WO2013008257A1 - Improved ant-theft case - Google Patents
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- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
- E05B73/0017—Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
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- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
- E05B73/0017—Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
- E05B73/0047—Unlocking tools; Decouplers
- E05B73/0052—Unlocking tools; Decouplers of the magnetic type
- E05B73/0058—Unlocking tools; Decouplers of the magnetic type for essentially box-shaped devices
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- the present invention refers to an improved anti- theft case, in particular for containers of relatively costly items, such as cosmetic and beauty products, watches or the like, and of the type comprising extraction-preventing means of such items inside the case, that can be activated and/or only deactivated by means of detaching devices available for service personnel, while inside the case, together with such items, anti-theft means are housed, in a position that cannot be accessed, such as magnetic labels, radiofrequency-emitting labels or the like, cooperating with detecting barriers.
- Cases of this type are known. They are composed of a box, typically made of a transparent material such as polycarbonate, to allow seeing the item arranged inside the case, and of a cover or an item-supporting base hinged to the box to be able to be opened and closed again, such base or cover, once having inserted the item inside the case, being blocked onto the box by means of locking pins or blades that can be actuated to allow afterwards re-opening the case through key-type or magnetic detaching devices. Examples of such cases are disclosed in US-A-7228963, WO-A-9705354 , WO-A-2006080882.
- known cases provide for locking the box along a single side of the cover/base, making again relatively easy to open it.
- the projection through which it is possible to unlock and open the case through a known magnetic detaching device is visible and exposed, making thereby easy to locate and tamper with it, for example through a tool or the exposure to a high source of heat, such as for example the flame of a lighter, that makes them melt and makes the locking pin arranged therein go out.
- object of the present invention is providing an improved anti-theft case comprising at least one box and a related door adapted to be opened and in which, once having closed and locked such door onto the box, both the edge of this latter one and the connecting hinge between box and door are completely contained inside the door itself, remaining therefore invisible and inaccessible from the outside.
- Another object of the present invention is providing an improved anti-theft case in which the projection for applying the magnetic detaching device is not projecting and is hidden in at least one door corner, making thereby difficult to locate it and scarcely easy to tamper with it, and making the case less encumbrant and aesthetically more pleasant.
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the anti-theft case according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the anti-theft case of Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of another preferred embodiment of the anti-theft case according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the anti-theft case of Figure 2;
- FIG. 5a is a perspective view of the anti-theft case according to the present invention in an operating use position thereof;
- Figure 5b is a sectional view of the anti-theft case in the operating position of Figure 5a;
- FIG. 6a is a perspective view of the anti-theft case according to the present invention in another operating use position thereof;
- FIG. 6b is a sectional view of the anti-theft case in the operating position of Figure FIG. 6a; and - Figures 7 to 9 show perspective views of the anti- theft case according to the present invention in a succession of other operating use positions.
- the case 1 is composed of at least one door 3 adapted to be opened, hingedly connected, for example by interposing at least one hinge-type kinematism 5 mentioned below, to at least one edge of a box 7, inside such door 3 adapted to be opened means being arranged for opening/closing 9 such box 7 with respect to such door 3, and extraction-preventing means 11 adapted to lock or unlock the opening of such case 1.
- the box 7 is equipped with at least one extreme edge 13 adapted to be completely contained inside a corresponding slit 15 arranged along such door 3 when the case 1 is at least in its closed position.
- the extreme edge 13 can be equipped with at least one rib 14 adapted to abut onto the door 3 and, consequently, externally cover the slit 15.
- Such extreme edge 13 is equipped with abutment means 17 cooperating with the means for opening/closing 9 in the modes that will be described below in more detail.
- the box 7 can be made of any transparent material that allows viewing from outside the item placed inside the case 1 according to the present invention and having adequate resistance features, such as for example polycarbonate .
- a case 1 comprising a box 7 shaped as a recatangular parallelepiped and a respective door 3 having, consequently, a substantially square- shaped plan to allow coupling with the box 7 and housing the related extreme edge 13 inside the slit 15, such elements 3, 7 can have any other shape, without thereby departing from the scope of the present invention: in fact, it is easy to imagine, without obviously being exhaustive, a box 7 having a cylindrical, conical or semispherical shape, with circular or ellyptical base and related door 3 and slit 15 consequently circular or ellyptical in their plan, as well as any box 7 with polyhedrical shape with its respective door 3 and slit 15 of an adequate shape.
