Biometric power actuated security drawer

Abstract

A security drawer for storing personal property.

Description

PRIORITY / CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the priority date of the provisional application entitled BIOMETRIC POWER ACTUATED SECURITY DRAWER filed on Sep. 28, 2008 with application Ser. No. 61 / 100,745, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Personal safes, vaults and pistol safes are currently and have been available in many shapes and sizes for hundreds of years and have typically included a hinged door for access in the case of a vault or safe and a lid in the case of a pistol safe or personal lock box as the general preferred embodiment. In citing state of the art products currently on the market which seek to achieve the same purpose such as the “BIOVAULT 2.0 Fingerprint Safe” which is essentially a lockbox / pistol safe with biometric access technology. When activated via touch pad that verifies the owners fingerprint, hinged double lid style doors pop open utilizing a spring mechanism thus allowin...

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Embodiment Construction

[0018]In the particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention illustrated, as seen in FIG. 1, the device is comprised of a main drawer housing (1), active drawer body (2), drawer glides (4), and central component housing (3) mounted with fasteners to the active drawer body (2), in FIG. 6 showing adaptation to a rear opening (5) in the active drawer body (2) serving as a through way for the linear motion push bar assembly (6), shown fully extended. The housing (1) and drawer (2) are stamped and break pressed fourteen gauge steel sections, including the drawer front (7), and have through holes for side mount option (8) and under mount option (9). Through holes (10) are to permit the mounting on the drawer front (7) of any building material for the purpose of blending in with surroundings where the invention is mounted, e.g., mounting the device in a desk or chest of drawers with a drawer-front matching the woodwork of the surrounding furniture. The central component housing (3) i...

PRIORITY / CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the priority date of the provisional application entitled BIOMETRIC POWER ACTUATED SECURITY DRAWER filed on Sep. 28, 2008 with application Ser. No. 61 / 100,745, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Personal safes, vaults and pistol safes are currently and have been available in many shapes and sizes for hundreds of years and have typically included a hinged door for access in the case of a vault or safe and a lid in the case of a pistol safe or personal lock box as the general preferred embodiment. In citing state of the art products currently on the market which seek to achieve the same purpose such as the “BIOVAULT 2.0 Fingerprint Safe” which is essentially a lockbox / pistol safe with biometric access technology. When activated via touch pad that verifies the owners fingerprint, hinged double lid style doors pop open utilizing a spring mechanism thus allowin...

Examples

Embodiment Construction

[0018]In the particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention illustrated, as seen in FIG. 1, the device is comprised of a main drawer housing (1), active drawer body (2), drawer glides (4), and central component housing (3) mounted with fasteners to the active drawer body (2), in FIG. 6 showing adaptation to a rear opening (5) in the active drawer body (2) serving as a through way for the linear motion push bar assembly (6), shown fully extended. The housing (1) and drawer (2) are stamped and break pressed fourteen gauge steel sections, including the drawer front (7), and have through holes for side mount option (8) and under mount option (9). Through holes (10) are to permit the mounting on the drawer front (7) of any building material for the purpose of blending in with surroundings where the invention is mounted, e.g., mounting the device in a desk or chest of drawers with a drawer-front matching the woodwork of the surrounding furniture. The central component housing (3) i...

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