GB2284187A - Car Radio Safe - Google Patents

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GB2284187A
GB2284187A GB9324462A GB9324462A GB2284187A GB 2284187 A GB2284187 A GB 2284187A GB 9324462 A GB9324462 A GB 9324462A GB 9324462 A GB9324462 A GB 9324462A GB 2284187 A GB2284187 A GB 2284187A
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Keith Clifford Boast
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R7/00—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps
    • B60R7/08—Disposition of racks, clips, holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles
    • B60R7/087—Disposition of racks, clips, holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles for stowing money or valuables, e.g. using safes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R11/02—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
    • B60R11/0205—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof for radio sets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R7/00—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps
    • B60R7/04—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space, e.g. using racks
    • B60R7/043—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space, e.g. using racks mounted on or under a seat
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
    • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
    • E05G1/005—Portable strong boxes, e.g. which may be fixed to a wall or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R2011/0001—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position
    • B60R2011/0003—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position inside the vehicle
    • B60R2011/0012—Seats or parts thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R2011/0001—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position
    • B60R2011/0003—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by position inside the vehicle
    • B60R2011/0029—Floor, e.g. side sills, fire wall
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R2011/0094—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R2011/0096—Theft prevention of articles

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)

Abstract

A car radio safe (3) is provided with a lockable door (3b), and with shear bolts (4) for fixing the safe to an inside car panel member (2). <IMAGE>

Description

CAR RADIO SAFE This invention relates to a car safe, and in particular to a car radio safe.
A major contribution to the rise in the crime rate is the theft of valuables, such as car radios, from motor vehicles. The aim of the invention is to provide apparatus for holding such valuables within a motor vehicle in a manner that substantially reduces the risk of theft.
The present invention provides means for housing valuables inside a motor vehicle, the means comprising a safe provided with a lockable door, and means for fixing the safe to an inside car panel member.
Advantageously, the door is hinged to the safe by hinges which are completely internal when the door is locked. Preferably, the door is locked to the safe by means of a combination lock or by a key-operated lock.
In a preferred embodiment, the safe is fixed to said car panel member by means of shear bolts. Preferably, the car panel member is the floor pan of the car or the floor pan of the boot.
A car radio safe constructed in accordance with the invention will now be described in greater detail, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a car front seat and the safe; and FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.
Referring to the drawings, the figures show the front seat 1 of a motor car, the seat being fixed to the floor pan 2 of the car. A safe 3 is fixed to the floor pan 2 beneath the seat by means of shear bolts 4. (Shear bolts are bolts whose heads shear off when they are subjected to torque forces after their threaded shanks have been fully screwed in. It is, therefore, extremely difficult to remove such shear bolts once their heads have been sheared off, there being nothing for a tool such as a spanner or mole wrench to grip).
The safe 3 is a box 3a made of steel, the box being provided with a door 3b attached thereto by a hinge 5. The door 3b can be locked to the box 3a by means of a lock 6 which may be a combination lock or a key-operated lock. The hinge 5 is an internal hinge so that, when the door 3b is locked to the box 3a, the hinge is not accessible to a would-be thief. The box measures 80mm x 180mm x 200mm, and so is sized to receive a standard car radio (or other form of in-car entertainment such as a radio/cassette player or a radio/CD player). Thus, when the car is parked, the radio can be removed from its normal seating in the dashboard and placed inside the safe 3. The safe 3 can then be locked by the owner prior to the car being locked and left in a parked position. Thus, if the car is broken into, it is extremely difficult for a would-be thief to steal the radio. More importantly, however, a thief may even decide against breaking into the car, as it would be apparent from a cursory inspection that there was no readily-accessible radio to steal. The safe 3 is, therefore, a disincentive to the car being broken into.
It will be apparent that modifications could be made to the safe/arrangement described above. For example, the safe 3 could be fixed to the car in any other suitable position, for example in the boot. It would, of course, also be possible to put valuables other than a car radio in the safe when the car is to be parked or left unattended.

Claims (6)

Claims:
1. Means for housing valuables inside a motor vehicle, the means comprising a safe provided with a lockable door, and means for fixing the safe to an inside car panel member.
2. Housing means as claimed in claim 1, wherein the door is hinged to the safe by hinges which are completely internal when the door is locked.
3. Housing means as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the door is locked to the safe by means of a combination lock or by a key-operated lock.
4. Housing means as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the safe is fixed to said car panel member by means of shear bolts.
5. Housing means as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the car panel member is the floor pan of the car or the floor pan of the boot.
6. A car radio safe substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as illustrated by, the accompanying drawings.
GB9324462A 1993-11-29 1993-11-29 Car Radio Safe Withdrawn GB2284187A (en)

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2354799A (en) * 2000-12-08 2001-04-04 Carl Pearson Lockable container which is mountable in a vehicle

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US4051790A (en) * 1976-05-20 1977-10-04 Meditz William F Vehicle safe
US4524904A (en) * 1982-06-07 1985-06-25 Lionel Masse Vault
US4926762A (en) * 1989-10-10 1990-05-22 Paul Clarence A Security safes for vehicles
US5031548A (en) * 1987-11-24 1991-07-16 Gaston Huguenin Safe assembly

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4051790A (en) * 1976-05-20 1977-10-04 Meditz William F Vehicle safe
US4524904A (en) * 1982-06-07 1985-06-25 Lionel Masse Vault
US5031548A (en) * 1987-11-24 1991-07-16 Gaston Huguenin Safe assembly
US4926762A (en) * 1989-10-10 1990-05-22 Paul Clarence A Security safes for vehicles

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2354799A (en) * 2000-12-08 2001-04-04 Carl Pearson Lockable container which is mountable in a vehicle

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