GB2165820A - Rigid steel locked belt purse - Google Patents

Abstract

A purse is suspended on a High Tensile Flexible Steel Body Belt threaded through holes 12 in the Purse, which comprises two members held together by a lock 14. A serrated lip 7 and a back plate 1 define an insertion slot 9 for Bank-Notes, Credit Cards or other paper items of value. On releasing the lock 14 the two members of the Purse may be separated for access to the contents. The inserted contents would only be removed in a safe location area, where the Purse complete may be transferred and secured to a securely fixed Wall or Panel Locking Plate. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Rigid steel locked purse This invention relates to the protection of people collecting from Banks, Post Offices etc. and/or carrying around with them papers such as Bank Notes, Travellers Cheques, Credit Cards, Passports etc. and their great vulnerability to being mugged or robbed by pickpockets especially outdoors, touring and/or within the House, Car, Yacht etc.

This Rigid Steel Purse is supported in a securely locked condition upon a High Tensile Steel Belt, which is flexible and may be either Wire, Strip Metal or Chain Link, which is passed through holes or slots made in the Steel Plate, and with its two ends securely locked together around the waist, chest, or other suitable part of the person, prior to leaving the house or other premises.

In the case of a person with no waist the purse and belt may be retained in position or moved to a higher location upon the chest or under the armpit by means of a suitable strongly fixed shoulder High Tensile Steel Belt.

It is not necessary/or recommended for the Purse user to open the Purse until a safe location is entered by the user.

The Paper Money or Documents to be protected may be either inserted prior to leaving the safe location for security, or pushed through a fixed narrow non-returnable slot in the top face of the Rigid Steel Purse as collected outside the security zone.

Excess paper money (and all metal coins which should not be placed inside the Steel Purse) required to be used when outside the security area should be kept separately elsewhere upon the person.

In use more than one Rigid Steel Purse may be assembled on the High Tensile Steel Belt and the Purse location may be anywhere along the Steel Belt.

The Steel Purse would be of a minimum size to hold the paper documents to be protected and as inconspicuous as possible to be hidden upon the person.

The Steel Belt would be of the exact length required by the individual user or overlong so that various persons could use the same belt requiring the Steel Belt to be with overlapped parallel ends.

The Steel Belt ends being securely joined with a clamp or lock.

A type of Rigid Steel Purse can be provided with one of its two main plates with holes open side slotted, such that with a Steel Belt using this set of Purse holes it can be opened by the user if required without removing or undoing the Steel suspension belt, and which can be effected by the removal of an incorporated additional lock which is engaged with another set of holes or slots in the Purse.

After removal of Paper Documents and/or replacement this extra lock can then be reinserted with the Steel Purse securely locked as before.

For additional security within a House, Officers, Car, Yacht etc. a separate three lipped Steel Plate can be provided for direct fixed attachment by screws or bolts to a wall, panel or large container.

The Steel Purse with its contents being removed from the Steel Belt on the user and transferred complete to the Wall Plate Location where it is inserted by sliding along two of the Locking Plate overlap lips to an end stop, where the Purse can be attached to it by a suitable lock. Once the Purse is in position on the Locking Plate, the Locking Plate fixing screws are concealed.

This device would offer security against, intruders or burglars.

In the various Figures of the accompanying references indicate steel components which are as follows: 1. Back Plate - Vertical Face 2. Back Plate - Horizontal Bottom Face for Front Plate Location and support 3. Back Plate - Retaining and Location face edge for Front Plate 4. Back Plate - Outer Location - Vertical Side Faces 5. Front Plate - Inner Location - Vertical Side Faces 6. FrontPlate-Top Horizontal Face 7. Front Plate - Serrated or Plain Contents retaining Lip Face 8. Front Plate - Horizontal Bottom Side Face and retaining stop 9. Purse - Fixed contents insertion gap entry between (1) and (7) 10. Front Plate - Vertical Face 11. Aligned Locking Holes in Vertical Side Faces of Front and Back Plates 12. Steel Belt aligned location and suspension holes in all vertical sides of Front and Back Plates 13.Slotted unlocking hole in Front Plate Vertical Sides only when Lock (14) is used 14. Removable Standard Lock 15. Front and Back Plate- Alternative Steel Belt Location using Holes (12) in Vertical Side Faces for one or more suspension belts.