- the door 3 can operate both as cover, and as side wall, and as base, as shown as an example in the Figures, of the case 1 according to the present invention. In this latter case, the door 3 then also operates as abutment and bearing surface of the item placed inside the case 1 itself.
- the door 3 adapted to be opened is composed of at least one plate 19, along whose perimeter the slit 15 is arranged, and the means for opening/closing 9 comprise at least one opening/closing plate 21 sliding inside such plate 19 and cooperating with the abutment means 17 arranged along the extreme edges 13 of the box 7 and with at least one control push-button 22 going out of the door 3 through a related opening 24 of the plate 19.
- the plate 19 can further be equipped with at least one covering panel 20 suitable to insulate the sliding opening/closing plate 21 and avoid interferences with the contents of the box 7.
- the sliding opening/closing plate 21 can then advantageously slide between a first position in which opening of the case 1 is allowed, and a second closing and locking position of the case 1 itself.
- elastic means are interposed, preferably composed of at least one helical spring 27.
- the sliding opening/closing plate 21 is laterally equipped with at least one closing tooth 23 cooperating with a respective abutment means 17 of the extreme edge 13 of the box 7, such abutment means 17 comprising at least one "T"-shaped groove composed of an open portion 25a and a closed portion 25b orthogonal to such open portion 25a and forming an insertion undercut for the respective closing tooth 23.
- each one of two opposite sides of such sliding opening/closing plate 21 is equipped with two such closing teeth 23 corresponding to respective grooves 25a, 25b arranged on two opposite extreme edges 13 of the box 7.
- the sliding opening/closing plate 21 By pressing the control push- button 22, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 is taken to slide inside the plate 19, compressing the elastic means, and in particular the helical springs 27, and taking each closing tooth 23 to slide inside the respective closed portion 25b of the "T"-shaped groove, reaching the insertion undercut and consequently preventing the panel 3 from opening: at the end of sliding, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 reaches the second closing and locking position, and such position is kept by the extraction-preventing means 11 in the modes that will be described below in more detail.
- the sliding opening/closing plate 21 cooperates with the abutment means 17 by interposing at least one side closing plate 29 sliding inside the plate 19 along a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the sliding opening/closing plate 21.
- each one of two opposite sides of such sliding opening/closing plate 21 cooperates with a respective side closing plate 29, each one of such side closing plates 29 being equipped with at least one closing tooth 31 cooperating with a respective abutment means 17 of the extreme edge 13 of the box 7, such abutment means 17 comprising at least one groove 33 corresponding, as shape and sizes, with such closing tooth 31 to allow this latter one to be inserted inside the groove 33 itself.
- each one of such side closing plates 29 is equipped with three of such closing teeth 31 corresponding to respective grooves 33 arranged on two opposite extreme edges 13 of the box 7.
- each one of such side closing plates 29 is equipped with at least one, suitably slanted guiding slit 35, inside which at least one guiding projection 37 is slidingly inserted, integral with the sliding opening/closing plate 21: the cam effect obtained between the guiding slit 35 and the respective guiding projection 37 sliding inside thereby allows transforming the sliding direction of the sliding opening/closing plate 21 into the sliding direction of the side closing plates 29, such sliding direction of the side closing plates 29 being then substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the sliding opening/closing plate 21.
- the sliding opening/closing plate 21 is taken to slide inside the plate 19 compressing the elastic means, and in particular the helical springs 27, taking each side closing plate 29 to slide, through an interaction between guiding slits 35 and related guiding projections 37, towards outside along an orthogonal direction, inserting each closing tooth 31 inside the respective and corresponding groove 33 and consequently preventing the panel 3 from opening: at the end of sliding, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 reaches the second closing and locking position and such position is kept by .the extraction-preventing means 11 in the modes that will be described below in more detail.
