Portable Lock Box with Integral Hasp Attachment for Elongate Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable lock boxes lack simplicity, flexibility, and effective security features for attaching to various fixed objects, making them impractical for securing valuables during outdoor activities, and they often require complex mounting mechanisms or heavy, bulky designs.
Innovation Solution
A portable, lockable security box with a versatile support cavity that self-fastens to elongate objects like lounge chair frames or strollers, featuring an RFID locking mechanism and integrated solar panel for charging electronic devices, allowing secure storage without permanent fixation and easy attachment to various shapes and sizes of support elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional safes are designed to be heavy and bulky to prevent easy removal, then security against theft is improved, but portability and ease of movement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The safe is divided into two main components: a heavy, secure base unit that provides the locking mechanism and protection, and a separate, lightweight lid or cover that can be easily moved and positioned. This segmentation allows the secure portion to remain stationary while the movable portion maintains portability.
Solution Approach 2:
A portable intermediate container or carrier is introduced between the traditional heavy safe and the user. This intermediate structure provides the portability needed for transport while the heavy secure base remains stationary at the destination, effectively mediating between the conflicting requirements of security and portability.
2Weight of moving object
If portable lock boxes are designed to be lightweight and easy to move, then portability is improved, but security and resistance to forced entry deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The security system is segmented into a permanent, heavy secure base that remains stationary and provides the locking mechanism and resistance to forced entry, while the lid or cover portion is lightweight and portable for easy movement and positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The portable portion of the safe provides sufficient security for its weight class, while the excessive security requirements are met by the stationary base unit. This partial approach to security in the movable portion, combined with the secure anchor point, achieves overall high security without making the entire system unnecessarily heavy.
3Reliability
If lock boxes are designed with complex mounting mechanisms to attach to fixed objects, then security against removal is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The safe incorporates self-aligning features and intuitive attachment mechanisms that automatically guide the user through the mounting process without requiring complex procedures. The design includes self-latching components and automatic positioning features that simplify the securing process while maintaining high security.
Solution Approach 2:
The complex mounting mechanisms are extracted or removed entirely from the design. Instead, the safe uses simple, straightforward attachment methods such as basic latches, hasps, or friction-fit mechanisms that provide adequate security without adding device complexity or operational difficulty.
4Reliability
If lock boxes use cable locks or chains to secure to fixed objects, then security against theft is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Cable locks and chains are completely removed from the design. The safe instead incorporates integrated attachment points with simple latching mechanisms, hasps, or friction-fit features that are built directly into the structure, eliminating the need for separate locking components and significantly simplifying the attachment process.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment and locking functions are merged into a single integrated mechanism. The safe's structure itself provides the attachment points and securing features, combining what were previously separate components (box, cable lock, and anchor point) into one unified, easy-to-operate system.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a secure, portable, and aesthetically designed lock box that reduces theft risk by being difficult to target and allows users to charge their devices while their valuables are stored, offering a practical and flexible solution for securing items at recreational areas without the need for complex assembly or heavy construction.
Implementation Method 1
The outer surface of the top member includes a solar panel having a top surface arranged to face upward and a bottom surface having a charging cable extending downwardly therefrom through the top member
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AI summary
A portable, universally fitting, stylish, lockable security box that integrally affixes to an object such as the support or cross bar on a frame of a beach lounge chair, a stroller, bike or similar member where it is desirable to protect your valuables on a stationary or a larger movable object. The security box is a device preferably comprised of a main top component having a solar panel thereon and a main bottom component which are hinged together and able to be securely closed by a RFID locking mechanism. When the security box is positioned over an elongate object, such as the support bar of a chair, stroller or other object, the security box can be affixed to the elongate object by employing an integral hasp or integral locking mechanism to close the security box around the support object, such that the support object extends through the security box by passing through specially configured openings in the security box.