IP Library Granted Patent US 11,830,328
Granted Patent B2
US 11,830,328 · App. 17/966,381 · Granted Nov 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 11,830,328
App. No.
17/966,381
Granted
Nov 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 (34)

1. A safe, comprising:

a safe body that comprises a beam on an inside of the safe body and an aperture in a floor of the safe, wherein the aperture aligns to a side of the beam;

a bollard adapted fit a first portion of the bollard through the aperture in the floor to align with the beam along the side of the beam; and

a fastening mechanism to fasten the first portion of the bollard to the side of the beam.

2. The safe of claim 1 further comprising a base upon which the floor of the safe body is bolted to a top of the base on the inside of the safe body.

3. The safe of claim 2 , wherein the base comprises a hole that aligns with a second portion of the bollard.

4. The safe of claim 3 , wherein the second portion of the bollard extends through the hole in the base into the ground.

5. The safe of claim 4 further comprising a column of concrete around the second portion of the bollard and the hole in the base.

6. The safe of claim 5 , wherein the column of concrete further comprises rebar mixed in and cured with the concrete around the second portion within a the hole of the bollard and below a bottom of the base and into the ground.

7. The safe of claim 6 further comprising a wedge of concrete cured with rebar adjacent to a bottom of the first portion of the bollard on the floor of the safe body.

8. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the fastening mechanism comprises bolts that extend through the first portion of the bollard through the beam and secured by nuts on the inside of the safe body.

9. The safe of claim 1 , wherein the fastening mechanism comprises steel pins manufactured into the beam that extend out from the side through the bollard and secured by nuts on the inside of the safe body.

10. The safe of claim 9 , wherein beam further comprises a switch adapted to spring activate the steel pins to extend out of the side of the beam and into premanufactured holes in the bollard.

11. The safe of claim 10 , wherein a the size of the aperture in the floor of the safe body is smaller than a distance that the steel pins extend out from the side of the beam.

12. A safe, comprising:

a safe body;

a solid beam manufactured on an inside of the safe body that extends through a floor of the safe body and a ceiling of the safe body;

the floor comprises an aperture aligned on a side of the solid beam; and

a bollard adapted to be inserted through the aperture aligned to the side of the solid beam and secured to the solid beam.

13. The safe of claim 12 , wherein sides of the safe body comprise a shell adapted to be filled with a concrete mixture.

14. The safe of claim 12 , wherein the solid beam is a stainless-steel H beam.

15. The safe of claim 14 , wherein the solid beam is manufactured as an integral component of a portion of both the floor and the ceiling of the safe body.

16. The safe of claim 12 , wherein the solid beam includes manufactured steel pins that extend through the solid beam and extend out from the side into manufactured holes in the bollard.

17. The safe of claim 16 , wherein the solid beam includes a switch that activates the steel pins to extend out from the side when the switch is pressed extending the steel pins through the holes in the bollard.

18. The safe of claim 17 , wherein the switch adapted to retract the steel pins out of the holes of the bollard and back into the solid beam.

19. A system, comprising:

a base that comprises a manufactured hole in a center of the base and four island beams that surround the hole;

a column of concrete that fills the hole and extends into the ground below a bottom of the base;

a bollard with a first portion that extends through a center of the column, through the hole, and for a distance that the column extends into the ground;

a second portion of the bollard that extends above a top of the base for a first height;

a safe body that comprises an aperture in a floor of the safe body, wherein the aperture is sufficient in size to fit over a top of the second portion of the bollard through the aperture for at least the first height;

a beam manufactured on an inside of the safe body and adjacent to a side of the aperture to align the beam on the inside of the safe body with the second portion of the bollard; and

a fastening mechanism to fasten the beam to the bollard on the inside of the safe body.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the inside of the safe body is adapted to be bolted to the top of the base.

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 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2024
From: NCR ATLEOS CORPORATION (F/K/A NCR CORPORATION)
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 069182/0787 →
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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 064292 FRAME: 0318. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 28, 2023
From: GRANT, ANDREW ROBERT; DENNY, IAN MCFARLANE
To: NCR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064422/0681 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2023
From: GRANT, ANDREW ROBERT; DENNY, IAN MCFARLANE
To: NCR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064292/0318 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17161000 · Jan 28, 2021
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