- the extraction- preventing means 11 comprise at least one pin 39 made of ferromagnetic material, that is slidingly housed inside a slanted seat 40 preferably arranged next to a corner 42 of the plate 19 of the door 3, such pin 39 being equipped with an end adapted to engage a respective locking seat 41 of the sliding opening/closing plate 21 when this latter one is in the second closing and locking position.
- the pin 39 is always stressed towards the locking seat 41 by at least one spring 43.
- the extraction- preventing means 11 can comprise at least one reduced- encumbrance blade 45 for a magnetic detaching device of a substantially known type.
- the extraction-preventing means 11 can be made according to any other known mode suitable for this purpose, without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is also clear that the . extraction- preventing means 11, instead of having a magnetic operation, could have a mechanical or electric/electronic operation, associated with a suitable detaching device without departing from the scope of the present invention.
- the case 1 according to the present invention can be equipped with a known alarm detecting system, for example made as at least one adhesive label with detection as radiofrequency (RF) , electromagnetic (EM) or acoustic-magnetic (AM) type or their combinations.
- the case 1 can be equipped with at least one electronic card equipped with sound alarm, possibly cooperating with the current detecting system.
- the above stated alarm detecting system is preferably inserted into the door 3 and is closed by the plate 19.
- the hinge-type kinematism 5 can comprise at least one pair of brackets 47 integral with the door 3, and in particular the covering panel 20, each one of such brackets 47 being equipped with a respective rotation pin 49 engaging a respective rotation seat (not shown) arranged in a suitable position on the box 7.
- the hinge-type kinematism 5 is of the oscillating type and can comprise at least one pair of brackets 51 integral with the door 3, each one of such brackets 51 being equipped with a respective rotation pin 53 engaging a respective rotation slot 55 arranged in a suitable position on the box 7 : in such a way, the door 3 is equipped with an oscillating movement composed both of a rotation movement and of a translation movement with respect to the box 7.
- the elastic means, and in particular the thrusting action of the helical springs 27, take the sliding opening/closing plate 21 to slide S ( Figure 6b) taking it back to its first position: the means for opening/closing 9 then disengage the abutment means 17, taking back, for example, the closing teeth 23 next to the respective open portion 25a of the "T"-shaped groove or extracting the closing teeth 31 of the side closing plates 29 from the corrispondenti grooves 33, and the control push-button 22 goes out P from the door 3 ( Figure 6a) .
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Abstract
An improved anti-theft case (1) is described, composed of at least one door (3) adapted to be opened, hingedly connected to at least one edge of a box (7), inside such door (3) means being disposed for opening/closing (9) such box (7) with respect to such door (3), together with extraction-preventing means (11) adapted to lock or unlock an opening of such case (1), such box (7) being equipped with at least one extreme edge (13) adapted to be completely contained inside a corresponding slit (15) arranged along such door (3) when such case (1) is at least in its closed position.
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IMPROVED ANTI-THEFT CASE
The present invention refers to an improved anti- theft case, in particular for containers of relatively costly items, such as cosmetic and beauty products, watches or the like, and of the type comprising extraction-preventing means of such items inside the case, that can be activated and/or only deactivated by means of detaching devices available for service personnel, while inside the case, together with such items, anti-theft means are housed, in a position that cannot be accessed, such as magnetic labels, radiofrequency-emitting labels or the like, cooperating with detecting barriers.
Cases of this type are known. They are composed of a box, typically made of a transparent material such as polycarbonate, to allow seeing the item arranged inside the case, and of a cover or an item-supporting base hinged to the box to be able to be opened and closed again, such base or cover, once having inserted the item inside the case, being blocked onto the box by means of locking pins or blades that can be actuated to allow
afterwards re-opening the case through key-type or magnetic detaching devices. Examples of such cases are disclosed in US-A-7228963, WO-A-9705354 , WO-A-2006080882.
Such known cases however have some inconveniences that make them still relatively vulnerable to tampering attempts and to the theft of items contained therein. In fact, once having closed and blocked the cover or base onto the box, not only the connecting hinge between these two elements remains visible and accessible, but, between the base or cover and the box, the contact line between their respective edges remains exposed: these two aspects can allow, for example by levering with a screw-driver or another suitable tool, along the hinge or along such contact line between base/cover and box, breaking the hinge, base and/or box themselves and the consequent fraudulent opening of the case.
