Lock Box with Removable Safeguard for Dynamic Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lock boxes lack enhanced security and ease of handling during group exclusion procedures, requiring multiple locks and lengthy searches for energy source exclusion, and often lack defined storage locations, leading to potential theft and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A lock box with a fastening device for wall attachment, providing a defined storage space, adjustable lid, and a removable safeguard mechanism, allowing semi-mobile or stationary use, with integrated RFID padlocks and multiple security openings for efficient key management and theft prevention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the lock box is made portable and removable, then it can be moved and used flexibly, but it risks being lost or stolen due to lack of fixed location
Solution Approach 1:
The lock box incorporates a removable safeguard mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as needed. The safeguard includes a safeguard opening and a removable safeguard element (such as a key or lock) that prevents removal of the lock box from the wall-mounted position. When the safeguard is engaged, the lock box is securely fixed; when disengaged, it can be removed for mobile use. This dynamic security mechanism allows the system to adapt between fixed and mobile states while maintaining security when required.
2Reliability
If multiple locking openings are provided for multiple padlocks, then group exclusion security is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lock box is designed with multiple locking openings that can accommodate multiple padlocks simultaneously, allowing each employee in a group exclusion scenario to attach their own padlock to the same box. This multi-functional locking system enables a single lock box to serve multiple security purposes, replacing the need for multiple separate lock boxes or multiple locks on each energy source. The safeguard mechanism also serves dual purposes: it secures the lock box to the wall and can be used to control access to the locking openings.
3Reliability
If the lock box is permanently mounted on the wall, then it has a defined location and cannot be lost, but it cannot be moved when needed
Solution Approach 1:
The lock box incorporates a removable safeguard mechanism that can be engaged or disengaged as needed. The safeguard includes a safeguard opening and a removable safeguard element (such as a key or lock) that prevents removal of the lock box from the wall-mounted position. When the safeguard is engaged, the lock box is securely fixed; when disengaged, it can be removed for mobile use. This dynamic security mechanism allows the system to adapt between fixed and mobile states while maintaining security when required.
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AI summary
A locking box (11) for locking up objects, in particular keys, comprises a container (13) with an upwardly open receiving space (15) for the objects and a lid (27) attached to the container (13), in particular pivotably, for closing the receiving space (15), wherein the lid (27) is adjustable from a closed position in which the receiving space (15) is closed to at least one open position in which the receiving space (15) is open, wherein several locking openings (35) are provided in the lid (27) and container (13) for attaching several locking elements, in particular padlocks, and wherein at least one fastening device (37) is provided on the container (13) which is designed to attach the container (15) to a wall.