IP Library Granted Patent US 11,594,109
Granted Patent B2
US 11,594,109 · App. 17/161,000 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Secure safe apparatus and system

Inventors: Andrew Robert Grant (Dunblane, GB); Ian Mcfarlane Denny (Perth, GB)
Assignee: NCR Corporation
G07F19/205E01F9/658E01F13/12
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Patent No.
US 11,594,109
App. No.
17/161,000
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a secure safe apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a base and a bollard. The bollard comprises a first portion and a second portion manufactured as a single vertical member. The first portion is of sufficient length to extend below a bottom surface of the base into ground at a site where the secure safe apparatus is set. The second portion is of sufficient length to extend through a thickness of the base and above a top surface of the base. The second portion is adapted to be inserted through an aperture in a floor of a safe and affixed to an interior beam manufactured within an inside of the safe to affix the second portion to the beam.

Claims (43)

1. A secure safe apparatus, comprising:

a base; and

a bollard comprising a first portion and a second portion manufactured as a single vertical member;

wherein the first portion is of a first sufficient length to extend below a bottom surface of the base into ground at a site where the secure safe apparatus is set; and

wherein the second portion is of a second sufficient length to extend through a thickness of the base and above a top surface of the base;

wherein the second portion is adapted to be inserted through an aperture in a floor of a safe and affixed to an interior beam manufactured within an inside of the safe.

2. The secure safe apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a hole through the base at a location on the base that aligns with the bollard.

3. The secure safe apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first portion is adapted to be inserted through the hole of the base with the first portion extending a first distance into the ground and affixed to the ground and to the base with concrete or a combination of concrete and rebar.

4. The secure safe apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the secure safe apparatus comprises a column of concrete or a combination of concrete and rebar poured into and cured within the ground for the first distance, the hole in the base, and a thickness of a floor of the safe defining the aperture.

5. The secure safe apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the column of concrete or the combination further comprises a formed wedge of concrete or the the formed wedge of the combination of concrete and rebar that extends from a front-facing and bottom side of the second portion that is adjacent to the aperture in the floor of the safe towards a front of the safe.

6. The secure safe apparatus of claim 5 , wherein concrete or the combination concrete and rebar of the formed wedge is cured as a top extension of and an integral part of the column of concrete to form a single concrete member that affixes the bollard to the base, the ground, and the floor of the safe.

7. The secure safe apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bollard is a vertical-squared member manufactured as a combination of concrete and rebar.

8. The secure safe apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a thickness of the vertical-squared member is approximately 100 mm 2 .

9. The secure safe apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a length of the vertical-squared member is equal to or greater than approximately 730 mm.

10. The secure safe apparatus of claim 1 further comprising, four vehicle deterrent posts that surround the safe when the safe is affixed to the secure safe apparatus, wherein the bollard is offset within the base closer to a first set of two of the four vehicle deterrent posts relative to a second set of two of the four vehicle deterrent posts.

11. A secure safe, comprising:

a safe body:

a safe door;

a beam manufactured within an inside of the secure safe and integrated into a top of the safe body and a floor of the safe body; and

an aperture manufactured in the floor of the safe body;

wherein the aperture is adjacent to and in front of the beam;

wherein the aperture defined with dimensions in the floor of the safe body sufficiently to receive a bollard of the secure safe.

12. The secure safe of claim 11 , wherein the beam comprises screw receptacles adapted to receive at least two bolts screwed through the bollard, through the receptacles of the beam, and fastened by at least two or more nuts.

13. The secure safe of claim 12 , wherein each of the screw receptacles are sized to fit each of the at least two bolts, and wherein each of the at least two or more bolts is manufactured as steel comprising a diameter of 16 mm and a length of 175 mm.

14. The secure safe of claim 11 , wherein the beam comprises spring loaded pins and a switch that when activated cause pins to extend from a front surface of the beam and insert into aligned holes in the bollard of the secure safe.

15. The secure safe of claim 11 , wherein the beam is manufactured to align with and adjacent to the bollard when the secure safe is placed over the bollard and onto a horizontal surface of the secure safe.

16. The secure safe of claim 11 , wherein the safe body comprises a steel shell adapted to be filled with concrete, concrete with rebar, or concrete with a mesh material.

17. The secure safe of claim 16 , wherein the beam is part of the safe body and part of the shell.

18. The secure safe of claim 11 , wherein the floor of the safe comprises the aperture and at least four receptacles adapted to receive bolts to further secure the floor of the secure safe to a horizontal surface of the secure safe when the secure safe is placed over the bollard and onto the horizontal surface of the secure safe.

19. A secure safe system, comprising:

an island comprising a first aperture;

a bollard sized to fit through the first aperture of the island and a secure aperture of a secure safe; and

the secure safe comprising:

a safe body;

the second aperture in a floor of the safe and adjacent to and in front of a beam; and

the beam that vertically extends from and through the floor of the safe body and to and through a top of the safe body within an inside of the safe body;

wherein the island is adapted to provide a top surface upon which the secure safe is affixed at a site;

wherein the bollard comprises a single manufactured vertical member having a first portion that fits through the first aperture and extends below a bottom surface of island into the ground and a second portion that extends above the top surface of the island through the second aperture and aligned with the beam located within the inside of the safe body;

wherein the bollard is affixed to the beam on the inside of the safe body when the secure safe is set on the top surface at the site.

20. The system of claim 19 ,

wherein the island further comprises four vehicle deterrent posts that vertically extend above the top surface of the island and that surround the secure safe when the secure safe is set over the bollard and rests on the top surface of the island;

wherein the beam comprises at least two bolt receptacles adapted to receive bolts driven through the second portion of the bollard, through the at least two bolt receptacles of the beam, and fastened with at least two nuts when the secure safe is affixed to the island; and

wherein the floor of the safe comprises at least four additional bolt receptacles adapted to receive additional bolts driven through the floor and into the top surface of the island when the secure safe is affixed to the island.

Assignments (7)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE PROPERTIES SECTION BY INCLUDING IT WITH TEN PREVIOUSLY OMITTED PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 65346 FRAME 367. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: NCR ATLEOS CORPORATION; CARDTRONICS USA, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 072445/0072 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 30, 2024
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067578/0417 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2024
From: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
To: NCR ATLEOS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067590/0109 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE DOCUMENT DATE AND REMOVE THE OATH/DECLARATION (37 CFR 1.63) PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 065331 FRAME: 0297. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: NCR ATLEOS CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 065627/0332 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: NCR ATLEOS CORPORATION; CARDTRONICS USA, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 065346/0367 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: NCR ATLEOS CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 065331/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2022
From: DENNY, IAN MACFARLANE; GRANT, ANDREW ROBERT
To: NCR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062048/0338 →
Continuity (1)
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