Moreover, known cases provide for locking the box along a single side of the cover/base, making again relatively easy to open it.
Moreover, in known cases, the projection through which it is possible to unlock and open the case through a known magnetic detaching device is visible and exposed, making thereby easy to locate and tamper with it, for example through a tool or the exposure to a high source of heat, such as for example the flame of a lighter, that
makes them melt and makes the locking pin arranged therein go out.
Therefore, object of the present invention is providing an improved anti-theft case comprising at least one box and a related door adapted to be opened and in which, once having closed and locked such door onto the box, both the edge of this latter one and the connecting hinge between box and door are completely contained inside the door itself, remaining therefore invisible and inaccessible from the outside.
Another object of the present invention is providing an improved anti-theft case in which the projection for applying the magnetic detaching device is not projecting and is hidden in at least one door corner, making thereby difficult to locate it and scarcely easy to tamper with it, and making the case less encumbrant and aesthetically more pleasant.
The above and other objects and advantages of the invention, as will appear from the following description, are obtained by an improved anti-theft case as claimed in Claim 1. Preferred embodiments and non-trivial variations of the present invention are claimed in the dependent Claims.
It is intended that all enclosed claims are an integral part of the present disclosure.
The present invention will be better described by some preferred embodiments thereof, given as a non- limiting example, with reference to the enclosed drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the anti-theft case according to the present invention;
- Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the anti-theft case of Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of another preferred embodiment of the anti-theft case according to the present invention;
- Figure 2 . is an exploded perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the anti-theft case of Figure 2;
- Figure 5a is a perspective view of the anti-theft case according to the present invention in an operating use position thereof;
- Figure 5b is a sectional view of the anti-theft case in the operating position of Figure 5a;
- Figure 6a is a perspective view of the anti-theft case according to the present invention in another operating use position thereof;
- Figure 6b is a sectional view of the anti-theft case
in the operating position of Figure FIG. 6a; and - Figures 7 to 9 show perspective views of the anti- theft case according to the present invention in a succession of other operating use positions.
With reference to the Figures, a preferred embodiment of the improved anti-theft case of the present invention is shown and described. It will be immediately obvious that numerous variations and modifications (for example related to shape, sizes, arrangements and parts with equivalent functionality) could be made to what is described, without departing from the scope of the invention as appears from the enclosed claims.
With reference to the Figures, the case 1 according to the present invention is composed of at least one door 3 adapted to be opened, hingedly connected, for example by interposing at least one hinge-type kinematism 5 mentioned below, to at least one edge of a box 7, inside such door 3 adapted to be opened means being arranged for opening/closing 9 such box 7 with respect to such door 3, and extraction-preventing means 11 adapted to lock or unlock the opening of such case 1. Advantageously, the box 7 is equipped with at least one extreme edge 13 adapted to be completely contained inside a corresponding slit 15 arranged along such door 3 when the case 1 is at least in its closed position. Obviously, it is possible
to provide that all extreme perimeter edges 13 of the box 7 are contained inside the slit 15 having, consequently, suitable shape and sizes and being arranged, for example, in a suitably perimeter position around the door 3 in a continuous way.
In order to make it more difficult to mechanically tamper with the case 1 according to the present invention, for example by inserting the bit of a screwdriver or another suitable tool inside the slit 15 in order to forcedly separate the box 7 of the door 3, the extreme edge 13 can be equipped with at least one rib 14 adapted to abut onto the door 3 and, consequently, externally cover the slit 15.
Moreover, such extreme edge 13 is equipped with abutment means 17 cooperating with the means for opening/closing 9 in the modes that will be described below in more detail.
Obviously, the box 7 can be made of any transparent material that allows viewing from outside the item placed inside the case 1 according to the present invention and having adequate resistance features, such as for example polycarbonate .
Similarly, though in the Figures, merely as an example, a case 1 has been shown comprising a box 7 shaped as a recatangular parallelepiped and a respective
door 3 having, consequently, a substantially square- shaped plan to allow coupling with the box 7 and housing the related extreme edge 13 inside the slit 15, such elements 3, 7 can have any other shape, without thereby departing from the scope of the present invention: in fact, it is easy to imagine, without obviously being exhaustive, a box 7 having a cylindrical, conical or semispherical shape, with circular or ellyptical base and related door 3 and slit 15 consequently circular or ellyptical in their plan, as well as any box 7 with polyhedrical shape with its respective door 3 and slit 15 of an adequate shape.
