Locks – Portable
Patent
1985-01-31
1986-10-14
Wolfe, Robert L.
Locks
Portable
70168, E05B 7300
Patent
active
046164901
ABSTRACT:
A tape cassette player locking mechanism which comprises a container of the general configuration of a cassette adapted to be inserted into the player and including a locking mechanism preventing removal of the container without damage to the player. The invention comprises two integral portions, namely, an internal portion that is of dimensions substantially equivalent to the dimensions of a typical tape cassette and is therefore adapted to be inserted into the cassette compartment of a cassette player, and an external portion which is designed to be accessible at the front of the cassette player and which provides a locking device such as a key lock for locking and unlocking the mechanism of the present invention. More specifically, when the internal portion of the present invention has been suitably positioned within the cassette compartment of a tape cassette player and the locking device of the invention, which is accessible from the external portion of the invention, has been actuated to engage the locking mechanism, at least one latch is forced to protrude out of a suitably dimensioned latch window beyond the nominal boundaries of the internal portion of the locking mechanism of the invention. As a result, the latch renders it impossible to remove the tape cassette locking device of the invention without seriously and permanently damaging the cassette player whereby to render it useless and therefore of no value to the thief.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4131001 (1978-12-01), Gotto
patent: 4208837 (1980-06-01), Black
patent: 4527405 (1985-07-01), Remick
Tachner Leonard
Wolfe Robert L.
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