with snap-in resin liner An insulated steel shell safe has a lip extending inward around an inner periphery of a door opening; and a molded resin liner, inserted into the steel shell through the door opening, is connected to the lip to form an interior of the safe. The liner has ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5435256 | Refrigerator safe box A box for containing valuables and particularly paper valuables and such which are susceptible to heat damage. It is made in the shape of a food item and kept in the refrigerator. The sidewalls, as well as optionally the bottom or top of the box, are pref... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5295447 | Hollow reinforcements for fire-resistant safes A fire-resistant safe is made with internal and external shells that are filled with insulation material. Hollow reinforcements interconnecting the two shells are formed as cone-shaped recesses in the internal shell having truncated bottom portions attach... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5152231 | Fire-resistant safe A fire-resistant safe has a main body and a closure, both of which are formed from integral resin shells filled with insulation materials. When exposed to fire, a portion of the resin material burns away leaving gaps between the insulation materials of th... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5060582 | High security blast resistant door leaf A bullet and blast resistance door leaf is comprised of inner and outer sheets connected by a profile section forming an end face of said leaf. The profile section includes an outer step and an inner step, the outer step extending laterally outwardly beyo... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4893397 | Fire-resistant container and method of assembling same A fire-resistant container for magnetic media is constructed by mounting a base of thermal insulation material within a casing having an open face and by positioning on the base and securing to the base a body of thermal insulation material so as to defin... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4748915 | Insulating apparatus and composite laminates employed therein Transaction processing enclosures for containment of electronic data processing equipment, banking apparatus and the like incorporating a housing comprising a composite laminate composed of reflective, refractory and structural elements to provide an encl... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4735155 | Fire resistant enclosures A fire-resistant enclosure comprises a casing, a hollow internal compartment defined by said casing, a door opening defined in said casing and providing access to the internal compartment and a door fitted into and closing said opening. Both the door and ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4688493 | Vapor-sealed insulation system for fire resistant safe A vapor-sealed insulation system 10 for a fire resistant safe with a steel outer body 11 and door cover 12 uses several resin molds 15-17 that receive and hold the safe's insulation material and are shaped to fit within door 12 and body 11 for lining the ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4685402 | Fire resistive cabinet for storing easily damageable electronic data storage materials A fire resistive cabinet for storing easily damageable electronic data storage materials such as floppy discs to protect them against the deleterious effects of high temperature and high humidity. The cabinet includes an outer housing of fire resistive co... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4645613 | Heat storage composition A heat storage composition for use as a medium to protect objects such as floppy disks from damage by heat is formed of a major portion by weight of the septahydrate of sodium carbonate and a lesser proportion by weight of the monohydrate of sodium carbon... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4574454 | Method of constructing fire resistant enclosures The body of a cabinet for storing temperature-sensitive articles such as magnetic discs and tapes is built by a process which involves the successive steps of (i) fabricating an internal skin; (ii) attaching so-called "phase-change" material to the skin; ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4422386 | Safe and method of making the same A safe having an outer shell mainly of plastic material, an inner liner of metal, and a filling of heat-resistive material between the shell and the liner. The safe body has a separate cover or door across the top of the body, and when the door is removed... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4048926 | Safe A safe has a self-sealing jamb where the door confronts and fits together with the box. This is done by forming the confronting surfaces in the jamb region of a resin material and making the jamb region non-linear in cross section and long enough in cross... | 09/20/1977 |