It is wholly clear that the door 3 can operate both as cover, and as side wall, and as base, as shown as an example in the Figures, of the case 1 according to the present invention. In this latter case, the door 3 then also operates as abutment and bearing surface of the item placed inside the case 1 itself.
The door 3 adapted to be opened is composed of at least one plate 19, along whose perimeter the slit 15 is arranged, and the means for opening/closing 9 comprise at least one opening/closing plate 21 sliding inside such plate 19 and cooperating with the abutment means 17 arranged along the extreme edges 13 of the box 7 and with at least one control push-button 22 going out of the door
3 through a related opening 24 of the plate 19. The plate 19 can further be equipped with at least one covering panel 20 suitable to insulate the sliding opening/closing plate 21 and avoid interferences with the contents of the box 7. The sliding opening/closing plate 21 can then advantageously slide between a first position in which opening of the case 1 is allowed, and a second closing and locking position of the case 1 itself. Moreover, in parallel with its own sliding direction, between the sliding opening/closing plate 21 and the plate 19, elastic means are interposed, preferably composed of at least one helical spring 27.
In a first preferred embodiment of the case 1 according to the present invention, like the one shown for example in Figures 1 and 2, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 is laterally equipped with at least one closing tooth 23 cooperating with a respective abutment means 17 of the extreme edge 13 of the box 7, such abutment means 17 comprising at least one "T"-shaped groove composed of an open portion 25a and a closed portion 25b orthogonal to such open portion 25a and forming an insertion undercut for the respective closing tooth 23. Preferably, each one of two opposite sides of such sliding opening/closing plate 21 is equipped with two such closing teeth 23 corresponding to respective
grooves 25a, 25b arranged on two opposite extreme edges 13 of the box 7.
In the first position of the sliding opening/closing plate 21, spontaneously kept by the action of the elastic means, and in particular by the thrust exerted by the helical springs 27, the control push-button 22 is projecting from the plate 19 and each one of the closing teeth 23 is in a position corresponding to the open portion 25a of a respective "T"-shaped groove. Once having closed the box 7 on the door 3, the extreme edge 13 completely enters inside the slit 15 and each closing tooth 23 penetrates inside the "T"-shaped groove through the respective open portion 25a till it reaches the related closed portion 25b. By pressing the control push- button 22, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 is taken to slide inside the plate 19, compressing the elastic means, and in particular the helical springs 27, and taking each closing tooth 23 to slide inside the respective closed portion 25b of the "T"-shaped groove, reaching the insertion undercut and consequently preventing the panel 3 from opening: at the end of sliding, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 reaches the second closing and locking position, and such position is kept by the extraction-preventing means 11 in the modes that will be described below in more detail.
In a second preferred embodiment of the case 1 according to the present invention, like the one for example shown in Figures 3 and 4, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 cooperates with the abutment means 17 by interposing at least one side closing plate 29 sliding inside the plate 19 along a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the sliding opening/closing plate 21. Preferably, each one of two opposite sides of such sliding opening/closing plate 21 cooperates with a respective side closing plate 29, each one of such side closing plates 29 being equipped with at least one closing tooth 31 cooperating with a respective abutment means 17 of the extreme edge 13 of the box 7, such abutment means 17 comprising at least one groove 33 corresponding, as shape and sizes, with such closing tooth 31 to allow this latter one to be inserted inside the groove 33 itself. Preferably, each one of such side closing plates 29 is equipped with three of such closing teeth 31 corresponding to respective grooves 33 arranged on two opposite extreme edges 13 of the box 7.
