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US 8,413,472 · App. 13/015,395 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Combination safe deposit box

Inventor: Tung-Lung Chiang (Yunlin County, TW)
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Patent No.
US 8,413,472
App. No.
13/015,395
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combination safe deposit box includes a first box shell and a second box shell fastened together to define a deposit space, a plurality of side guard frames and corner guard frames fastened to and covered on the abutted area between the first box shell and the second box shell, a rim frame affixed to the front side of the first box shell and a second box shell and capped on two distal ends of the connected series of the side guard frames and corner guard frames, and a door panel hinged to one side of the rim frame and adapted to close the deposit space.

Claims (17)

1. A combination safe deposit box, comprising:

a first box shell being a substantially reverse U-shaped frame shell defining a front opening and a bottom opening, said first box shell having a first front edge surrounding said front opening and a first side edge surrounding said bottom opening;

a second box shell being a substantially U-shaped frame shell defining a front opening and a top opening, said second box shell having a second front edge surrounding said front opening and a second side edge connected to the first side edge of said first box shell;

a plurality of side guard frames respectively fastened to and covered on said first side edge and said second side edge;

a plurality of corner guard frames connected between each two said side guard frames;

a rim frame affixed to said first front edge and said second front edge to stop said side guard frames in place; and

a door panel hinged to one side of said rim frame and adapted to close a deposit space defined in between said first box shell and said second box shell;

wherein said first box shell and said second box shell are fastened together; said side guard frames and said corner guard frames are respectively fastened to said first box shell and said second box shell and covered on said first side edge and said second side edge; said rim frame is affixed to said first front edge and said second front edge to stop said side guard frames and said corner guard frames in position.

2. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first box shell further comprises a first coupling flange extending along said first side edge; said second box shell further comprises a second coupling flange extending along said second side edge.

3. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each said side guard frame comprises two parallel coupling grooves respectively coupled to the first coupling flange of said first box shell and the second coupling flange of said second box shell.

4. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising two partition brackets bilaterally mounted in said first box shell and said second box shell.

5. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a partition board fastened to said partition brackets to divide the deposit space in between said first box shell and said second box shell into two separated deposit chambers.

6. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each said corner guard frame comprises a coupling groove attached to one corner area of said first side edge and one respective corner area of said second side edge.

7. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each said corner guard frame comprises at least one pin located on each of two distal ends thereof.

8. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each said side guard frame comprises a channel adapted for receiving the at least one pin at each of the two distal ends of each of said corner guard frames.

9. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said rim frame comprises two cap-shaped lugs respectively protruded from two opposite lateral sides thereof and respectively capped on one end of one respective said side guard frame to close the respective end of the respective side guard frame.

10. The combination safe deposit box as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first box shell and said second box shell each comprise at least one through hole, one hollow column, and one metal chain having one end thereof insertable through one said through hole for fixation to said hollow column and an opposite end thereof for fastening to an external place.

Continuity (1)
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