16. Fixed position - Panel or Wall Locking Plate 17. Locking Plate - concealed - fixing positions 18. Locking Plate - Vertical Face (R. or L.H.) End Stop and Locking Edge 19. Wall, Panel or Container - Anchorage for Wall Locking Plate Fixing Screws (17) 20. Human Body - Waist or Chest Section showing Belt and Steel Purse Locations 21. Steel Belt- Single or Double Parallel Loop Line end to end on adjustable length overlap 22. Steel Belt - Fixing Position - Clamp or Lock 23. Steel Belt - Fixing Positions Ferrules or Sleeves 24. Steel Purse - one or more optional suspension locations on Steel Belt 25. Steel Belt - Parallel Overlap - Belt length adjustment 26. Steel Belt - Open with Ferrules (23) and End Seals on loops (27) 27. Steel Belt - End Seal Stops and/or Locking Loops 28.One Piece Spring type Steel Purse - Comprising - Attaching and Linking Back Plate 1 to Front Plate 10.

The components of this security device are as explained in the following.

Figure 1 shows a front face view of a Rigid metal two piece front and back plate secured by Lock (14) through holes (11) with a cutaway section through Front Plate Vertical Face (10) showing an inside view of contents. Serrated or plain retaining Lip Face (7) with alternative insertion Metal Belt line positions (15) through Vertical Side Holes (12) in both Front and Back Plates Vertical Sides (4) and (5). The Steel Belt is the normal locking arrangement for this Steel Purse when in position.

Figure 2 is an end view Vertical Section AA through Figure 1 showing all the sections of the Front and Back Plates. In particular Back Plate retaining and locations Face Edge (3) for the Front Plate, Vertical Face (10) Holes (11) (12) and Slotted Holes (13) in the Front Plate only. Also Front Plate Serrated Retaining Lip (7) and the narrow Insertion Slot (9) between (7) and Back Plate (1).

Figure 3 is a top view of the Rigid Steel Purse with a part cutaway section showing in particular the fixed narrow slot (9) for the insertion of paper money into the purse between Back Plate, Vertical Face (1) and the serrated or plain contents retaining Lip Face (7) on the Front Plate.

Also shown in position is Lock (14) through Locking Holes (11) Back Plate comprises faces (1), (2), (3) and (4) and Holes (11) and (12). Front Plate comprises faces (5), (6), (7), (8), (10) with Paper Money insertion Slot Gap (9) between Faces (1) and (7).

Figure 4 shows a Face View of a Rigid Steel Purse inserted endways horizontally into a three lipped, steel wall or panel locking plate (16) which has several holes pressed out for the insertion of concealed Fixing Screws (17) which are used for fixing the Steel Locking Plate (16) to the Wall or Panel (19).

The Purse with its contents is pushed up to the Locking Plate End Stop (18) which has holes pressed in it to align with the existing holes in the Purse (11) and (12) such that a Lock (14) may be inserted into the Holes (11) securely fixing the Purse to the Locking Plate (16) and hence concealing fixing screws (17).

The Purse will remain locked in situ for security purposes until it is required to use it elsewhere.

Figure 5 is an end view of the Rigid Metal Purse within the Wall or Panel Locking Plate (16) showing Lock (14) through Holes (11) and with the fixing screws (17) inserted into the Wall or Panel (19).

Also shown is the fixed narrow paper money purse insertion slot (9) between the Back Plate Face (1) and the Paper Money Contents retaining Lip Face (7).

Figure 6 shows an inside projection view of the Front Plate. In particular the Steel Purse Locking Holes (11) the alternative steel belt thread through supporting aligned holes (12) also the Slotted Open Hole (13) to enable the normally locked purse to be opened without removal from the supporting Steel Body Belt or Cable by detachment of Lock (14) normally within holes (11).

Also shown is the Front Plate Serrated or Plain Paper Money Contents retaining Lip Face (7) and also indicated by lines the width of the narrow paper money insertion gap entry (9) between faces (7) and (1).

Figure 7 shows a corresponding external view to Figure 6 of the back plate with its steel belt alternative aligned holes (12) and the locking holes (11) for lock (14) and in particular the bottom retaining face lip (3) for the front plate.

In use the Front Plate is manually placed within the Back Plate inside vertical sides (4) and retaining lip (3) and locked in position by passing the steel supporting belt through either of the aligned holes (12) or (13) before joining the belt ends around the waist or chest.