Moreover, each one of such side closing plates 29 is equipped with at least one, suitably slanted guiding slit 35, inside which at least one guiding projection 37 is slidingly inserted, integral with the sliding opening/closing plate 21: the cam effect obtained between
the guiding slit 35 and the respective guiding projection 37 sliding inside thereby allows transforming the sliding direction of the sliding opening/closing plate 21 into the sliding direction of the side closing plates 29, such sliding direction of the side closing plates 29 being then substantially orthogonal to the sliding direction of the sliding opening/closing plate 21. In the first position of the sliding opening/closing plate 21, spontaneously kept by the action of the elastic means, and in particular by the thrust exerted by the helical springs 27, the control push-button 22 is projecting from the plate 19 and each one of the side closing plates 29 is in a retracted position in which the closing teeth 33 do not interfere with the extreme edge 13. Once having closed the box 7 onto the door 3, the extreme edge 13 completely enters inside the slit 15 and each closing tooth 31 finds itself next to its respective groove 33.
By pressing the control push-button 22, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 is taken to slide inside the plate 19 compressing the elastic means, and in particular the helical springs 27, taking each side closing plate 29 to slide, through an interaction between guiding slits 35 and related guiding projections 37, towards outside along an orthogonal direction, inserting each closing tooth 31 inside the respective and corresponding groove 33 and
consequently preventing the panel 3 from opening: at the end of sliding, the sliding opening/closing plate 21 reaches the second closing and locking position and such position is kept by .the extraction-preventing means 11 in the modes that will be described below in more detail.
In the preferred embodiment of the case 1 according to the present invention as shown as an example in Figures 1, 3 5b and 6b, in order to guarantee the locking and unlocking of the case 1 itself, the extraction- preventing means 11 comprise at least one pin 39 made of ferromagnetic material, that is slidingly housed inside a slanted seat 40 preferably arranged next to a corner 42 of the plate 19 of the door 3, such pin 39 being equipped with an end adapted to engage a respective locking seat 41 of the sliding opening/closing plate 21 when this latter one is in the second closing and locking position. The pin 39 is always stressed towards the locking seat 41 by at least one spring 43. Therefore, once the sliding opening/closing plate 21 reaches the second closing and locking position in the above-described modes, the pin 39, under the thrusting action of the spring 43, penetrates inside the locking seat 41, preventing any other movement of the plate 21, and in particular any other sliding towards the first position.
In an alternative embodiment of the case 1 as shown
as an example in Figures 2 and 4, the extraction- preventing means 11 can comprise at least one reduced- encumbrance blade 45 for a magnetic detaching device of a substantially known type.
Obviously, the extraction-preventing means 11 can be made according to any other known mode suitable for this purpose, without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is also clear that the . extraction- preventing means 11, instead of having a magnetic operation, could have a mechanical or electric/electronic operation, associated with a suitable detaching device without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Moreover, the case 1 according to the present invention can be equipped with a known alarm detecting system, for example made as at least one adhesive label with detection as radiofrequency (RF) , electromagnetic (EM) or acoustic-magnetic (AM) type or their combinations. Moreover, the case 1 can be equipped with at least one electronic card equipped with sound alarm, possibly cooperating with the current detecting system. And furthermore, the above stated alarm detecting system is preferably inserted into the door 3 and is closed by the plate 19.
In the preferred embodiment of the case 1 according
to the present invention as shwon as an example in Figures 1 and 2 , the hinge-type kinematism 5 can comprise at least one pair of brackets 47 integral with the door 3, and in particular the covering panel 20, each one of such brackets 47 being equipped with a respective rotation pin 49 engaging a respective rotation seat (not shown) arranged in a suitable position on the box 7.
Alternatively, like in the preferred embodiment of the case 1 according to the present invention shown as an example in Figures 3 and 4, the hinge-type kinematism 5 is of the oscillating type and can comprise at least one pair of brackets 51 integral with the door 3, each one of such brackets 51 being equipped with a respective rotation pin 53 engaging a respective rotation slot 55 arranged in a suitable position on the box 7 : in such a way, the door 3 is equipped with an oscillating movement composed both of a rotation movement and of a translation movement with respect to the box 7.
Moreover, it can be noted how, in both above- described cases, advantageously also the hinge-type kinematism 5 is wholly inserted inside the slit 15 of the door 3 when the case 1 according to the present invention is in its closed position.
Instead, with reference to Figures 5a to 9, it is possible to note some example unlocking and opening steps
of the case 1 according to the present invention.
