Locking refrigerator or freezer box

Abstract

A storage system allows secured attachment in a device, such as a refrigerator, a freezer, a medical cart or the like, having a shelf comprising spaced-apart wire rack ribs. The storage system has a body with top and bottom walls, side walls, a rear wall, and an open front face opposite the rear wall, the top wall having a pair of spaced-apart apertures. A front door, hingedly attached to the body, is sized to fully close the front face when attached thereto. The body is attached to the shelf using a screw and a screw-retaining member, with the screw-retaining member operating to secure the ribs of the shelf between itself and the body. A screw, with its head located inside the body, passes through one of the apertures and is threadingly secured to the screw-retaining member.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a nonprovisional of, and claims the benefit of priority to, U.S. 61 / 018,591, filed on 2 Jan. 2008, which is incorporated by reference as if fully recited herein.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The disclosed embodiments of the present invention relate to a locking box for removable placement in a refrigerator or freezer.BACKGROUND OF THE ART[0003]In any medical or pharmaceutical setting, it is important that proper controls be established and maintained for certain medications. The controls require that the medications be kept under either single or double lock. This is complicated in situations where the particular medication also is required to be under temperature control in a refrigerator or a freezer.[0004]While locking refrigerators and freezers are known and routinely used, it is not practical to dedicate the entire volume of such a device to the storage of materials that require the controlled temperature. While lockable c...

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Benefits of technology

"The patent describes a storage system for secure attachment in a device with a shelf. The storage box has a body with a front door and a means for hingedly attaching the front door to the body. The body is also attached to the shelf through an interior access. The attachment means includes a screw and a screw-retaining member. The screw-retaining member can be a flat disc portion or a rib with protrusions that capture one rib of the shelf. The screw is usually a thumb screw and both the screw and the screw-retaining member are made of polyamide material. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a secure and easy-to-use storage system for attachment to a device with a shelf."

Problems solved by technology

This is complicated in situations where the particular medication also is required to be under temperature control in a refrigerator or a freezer.

While locking refrigerators and freezers are known and routinely used, it is not practical to dedicate the entire volume of such a device to the storage of materials that require the controlled temperature.

This results in numerous joints that can provide problems in integrity as well as achieving a poor aesthetic quality.

The metal plates block the visibility of the contents when looking into the box from above.

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