Figure 8 shows an open straight high tensile steel belt (26) with several attached steel ferrule stops (23) and both ends finished with an end seal or locking loop (27).

Figure 9 shows a steel belt in position around a human body (20) with alternative positions of one or more Rigid Steel Purses (24). The belt may be circled around the waist once or twice, and after being passed through the purse holes (12) would be securely locked by means of a locking clamp or lock (22) thus locking the purse also at the same time the belt would normally be over length and the surplus ends would be overlapped (25) and adjusted to the correct length before locking in situ.

Figure 10 shows an end to end eye fixing of an exact size belt (21) with a fixing clamp or lock (22).

Figure ii shows a Front Face view of a Rigid Metal one piece sprung metal purse similar to Figure 1 except that the Front Plate Vertical Face 10 is attached to the Back Plate Vertical Face 1 by the radiused spring joining link 28 all of which are integrally as a one piece component.

Figure 12 shows an end view Vertical Section BB through Figure 11 showing all the sections of the integral one piece purse component, linking 1, 10 and sprung joining link 28 - otherwise it is similar to Figure 2.

This view also shows the purse locked closed as on the safety belt at point PC (Purse Closed) of the Front Vertical Face 10 also shown dotted, this Vertical Face 10 in the open position and removed off the safety belt at position PO (Purse Open).

Figure 13 shows a top view of the Rigid Steel Purse with a part cutaway section, otherwise as Figure 3.

Claims (1)

1. A Rigid Steel Purse which is securely locked when threaded onto a Stainless Hardened or High Tensile Wire Strip or Chain Belt or Cable which may also be plastic covered passed through holes or slots on the top of its body prior to being installed in situ on the users body and the belt having its two ends securely connected ready for use.

All Steel Purses will have a fixed and open narrow slot on its top edge surface for the direct posting or insertion of paper documents such as Bank Notes, Credit Cards, Travellers Cheques, Passport etc. into the Purse interior which cannot be removed by unauthorised persons. All Steel Purses can be predrilled and slotted such that a further lock in parallel and in direction to the belt may be used on the Purse for security. This would enable the Purse user to open the Purse by key if so desired without removal from the belt lock thus permitting the Purse contents to be removed and/or replaced if so desired. This Metal Purse is of minimum size compatible with the papers to be basically contained therein and not for metal coins.

Any excess money required by the Purse owner would be retained elsewhere on the person for general use outdoors. The Metal Purse can be removed bodily by the user when indoors, and transferred to a Securely Fixed Wall Locking Plate into which it may be inserted and locked in as protection against indoor theft. At the same time concealing the Locking Plate Fixing Screws.

2. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that can be used with a High Tensile Steel Wire Strip or Chain Belt.

3. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that has when locked a fixed narrow paper Money Posting Slot in its top edge.

4. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that when locked on the belt situ, will prevent the removal of its contents by unauthorized persons.

5. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that is of a minimum size compatible for the security of the paper or plastic documents to be protected and contained therein.

6. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that has a steel belt with means provided upon it to securely lock the belts two ends when in situ for security protection on the users body.

8. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that always when locked has a High Tensile Steel Belt passed through closed top openings slots or holes incorporated in the purse body.

9. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that when locked in situ for security is suspended attached upon a closed endless and locked steel belt loop.

10. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that has a Steel Belt threaded through it, which as long as the Purse is suspended from it, is in a securely locked position.

11. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that has additional holes in it for use with a lock, the use of which enables the Metal Purse to be opened by the user as required, without removal of the Metal Purse from its main steel cable or wire locked suspension.

12. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that for use with the secondary lock has slotted suspension cable holes in one of the Purse Body Plates only through which the suspension belt will pass when the lock is to be used. The Purse being suspended upon its cable at all times but being opened by removal of the back only.

13. A Rigid Steel Purse as claimed in Claim 1 that can be removed from the users body in a safe situ and relocated in a Fixed Steel Wall Locking Plate for security in a building where it is locked in.

14. A Rigid Purse as claimed in claim 1, Steel Wall Locking Plate such that when the Steel Purse is inserted and locked within it all attachment wall Screws are concealed.

15. A Rigid Purse as claimed in Claim 1 and Suspension Belt having all materials of either Stainless, High Tensile or Hardened Steel for security.

16. A Rigid Purse as claimed in Claim 1 comprised of a one piece sprung, or more interlocking components.