In order then to unlock the sliding of the plate 21 locked by the extraction-preventing means 11, it is necessary to operate on such extraction-preventing means 11 by using a detaching device, for example of the magnetic and/or mechanical type, of a type substantially known in the art. For example, as shown in Figures 5a, 5b, 6a and 6b, if the extraction-preventing means 11 are of the type shown in Figures 1 and 3, it is enough to subject the pin 39 to a magnetic attraction force M along the extraction direction E through the action of a magnet 57, that is placed in operating contact with the corner 42 of the door 3 equipped with the slanted seat 40 (Figures 5a and 5b) and that exerts the necessary attraction force to attract such pin 39 against the action of the spring 43 and to extract it from the locking seat 41 of the sliding opening/closing plate 21 (Figure 6b) .
Once having disengaged the pin 39 from the locking seat 41, the elastic means, and in particular the thrusting action of the helical springs 27, take the sliding opening/closing plate 21 to slide S (Figure 6b) taking it back to its first position: the means for opening/closing 9 then disengage the abutment means 17, taking back, for example, the closing teeth 23 next to
the respective open portion 25a of the "T"-shaped groove or extracting the closing teeth 31 of the side closing plates 29 from the corrispondenti grooves 33, and the control push-button 22 goes out P from the door 3 (Figure 6a) .
Therefore, it is now possible to open the case 1 according to the present invention by extracting (Figure 7) the extreme edges 13 from the slit 15 of the door 3 (for example through a translation movement T of the hinge-type kinematism 5 according to the preferred embodiment of Figures 3 and 4, described above) and rotating R (Figures 8 and 9) the door 3 with respect to the box 7.
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1. Improved anti-theft case (1) composed of at least one door (3) adapted to be opened, hingedly connected to at least one edge of a box (7) , characterised in that, inside said door (3), means are arranged for opening/closing (9) said box (7) with respect to said door (3), together with extraction-preventing means (11) adapted to lock or unlock an opening of said case (1) , and in that said box (7) is equipped with at least one extreme edge (13) adapted to be completely contained inside a corresponding slit (15) arranged along said door (3) when said case (1) is at least in its closed position .
2. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that all said extreme perimeter edges
(13) of said box (7) are contained inside said slit (15), said slit (15) being arranged in a perimeter position around said door (3) .
3. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said extreme edge (13) is equipped with at least one rib (14) adapted to abut against said door (3) and to externally cover said slit (15).
4. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said door (3) adapted to be opened is composed of at least one plate (19), said slit (15) being arranged along a perimeter of said plate (19), and in that said means for opening/closing (9) comprise at least one opening/closing plate (21) sliding inside said plate (19) and cooperating with abutment means (17) arranged along said extreme edges (13) of said box (7) and with at least one control push-button (22) going out of said door (3) , said opening/closing plate (21) being able to slide between a first position in which opening of said case (1) is allowed, and a second closing and locking position of said case (1), elastic means being interposed between said sliding opening/closing plate (21) and said plate (19), said elastic means being preferably composed of at least one helical spring (27).
5. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 4, characterised in that said plate (19) is equipped with at least one covering panel (20) adapted to insulate said sliding opening/closing plate (21) and to avoid interferences with a content of said box (7) .
6. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 4, characterised in that said sliding opening/closing plate
(21) is laterally equipped with at least one closing tooth (23) cooperating with a respective abutment means (17) of said extreme edge (13) of said box (7), said abutment means (17) comprising at least one "T"-shaped groove composed of an open portion (25a) and a closed portion (25b) orthogonal to said open portion (25a) and forming an insertion undercut for a respective closing tooth (23) .
7. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 6, characterised in that each one of two opposite sides of said sliding opening/closing plate (21) is equipped with two closing teeth (23) corresponding to respective grooves (25a, 25b) arranged on the two opposite extreme edges (13) of said box (7) .
8. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 6, characterised in that, in said first position of said sliding opening/closing plate (21) spontaneously kept by the action of said elastic means (27), said control pushbutton (22) is projecting from said plate (19) and each one of said closing teeth (23) is in a position corresponding to said open portion (25a) of a respective "T"-shaped groove, and in that upon closing said box (7) onto said door (3), said extreme edge (13) completely enters inside said slit (15) and each closing tooth (23) penetrates inside said "T"-shaped groove through a respective open portion (25a) till it reaches a related closed portion (25b) , by pressing said control pushbutton (22), said sliding opening/closing plate (21) being taken to slide inside said plate (19) compressing said elastic means (27) and taking each closing tooth (23) to slide inside a respective closed portion (25b) of said "T"-shaped groove reaching said insertion undercut, at the end of said sliding, said sliding opening/closing plate (21) reaching said second closing and locking position and said position being maintained by said extraction-preventing means (11).
9. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 4, characterised in that said sliding opening/closing plate (21) cooperates with said abutment means (17) by interposing at least one side closing plate (29) sliding inside said plate (19) along a direction that is substantially orthogonal to a sliding direction of said sliding opening/closing plate (21) .
10. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 9, characterised in that each one of two opposite sides of said sliding opening/closing plate (21) cooperates with a respective side closing plate (29) , each one of said side closing plates (29) being equipped with at least one closing tooth (31) cooperating with a respective abutment means (17) of said extreme edge (13) of said box (7).
11. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 10, characterised in that said abutment means (17) comprises at least one groove (33) corresponding, as shape and sizes, to said closing tooth (31) to allow the closing tooth (31) to be inserted inside said groove (33).
12. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 9, characterised in that each one of said side closing plates (29) is equipped with at least one suitably slanted guiding slit (35) , inside which at least one guiding projection (37) is slidingly inserted, integral with said sliding opening/closing plate (21).
13. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 12, characterised in that, in said first position of said sliding opening/closing plate (21) spontaneously kept by the action of said elastic means (27), said control pushbutton (22) is projecting from said plate (19) and each one of said side closing plates (29) is in a retracted position in which said closing teeth (33) do not interfere with said extreme edge (13), and in that, upon closing said box (7) onto said door (3), said extreme edge (13) completely enters inside said slit (15), and each closing tooth (31) finds itself next to a respective groove (33), pressing said control push-button (22), said sliding opening/closing plate (21) being taken to slide inside said plate (19) compressing said elastic means (27), taking each side closing plate (29) to slide towards the outside along an orthogonal direction through an interaction between said guiding slits (35) and said related guiding projections (37), inserting each closing tooth (31) inside a respective and corresponding groove (33) , at the end of said sliding, said sliding opening/closing plate (21) reaching said second closing and locking position and said position being kept by said extraction-preventing means (11).
14. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said extraction-preventing means
(11) comprise at least one pin (39) made of ferromagnetic material equipped with an end adapted to engage a respective locking seat (41) of said sliding opening/closing plate (21) when said plate (21) is in said second closing and locking position, said pin (39) being stressed towards said locking seat (41) by at least one spring (43) .
15. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said pin (39) is slidingly housed inside a slanted seat (40) arranged next to a corner (42) of said plate (19) of said door (3) .
16. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said extraction-preventing means (11) comprise at least one reduced-encumbrance blade (45) .
17. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said door (3) adapted to be opened is hingedly connected to said box (7) by interposing at least one hinge-type kinematism (5), comprising at least one pair of brackets (47) integral with said door (3), each one of said brackets (47) being equipped with a respective rotation pin (49) engaging a respective rotation seat of said box (7) .
18. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said door (3) adapted to be opened is hingedly connected to said box (7) by interposing at least one hinge-type kinematism (5) of an oscillating type comprising at least one pair of brackets (51) integral with said door (3), each one of said brackets (51) being equipped with a respective rotation pin (53) engaging a respective rotation slot (55) of said box (7).
19. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said hinge-type kinematism (5) is wholly inserted inside said slit (15) of said door (3) when said case (1) is in said closed position.
20. Improved anti-theft case (1) according to claim 4, characterised in that it is equipped with an alarm detecting system, preferably made as at least one adhesive label with detection as radiofrequency (RF) , electromagnetic (EM) or acoustic-magnetic (AM) type or their combinations, said case (1) being further equipped with an electronic card equipped with sound alarm, said alarm detecting system being preferably inserted into said door (3) and being closed by said plate (19) .
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