Individual safe keeping box

Claim 2

An individual safekeeping box, comprising: a protective enclosure having an access opening, said access opening having first and second spaced, opposed framing wall sections, and said enclosure comprising a top cover part and a bottom plate part, cooperating means on the two parts for detachably connecting them together, and locking means for locking the two connected parts together, said cooperating connecting means comprising a rib on each side of the bottom plate part, said rib forming a connecting groove, and a flange on the bottom edge of each side of the top cover part for sliding in the grooves to slidably connect the bottom plate part and the top cover part together; a protective door for closing said access opening, said door being receivable within said access opening in a snug relationship and having first and second edge portions spaced apart a distance slightly less than the spacing between said first and said second framing wall sections; cooperating means on said door and said enclosure for detachably mounting said door onto said enclosure, said first framing wall section having a hinge hole therein and said second framing wall section having a hinge slot therein disposed to confront said hinge hole, and said cooperating mounting means including: a first projecting hinge pin mounted on said first edge portion of said door; and a second projecting hinge pin mounted on said second edge portion of said door in general alignment with said first hinge pin, said first and second hinge pins projecting in opposite directions, and the axes thereof defining a pivot axis for said door; whereby said door can be detachably mounted on said enclosure by holding the door at an angle with respect to said opposed first and second framing sections and sliding it into said access opening, seating said first hinge pin in said hinge hole, and then rotating said door about said first hinge pin to seat said second hinge pin in said hinge slot, whereupon said door can be pivoted between open and closed positions about said pivot axis; and a lock carried by said door, for locking said door to said enclosure after said door has been pivoted to its closed position.

Claim 3

An individual safekeeping box as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking means comprise a locking plate slidably connected to the interior of the top cover part, and slots in both the ribs and the flanges to slidably receive the locking plate when the rib and flange slots are aligned, to prevent relative sliding movement between the connected top cover part and the bottom plate part.

Claim 4

An individual safekeeping box, comprising: a protective enclosure having a rectangular access opening, said access opening having first and second spaced, opposed framing wall sections; a rectangular protective door for closing said access opening, said door being receivable within said rectangular access opening in a snug relationship and having first and second edge portions spaced apart a distance slightly less than the spacing between said first and said second framing wall sections; cooperating means on said door and said enclosure for detachably mounting said door onto said enclosure, said first framing wall section having a hinge hole therein and said second framing wall section having a hinge slot therein disposed to confront said hinge hole, said hinge hole being disposed near one end of said first framing wall section and having about the same dimension measured either transversely or longitudinally of said first framing wall section, said hinge slot having a dimension measured longitudinally of said second framing wall section that is substantially greater than the dimension of said hinge slot measured transversely of said second framing wall section, and said hinge hole and said hinge slot each having a substantially continuous periphery, and said cooperating means including: a first projecting hinge pin mounted on said first edge portion of said door, and having a diameter such that it is loosely receivable within said hinge hole; and a second projecting hinge pin mounted on said second edge portion of said door in general alignment with said first hinge pin and having a diameter less than the dimension of said hinge slot measured transversely of said second framing wall section, said first and second hinge pins projecting in opposite directions, and the axes thereof defining a pivot axis for said door; whereby said door can be detachably mounted on said enclosure by holding the door at an angle with respect to said opposed first and second framing sections and sliding it into said access opening, seating said first hinge pin in said hinge hole, and then rotating said door about said first hinge pin to seat said second hinge pin in said hinge slot so that said pivot axis formed by said aligned hinge pins lies at a right angle to said first and second framing sections, whereupon said door can be pivoted between open and closed positions about said pivot axis; and a lock carried by said door, for locking said door to said enclosure after said door has been pivoted to its closed position.

Claim 5

An individual safekeeping box, comprising: a protective enclosure having a rectangular access opening, said access opening having first and second spaced, opposed framing wall sections; a rectangular protective door for closing said access opening, said door being receivable within said rectangular access opening in a snug relationship and having first and second edge portions spaced apart a distance slightly less than the spacing between said first and said second framing wall sections; cooperating means on said door and said enclosure for detachably mounting said door onto said enclosure, said first framing wall section having a hinge hole therein and said second framing wall section having a hinge slot therein disposed to confront said hinge hole, said hinge hole being disposed near one end of said first framing wall section and having about the same dimension measured either transversely or longitudinally of said first framing wall section, said hinge slot having a dimension measured longitudinally of said second framing wall section that is substantially greater than the dimension of said hinge slot measured transversely of said second framing wall section, and said hinge hole and said hinge slot each having a substantially continuous periphery, and said cooperating means including: a first projecting hinge pin mounted on said first edge portion of said door, and having a diameter such that it is loosely receivable within said hinge hole; and a second projecting hinge pin mounted on said second edge portion of said door in general alignment with said first hinge pin and having a diameter less than the dimension of said hinge slot measured transversely of said second framing wall section, said first and second hinge pins projecting in opposite directions, and the axes thereof defining a pivot axis for said door; whereby said door can be detachably mounted on said enclosure by holding the door at an angle with respect to said opposed first and second framing sections and sliding it into said access opening, seating said first hinge pin in said hinge hole, and then rotating said door about said first hinge pin to seat said second hinge pin in said hinge slot so that said pivot axis formed by said aligned hinge pins lies at a right angle to said first and second framing sections, whereupon said door can be pivoted between open and closed positions about said pivot axis; and a lock carried by said door, for locking said door to said enclosure after said door has been pivoted to its closed position.

Claim 6

An individual safekeeping box as claimed in claim 3, including a pair of hinge holes in said first framing wall section, one at each end thereof, and a pair of hinge slots in said second framing wall section, one at each end thereof, whereby said door can be mounted in said access opening with said pivot axis disposed at either end thereof.

Claim 7

An individual safekeeping box as claimed in claim 3, wherein the enclosure comprises a top cover part and a bottom plate part, cooperating means on the two parts for detachably connecting them together, and locking means for locking the two connected parts together.